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I can tell you, as a local bargainer, i bargain with my community in mind and we all want to make amends for our community and our members are part of the community. we pay taxes. we love it in wisconsin and we believe it has kept us strong. >> pain say weapon they look at your situation, they say take less in terms of compensation and keep union job because if you dont isnt the governor going to have to let lots of teachers go, a lot your members will lose their job, period, rather than just be...

Practice, but part of that is always looking at not only what are we teaching, but what are students learning? so of course, student data, student learning has to be part of it. whats happened is were all looking for the fast, quick fix. now tying test cores to teacher performance, even though every single researcher says go slow on this. you can not deal with this issue. having said that, new york -- now, granted im from new york, but i had nothing to do with new york winning this. or with them...

If im a teacher and im teaching a student and that student is either regressing, not getting up to speed, then why shouldnt i be judged on that same basis? because i should be judged by the product of what im doing. if a teacher is not judged on that, and that doesnt go in the pay scale, then were wasting a lot of money. now the teachers union insists on tenure after three years in l.a. unified, so its crazy because people who are obviously not qualified, not producing a student learning, people...

Lobbied for, evan. what we said was that we want to use student learning as part of an evaluation but the specific test score that they wanted to use was a flawed test. we want to have multiple measures. look, the bottom line is this. we want teachers to succeed, we want kids to succeed, and again, the countries that outpace us, what they do first and foremost, is they give teachers the training and the time they desperately need to help all kids. we know we cant do it alone, but we want to do o...

>> the studies that weve looked look at a multitude of factors not just test scores but attendance and discipline rates and so on. you have to look at a lot of different elements when youre judging the academic merits of a program. we know we have high-quality teechlers that can make this happen. theyre ready to make sure they have engaging activities for the students throughout the lesson. they understand the length of the school day may have an impact on student learning, and so theyre prepare...

Most positions dont have tenure. >> at least now there is some good news. at some schools where teachers can be fired kids learn. >> give us the worst school anywhere in per and we will jut perform the other schools in five years. >> how good are the test scores at hit charter schools? >> there isnt even a word for it school spending has tripled over the past 40 years. we now spend much more than other countries but what do we get? fancier schools, more assistant principals but student learning,...

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Students on the management team, another 20 that are coaching. >> anyone affiliated with the university, from students, faculty and alumni, can bring an idea in and get support. college senior, chris wol ford is ideas student ceo. >> students have complete ownership over the program. we have people volunteering time. we have to say no to people to join the management team. there is a wait list of people wanting to apply. >> this is what makes it special, it is not simply a business incubator. it...

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Venturers. >> anyone affiliated with the university from students to faculty to alumni can bring an idea in and get support. college senior chris woffle is the current ceo. >> they feel ownership over the program. we have all these people volunteering time and we have to say no to people to join the management team. there is wait lis that even want to aplay for positions. heres what makes it special. its not simply a business incubator. its a learnin lab. they let anyone with an idea join the ...