teachers and students. he thinks the school year should last a month longer and he wants bad teachers the get fired. the president also announcing a desire to recruit 10,000 teachers over the next two years in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. and time for the latest news from the best political team on television. we're looking at the political ticker this morning. democrats may be ready to attack former bush campaign strategist karl rove. >> our senior political editor mark preston live at the cnnpolitics.com desk. and mark, we know that karl rove is strategisting behind the scenes with heavy hitters in the republican party. what is this thing all about? >> he's part of the organization that's helping fund the 2010 midterms for republicans. there's been a lot of talk about how republicans would make up this disadvantage. well, karl rove is part of the organization that's trying to make that happen. democrats, in fact, have been