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♪ you give love a bad name >> oh, the jerseys coming out this morning. newark mayor cory booker joins our panel. you know if you signed up the whole political thing you could coanchor the show. if you decide presidential bid is not that interesting, we would love to have you. >> you dont get love a bad name. >> thank you. see, he flatters me. you guys dont flatter me. you are back. we love having you. youve advised the buchman campaign and romney campaign. ron braun seownstein, youre...

about. when they look at exactly what may have caused whitney houstons death, the autopsy is complete. the results are on hold. theyre waiting for toxicology reports which they say could take up to eight weeks or longer. whitney houston was found in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel on saturday late afternoon. there were some reports that maybe she drowned an there are some sources who said it could have been a combination of drugs and alcohol. radar online is saying that police fo...

Superintendents point what else are we to do. theres a huge emphasis on sports, and maybe if we do away with them. maybe focus more on academic. and sacred grounds in the state of texas because were see far behind in student performance, i wanted an environment that was athletic only. >> dave: if youve been to the state of texas, high school football right there with religion and for some, football up here. many athletes say they do much better when theyre playing sports because they budget thei...

Resinates with teachers in this room. more comments coming in online. this one from john v. wood. he says how can teachers truly have performance based pay with the numbers of unmotivated students out there? he sent us a tweet in that regard. and then this one came in from brooklyn, and he saying teacher pay should be partially performance based to encourage teachers to continue setting their bar higher. lots of comments coming in. a lot of them like that, where the question about should teacher...

He says how can teachers truly have performance based pay with the numbers of unmotivated students out there? thats a question that john is asking. he sent us a tweet in that regard. another message that we got. and then this one came in from brooklyn, and he is saying teacher pay should be partially performance based to encourage teachers to continue setting their bar higher. lots of comments coming in. a lot of them like that, where the question about should teacher pay be connected with stude...

[ male announcer ] sustainable solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. , so a devastating blow to kansas city, missouri, schools where the entire district lost the accreditation tuesday and faces a state takeover after failing to meet most of the states academic performance. student performance is a concern in kansas city for years, and in 2010, the district announced it would close half of the schools in the district and firing hundreds of teachers. joining us now live is r. steven green, the...

Yesterday, unbelievable. for three weeks weve been being told that that needs to be part of the budget, and then all of a sudden its not part of the budget. either the governor and the republican senators are being at best disingenuous with the public or its just lying to the public. i think this is just a power grab and it needs to stop. >> now, weve spent a lot of time prior to this wisconsin crisis this year in the media talking about the need for improving the way we support american public ...

The whole action by the senate yesterday, unbelievable. for three weeks weve been being told that that needs to be part of the budget, and then all of a sudden its not part of the budget. either the governor and the republican senators are being at best disingenuous with the public or its just lying to the public. i think this is just a power grab and it needs to stop. >> now, weve spent a lot of time prior to this wisconsin crisis this year in the media talking about the need for improving the ...

Wasnt read into record yesterday, it died and that has gone away and there are a number of educational bills, that the house democrats dont like, either. among them, a couple of bills already passed through the state senate, which involve collective bargaining rights for teachers, limiting them as they are proposed to be in wisconsin and an education formula, which rates student performance based on standardized test scores and a host of other proposals, in the house, democrats are not likely to...

When you look at how teacher unions affect student performance overall, when they put the 17 different studies together, a professor who is now at the university of louisville conclud concluded, quote, the evidence suggests that unionism raises achievement modestly for most students in public schools. now look, this evidence is interesting. im not saying its overwhelming. and when they put the studies together, they said it had a modest positive affect. its not overwhelming but hey, it looks lik...