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241 teachers got five classroom visits and that was it. a lot would argue and you know the teachers' union would, or parents. is that a little harsh? give them a chance to improve. five classroom visits, does that tell how well a teacher is teaching? >> five classroom visits in eight months, that's a visit every four weeks? that's a phenomenal amount. in addition, it wasn't just 5,000 visits on some level. it was also the fact that they use the students' performance. the reason why i am saying i am not sure why it is a story. this is what should be happening. it is a story because it hasn't ha...

Johnson & johnson knows, behind every nurse who touches a life... there's a nurse educator... who first touched them. ♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference 27 minutes past the hour now. 241 washington, d.c. teachers out of a job this morning. these weren't budget cuts. they were fired because of poor performance. there is a new system called the impact program that judges teachers in the district of columbia. this was the first year it was implemented. now, the teaching skills were evaluated by principles and education experts. they made five classroom visits to observe what was happe...

Substantially. >> the mayor's main priority is to make sure that we have a high-quality teacher in front of every single child and every single classroom, every single day. >> the focus is on firing rather than supporting and building. >> reporter: the teachers union president george parker says the new teacher evaluation system that dcps implemented should have been a pilot program at most, this year. >> i've never seen the level of fear in the classroom among teachers as i saw this year. >> reporter: parker says the union will be filing grievances over many of the terminations and he believe...