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Behind not one single child. >> it has been ten years since the no child left behind book was brought bipartisan support. for the first time it linked federal education funding to student performance. the aim was to hold teachers and administrators accountable for the success or failure of their students. the goal was to achieve 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by the 2012 school year. obviously that goal will not be met. testing and accountability have changed the profession of teach...

Behind not one single child. >> it has been ten years since the no child left behind book was brought bipartisan support. for the first time it linked federal education funding to student performance. the aim was to hold teachers and administrators accountable for the success or failure of their students. the goal was to achieve 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by the 2012 school year. obviously that goal will not be met. testing and accountability have changed the profession of teach...

Behind not one single child. >> it has been ten years since the no child left behind book was brought bipartisan support. for the first time it linked federal education funding to student performance. the aim was to hold teachers and administrators accountable for the success or failure of their students. the goal was to achieve 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by the 2012 school year. obviously that goal will not be met. testing and accountability have changed the profession of teach...

Can see, is shannon progressing? is juan progressing? is juan able to catch up? my parents will know, your parents will know. everybody knows, so there is no situation of social promotion or people move along and they didnt understand the last year, so they wont make progress the next year and get frustrated and that leads to dropoffs. and in morrisville, by the way, shannon, they dont spend a lot of money. in terms of the state -- you know, almost at the bottom of spending. but now, theyre tied...

morning in philadelphia for that suspect as we speak. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." >> it is 5:00 a.m. here in the east. also this morning, george zimmerman in his first on-camera interview since the trayvon martin shooting, he was asked if he has any regrets. youll want to hear what he has to say. and is there tension in the u.s. supreme court after that health care ruling? you will hear what justice scalia said about any possible bad blood. thats in that cnn exc...

For the kids, they do right for the small businesses. >> exactly. 10,000 small businesses. lets start with the ""chicago tribune."" members of of the chicagos teachers union voted to support a strike in contract negotiations continue to flounder. the city and union remain far apart on compensation and the districts effort to link teacher pay to student performance. there is that small problem. >> "new york times," house republicans signal theyll take the first step towards citing attorney genera...

Mom and dad together has a big impact. in my view, thats critical down the road. >> i didnt know schools could get involved in social engineering and control the home life of these kids. how is a two-parent home a valid education policy? how would that work? >> i dont know. a lot of people are going to be sent to the principals office, i guess. you know, you talk to people who work in troubled schools. obviously, home life and family life, a variety of issues, not just single parent families and...

>> having two parents in the home makes an enormous difference. thinking of the kids of tomorrow, trying to help move people to getting married and having families where theres a mom and dad together has a big impact. in my view, thats critical down the road. >> i didnt know schools could get involved in social engineering and control the home life of these kids. how is a two-parent home a valid education policy? how would that work? >> i dont know. a lot of people are going to be sent to the pr...

be worth more than mcdonalds by happy hour tomorrow night. well keep you here as well, ali. lets bring in christine romans. >> of course. >> its very interesting. lets get to it. >> institutional investors, windows has closed for them to say they want to get in. those are the big guys. the little guys are waiting to find out what the ipo price will be and put in your limit orders. thats what i keep advocating. what price do you think you want to pay for facebook stock when it starts tr...

The school leader as well as the teachers. one of the most important parts of our race to the top plan is what we call our professionally learning communities where about six teachers gather together several times a month by themselves where they can really focus. whats the date about telling them about student performance? how often would they have to intervene with a particular child? the use of data can be pretty powerful, and were on the cusp of doing great things there. >> lets talk about j...