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Count collective bargaining, what are they going to collectively bargain over if is not salary and benefits. >> nurses who work in hospitals have safety issues that they confront. emts. teachers who cheech our children have ideas about curriculum and improving student performance. those are things we always bargained about. if he shuts this down for two years or four years until we are in a better fiscal position perhaps people can understand it. but we have tens of thousands of people protestin...

Adrian fenty is battling for his political life. it could have an affect on education reform nationwide. live in washington this morning. mayor fenty has made a few enemies along the way trying t upgrade d.c.s school system. >> he has. there are other big local factors in d.c.s democratic mayoral primary, one issue playing a significant role also carries significant national implications, education reform. then, known as a democratic dynamo, mayor fenty came into office in 2006, he quickly took ...

Read about what theyre going to do to actually improve student performance. also, referring to a student as a "d" student simply because they received a "d" in a class seems to be a bit of a stretch. if you get a "d" in calculus, are you really a "d" student. >> you said it sounds gimmicky? if they implement nothing else in class and change the standards and maybe offer some tutoring, as long as you increase the standard and kids know now i dont have an option but to make an "a," b" or "c" or i ...

Has an opportunity to bring those components together. because they are not just giving money away. and the old status quo format of you open the school doors, turn the lights on and bring the kids in. no more are they doing that. they want race to the top to be an incentive. in order to get the prized money, you have to identify student performance. and it will be linked to teacher pay. there has to be a higher standard of education and academic excellence in order to get some of the money. is ...

That got some $4.3 billion in this race to the top, and they are trying to appropriate even more money. listen to what secretary of state arne duncan has to say about the race. >> the race to the top is about competition. one where states have to increase or decrease their odds of winning unprecedented federal support. we add it all up and the department will be dispersing almost $10 billion for education reform. >> reporter: take a look here. we have a full screen for you. take a look at the pa...

A difference in improving the educational quality in schools. and some districts are doing it. 35 states across this country have adopted the core standards for elevating the academic achievement. 35 states, including the district of columbia. so there are only 11 states that arent doing this. while some might say, race to the top, a lot of money, but not enough money for 50 states across this country, its bringing people to the table to negotiate in a way that they hadnt done before. that link ...

Few hours. and that will be moderated by our own msnbcs tamron hall. rahema, bullying is just one of the obstacles for american schoolchildren these days. >> reporter: you bet, andrea. theres so many other things that are facing kids in school, and safety being one issue. but also the quality of the person whos standing in the front of that classroom. its a huge issue. the obama administration is trying to encourage schools and districts all across this country to take from the top third of coll...

The best. if you can pay lebron, you can pay the teacher leslie who wants to go in. >> the obama administration is trying to link teacher pay with student performance. right now, we talked about this before. when you talk about what the average teacher starting salary is, its only $8,000 more than we pay sanitation workers. >> we depend on those teachers to dig into their own pocket. my mother was an educator. she would buy pencils, papers, add things to her classroom. back to school supplies we...

Talking about that. in milwaukee public schools the school board wants to switch health insurance careers. currently the teachers health insurance plan costs $24,000 per employee. the teachers union is saying no, theyre fighting that and then we see the news last week where theyre now suing the school district to put viagra back in the health insurance plan which is going to cost $700,000 a year. sadly, these are the focus of teachers unions where they should be on students, increasing student p...

Drives a huge amount -- >> how does it work. they put $4.5 billion into the stimulus. they say you only get this money in the states if you agree to a series of accountability mechanisms if you great to let student performance, in other words whether johnny has learned anything between september and june to be relevant to teacher evaluation. you have to lift your caps on charter schools. >> whats their incentive? >> for the teachers. >> why are they fighting charter schools? >> wouldnt you like ...