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Issue issue. so evaluation will help us with that. i believe in tenure? no, i don't believe in tenure. i believe in supporting teachers as they come into the field, having master teachers work with those people so we're all good. >> and even though you've been teaching for 20 years -- 28 years. excuse me. those last eight years have been hard. you don't believe in last in, first out, which is a controversial topic. >> i don't believe in that. i believe that again, the evaluation piece will help us. you can be a 28 step teacher or a first step teacher and be excellent. so i don't believe that a...

Wisconsin led his state. [ cheers and applause ] governor walker led his state to a job reform that promote early literacy and require teacher evaluations incorporate student achievement. in nevada, governor sandoval pushed for reforms to end the damaging practice of last in, first out. where teachers are hired or fired based on their years in the system. not their impact in the classroom. governor haslem in tennessee is making sure every classroom has an effective teacher. because he's a form governor, mitt romney understands that states must lead this national movement. in massachusetts gove...

Some of them slashed the superintendent's tires but he didn't back down. governor scott walker in wisconsin led his state -- [ applause ] governor walker led his state to adopt reforms that promote early literacy and require that teacher evaluations incorporation student achievement. in nevada, governor sandoval pushed for reforms to end the damaging practice of last in, first out, where teachers are hired or fired based on their years in the system, not their impact in the classroom. governor hazlem in tennessee is making sure every classroom has an effective teacher. because he is a former g...

egypt with an iron fist for 30 years is now in a maximum security prison where he'll spend the rest of his life. earlier today an egyptian court found hosni mubarak guilty of making orders to shoot and kill civilians. the angry mubarak was taken by ambulance to the cairo police academy where the verdict and life sentence was handed down. he was wheeled in on a gurney under heavy guard. six of mubarak's former military men were acquitted. that sparked an uproar inside and outside the courtroom. [ chanting ] . >> furious protesters called it wrong and want to topple the regime. the sec...

And what they say is that this new measure in massachusetts requires the school district to base it decisions on, quote, merit and ability which sounds good in theory, but they say those terms are not defined, and that winds up giving too much discretion to the administrators. >> yeah. and, you know, we really want to see that student achievement through a value-ed mod o el be at least 50% of the evaluation. we actually want to make the evaluation system more concrete so it is less arbitrary. so, you know, this -- we've had, we had a fellow that joined our association last year, was the teache...