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♪ i can make the calculation ♪ >> a lot of people liked that video because we all want that to happen. its disrupting the ordinary day and people love musicals and hate math and science. everybody wants to see that happen in their lecture but, again, i have terrible skepticism. im a bitter, bitter person who watches this and its like, where is the laugh mic? where is the sound coming from? why is the sound quality so good in this lecture hall? the professor i thought would maybe step in at s...

Incentive to do this low-paid job. this job pays poorly. we have to give teachers something else to convince them to do it. you know what, well offer them security, legal security. >> and that would be an incentive to get good people to come in and teach. >> that was the idea, yes. >> you also make the point it was an incentive against patronage hiring. youve got this big bucket of jobs, and, ill give this person, or my cousin, ill throw him in the classroom. teacher tenure is what made it hard ...

So once a teacher earns tenure rights, if a principal or school wants to get rid of them or fire them, they have to make the case. they have to bring it before a neutral arbitrator. they have to present evidence for why this teacher is bad at their job. and the teacher, importantly, has the right to representation in that hearing. >> why does -- youve got a great history of why -- why does tenure exist? why do teachers have this protection? >> tenure dates back in the united states to 1909. and ...

Hoffman was killed in a locker room outside portland. a teach was also wounded before the gunman took his own life. president obama called for action say nothing other developed nation puts up with this type of gun violence. due in court today the truck driver accused of causing that deadly crash that injured seriously injured actor tracy morgan. kevin roper was behind the wheel when his truck slammed into the limo bus morgan and others were riding in. it killed jimmy mac. james mcnair critica...

Its time for outrages of the day. planned parenthood talks up the services it provides millions of women every year, things like mammograms and family planning. theyre also proud of the sex education programs they provide, programs that teach, quote, teens how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infectioned and then some. a shocking new video by live action shows a planned parenthood counselor in indianapolis encouraging an actress posing as a 15-year-old girl to engage in s & m, watch...

Eyes. that was my favorite place to be at the kitchen table or sitting at her feet, leaning over her lap, laughing out loud for real. soaking up all the knowledge, all the things that she had to teach, the grace, the love, all of it, my heart was full. rarely did we ever have a phone conversation where i wasnt taking notes. she was always teaching. when you learn, teach, get, give, i was a devoted student of maya angelous. learning up to our very last conversation, the sunday before she died. it...

Courage to go to school and teach. >> wow, i would say it has something to do with tenure and unions. more ahead, two big restaurant chains are telling customers they cant pack heat while they

Courage to go to school and teach. >> wow, i would say it has something to do with tenure and unions. more ahead, two big restaurant chains are telling customers they cant pack heat while they eat. bob is going to tell you which ones next. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] id be a writer. [ man ] id be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] id be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪...

And her h first big break came as a singer in the 1950s. she was committed to bridging differences, working alongside both malcolm x and dr. martin luther king. >> i want to see some honesty, some fair play. i want to see kindness and justice. >> reporter: she made poetry cool in the movies. >> im a woman, phenomenally. >> reporter: and only the second poet in history invited to compose an inaugural poem. >> on the pulse of this new day, you may have the grace to look up and out and say simply v...

The caged bird sings." her first big break came as a singer in the 1950s. she was committed to bridging differences, working alongside both malcolm x and dr. martin luther king. >> i want to see some honesty, some fair play, i want to see kindness and justice. >> reporter: she made poetry cool in the movies, and was only the second poet in history invited to compose an inaugural poem. >> on this new day, you may have the grace to look up and out and say simply, very simply, with hope, good morni...