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So the idea behind this co competition is how can we make high school in particular more interesting, more exciting more relevant to young people? last year, for example. i visit a called in brooklyn called p-tech, and they partnered with ibm and the university city of new york to offer the students not only a high school diploma, but also an associate degree in computer systems or electromechanical engineering. ibm said that p-tech graduates would be the first in line for jobs. then i visited a high school in nashville that offers academies where the students focus on a specific subject area,...

Right? and what does that mean? >> well, we don't exactly know why the manhattan u.s. attorney issued the subpoena. the port authority offices are in manhattan and new york city, so they would have jurisdiction and that's where the votes happen and that's where samson has his office and the official actions take place. what is clear when all the dots settled, the subject matter looking into potential conflicts of interest by the chair of the port authority of new york and new jersey is now being investigated and that's a big new chapter because it's a subject area that so far as we know hasn't...

Was essentially transferred over to new jersey. to the u.s. attorney in new jersey who's handling other aspects of that case. is that -- am i saying that right? and what does that mean? >> well, we don't exactly know why the manhattan u.s. attorney issued the subpoena. the port authority offices are in manhattan and new york city, so they would have jurisdiction and that's where the votes happen and that's where samson has his office and the official actions take place. what is clear when all the dots settled, the subject matter looking into potential conflicts of interest by the chair of the ...

Aspects of that case. is that -- am i saying that right? and what does that mean? >> well, we don't exactly know why the manhattan u.s. attorney issued the subpoena. the port authority offices are in manhattan and new york city, so they would have jurisdiction and that's where the votes happen and that's where samson has his office and the official actions take place. what is clear when all the dots settled, the sungt matter looking into potential conflicts of interest by the chair of the port authority of new york and new jersey is now being investigated and that's a big new chapter because i...

There were five during the course of the year. some that were done by the principal and some done by master educators, experts in their subject area and grade level. and then we also looked at things like contributions to school community and how the school overall was doing. it looked through multiple lens at how effective a teacher is. it was much, much more sort of comprehensive than any kind of teacher evaluation system that had been in place before. >> michelle, some of your critics say it's possible that you're actually losing some quality teachers though because they don't fit into this...