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Different now. >> hunter is a public school, free and open to students from all five boroughs. you take a test to get in, 7th through 12th grade. i got just an incredible education. i was exposed to exceptionally talented and smart people. and it put me on this path where, i think, if i had not gone to hunter, i wouldnt have thought of trying to apply to an ivy league school. that was not in the realm of possibility. >> but you had to have a certain level of intelligence. you had to be 11 years ...

Want to hear of the policies. >> well, we need to allow the teachers to teach if we want to inspire the love of learning in the lifelong intellectual passion. what the no child left behind has unleashed is the exact opposite. curriculums have been eviscerated. literature, american history, arts, music, science, and everything that is not being tested is being cut. even p.e. and recess. and so -- >> there is no school, but test prep. >> it is test prep boot camps for the poor, and liberal arts ed...

Responsibility. look at what the folks did this wisconsin. look at what my members did in new york in terms of changing pension rules and paying more into their pension. the issue is, it cant be disproportionate. even right now, in terms of if you look a public sector compensation, we still actually earn less or teachers and firefighters earn less than similarly situated private sector employees. >> susan has a question for you. >> hi, randi. >> hi, susan. >> im just curious, you talked a little...

Months to talk about this. lets talk about misthat is a little more intimate, if you will. away from the sod of brought aspects of health care policy in america, how about the intimate aspects of parenting and education? are parents in this country making the grade when it comes to their kids education? and who should be responsibility as making that judgment? a new bill in florida would require, repeat require, teachers to rate the involvement of parents in their childrens education. youve hear...

On the observation, just a handful of teachers. heres the problem. you can get higher test scores when you teach to the test. in l.a. unified we spend about six weeks thats required to do test prep. teach kids how to take the test and teach to that narrow 15% of the information that the teacher teaches. thats what they do. thats the standardized tests. only 15%. the gains from one year to another vary. the student distribution changes year to year and the bottom line is, this is trying to create...

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