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all morning we put education in focus. why in the world is our system ranked lower than ireland, saudi arabia, and uzbekistan. did you see this? the happiest olympic worker has an interesting approach to rousing the crowd. we decided to see if the same trick in london would work in new york. happy saturday, everyone. i'm randi kaye and it's 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 out west. extreme weather and wildfires and at least four major fires burning. we talked to the official at the department of emergency management and said the drought played a big part in all of this and said hundr...

We need to consider parent engagement and community involvement. thank you. >> brian, let's try to get one more person if that's okay. high, what's your name and where are you from? >> marry kay randock and i teach 5th grade in bloomfield, connecticut. we've been under attack here mostly because of the amount of money we make. without the senior teachers in the room, a lot of the buildings would. be what they are. yes, we need reform to the teacher evaluation process so when you get to be a senior teacher, you've earned it. no one wants to be teaching someone who's ineffective. we all want to ...

But with sullivant it was different. several of its best players were in the 4th grade known to the teachers of the school as the terrible 4th. in that grade you first encountered fractions and long division and many pupils lodged there for years like logs in a brook. some of the more able baseball players had been in the 4th grade for seven or eight years. then, too, there were a number of boys who had not been in the class past the normal time but were nevertheless deep in their teens. they had avoided starting to school by eluding the truant officer until they were ready to go into long pan...

East coast you will want to be in the water. it will be brutal. >> dave: rick, were you spanked when you were a young guy. >> rick: i got spanked, sorry, mom and data, at home which i think -- and at school, a ruler in the 5th grade. >> did you go to a catholic, private school. >> yes. and... >> dave: all right, thanks, buddy, we bring it up, because it is now a battle developing in the country, should we bring back corporal punishment in our schools? there is a bill going through congress that would ban corporal punishment nationwide, however, in a memphis school system they are trying to bri...

History where, this has been a frightening situation. so, let me just go back to -- because, i think there are two issues here, i think everybody is for gun safety with kids and one of the problems is that we are -- we wonder whether or not it needs to happen in the school system. laurie, you know, why do you think it doesn't need to happen in the school system, and, what do you think they should be doing instead? >> well, from my understanding the eddie eagle safety program is in and of itself a good program. it just has no place in the school system. number one. it is directed at k-2. what w...