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Can you believe that? it's our lucky day. [ applause ] 2011 teacher of the year in connecticut. and you voted that less than 1/3 should go to teacher evaluation. that is completely on the other side of the planet than everyday folks in that gallup poll. what is the gap? what's the problem? >> i think the gap is that everyday folks in that poll don't understand the realities of classroom teaching particularly if you are teaching in districts where there's a high level of poverty. it's very very difficult to look at a test score and think that that accurately evaluates how i'm doing with my stud...

I just come in there two minutes in my classroom and then say oh you're not a great teacher. but wait a minute. what about the 15 weeks of quality instruction? and all you're going to do is evaluate me on one two-minute session? not cool. >> we are back here in new york at our teacher town hall. [ applause ] we're at the new york public library. we've been talking about teacher evaluations. and we want to invite you to join the conversation of course on facebook and twitter, and we'll feature some of what you have to say at the bottom of the screen throughout our broadcast. but right now tamro...

School where people are not as affluent? how do you then have an evaluation? >> absolutely not. you need to hold all schools accountable to the same high standards. but that's the reason why i said that the standardized test score should be less than 1/3. because in connecticut we're actually piloting a new statewide teacher evaluation system where standardized test scores are less than 1/3. the other component to that is excellent classroom observation. and principals and school leaders need to be trained in how to do high-quality classroom observations so that those observations aren't drive...

jury's hand. what they tell us about the deliberations. we begin this evening with what you might call the facebook hangover. after the hype and buildup after the initial offering of stock, trading started late, price didn't sky rock and facebook closed essentially flat, just $0.23 higher than the opening. at least facebook was up. dow industrials, nasdaq, s&p 500 closed out their worst week of the year. discuss with business correspondent ali velshi. let's start with facebook. what happened? >> generally you set a price for a stock, $38 in this case that is posed to create enough ...

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