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Our jobs back. we have education problems. we're taking over $1.6 billion for education. they say education is important. we have cuts in college systems. i'm prouded to be a union member. i will continue that message and go around the state and talk about measures that scott walker has done to our state. >> something is happening out there. we're seeing wave of things happening. i know there's a lot of bubbling out there about people getting engaged that have never been engaged before. let me ask you the question, what if the democrats aren't successful. what does that say to the rest of coun...

Interesting news coverage for brian's ratings. and one of the reasons i really respect nbc news is they're doing things like this on the news. they're trying to educate us about what works. and i'm just telling you, they're -- and some people were saying, i wonder how much market share he's giving up by telling us a happy story, with actually useful information. cooperation works better than conflict, in the real world. and we need victories in the real world. you look at all these schools that are working, definable cultures of cooperation work better. that's the first thing. the second thing...

So parents have a role, and schools need more resources. but money alone won't solve our education problems. i've said this before. i will repeat it. money alone's not enough. we also need reform. we've got to make sure that every classroom is a place of high expectations and high performance. and that's been our vision since taking office. that's why instead of just pouring money into the system that's not working, we launched a competition called "race to the top." to all 50 states, to governors, to school districts, we said, show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and s...

of greece's bailout and concerns about slowing growth in china. china has been a very big engine of economic growth for the rest of the world while the u.s. has been taking a back seat and worrying about jobs here. all these major trends and factors are still in play here. also, moody's downgraded some of the greek banks. so, we're still watching the banking system in europe. still watching the european wildcard and, again, we've been talking to traders and analysts who have been saying to close out a week, a very bad week in stocks at this point, people still looking for some reason...

Idea? will it make our kids learn better? will it make them better educated and will it save our country? that is thegist of l.z. granderson's latest op ed. welcome. >> good morning. how are you? >> so throw the kids in school year-around and, poof, our education problems are solved? >> no, i didn't say that. i definitely said that research shows that our kids tend to lose a lot of information they get during the school year during the long summer breaks and so i am saying that perhaps keeping them in school year-round will enable them to maintain that knowledge so we don't have to take a step...