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And how do you know? refer to something within the story of charlotte's web that tells you that she's a good spider. so, yes, standardized testing is at the core of that, and that is what many people are concerned about. some people also say even though the teachers union, american federation of teachers, even the united federation of teachers here for new york city, which has the largest population of students in the country, a million students, they say they're not against common core, but they think that it is -- it has not been tested. we're rolling out something that we have not had a cha...

Government where it's taking control from the parents and just making government -- >> trying to fit them into boxes. >> the standardized testing. >> that's only effective to a point. not for every kid. >> you know, the goals are admirable. the problem is the idea of the federal government taking over education. what we saw is something bigger than just this. it is the idea we see in government of the people work for the -- are slaves to office holders. the superintendent of schools didn't want to take questions. we see this with security. we see it when the epa goes to alaska and raids with a...

Government where it's taking control from the parents and just making government -- >> trying to fit them into boxes. >> the standardized testing. >> that's only effective to a point. not for every kid. >> you know, the goals are admirable. the problem is the idea of the federal government taking over education. what we saw is something bigger than just this. it is the idea we see in government of the people work for the -- are slaves to office holders. the superintendent of schools didn't want to take questions. we see this with security. we see it when the epa goes to alaska and raids with a...

Rather, i'm being forced to function as a cog in a wheel and this we'll is not turning in the right direction. >> clearly the standardized testing has taken us to another level. you understand what is going on with them. they were graduating from hard up areas, unable to read or keep up with other people, so they standardized the tests to close the schools that are not effective and because of that, the standardized testing, has made people teach too much to the test and not to the students. >> reporte >> gretchen: and fraud, there was a whole cheating scandal about that. >> steve: since she a...

>> welcome back. time for quick headlines for you. texas rolling out changes for standardized testing. it will cut the number of tests for high schoolers from 15 to 5 per school year. the reason, standardized exams they say take up too much time during the school year. governor rick perry expected to fi sign the bill within days. the feds in court to fight a new york judge's ruling on the morning after pill. it wants to delay lifting age restriction requirements on plan b arguing the judge over stepped his authority in ordering the drug to be made available to all women. >> thank you, heather....