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The bargaining table and one of the most influential of these groups is right here in los angeles. its known as parent revolution. two years ago it actually helped pass legislation here in california known as the parent trigger law. giving parents the authority to force change through petition. everything from firing teachers to turning public schools into charters. >> right now an education is with power. you have the teachers unions and the district administrators, making a lot of decisions an...

And from her fifth grade education and her $3 an hour put me through some of the best schools here in washington, d.c. and johns hopkins ultimately. and i recognize what hes saying, be ut you cannot paint with a broad brush, because people find a way to make it through and do for themselves. sure, you have some who dont. but that is not the vast majority of whats going on with the poor. the poor are struggling to get out of poverty and theyre using education. and this is the break down with our ...

Answer. listen. >> have the public schools in michigan gotten better? >> i dont know. overall, i cant say overall they have all gotten better. >> the whole state is not doing well. >> well there are certainly lots of pockets where the students are doing well. >> have you seen the really bad schools, try to figure out what theyre doing? >> i have not -- i have not -- i have not intentionally visited schools that are underperforming. >> maybe you should. >> maybe i should. yes. >> doug, there are ...