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you to call immediately. back to you in the studio. >> we know that she is not coming on this. is the teacher's union saying anything? >> reporter: i called the teachers union. the montgomery county education association. both times i called, the person who picked up the foerng i mentioned the woman's name and immediately then no comment. and then hung up. so that's all we got. >> john schriffen reporting from silver spring. a disgruntled metro worker warned that an arizona style shooting could happen at her union hall. that came out in a news over there a union member yesterday th...

just checked the weather bug network in the upper midwest, 50-plus-mile-per-hour gusts. we have the cold front pushing through our region now. it is still very mild and muggy. areas of rain all around the metro area pushing off to the north and east. because this is a slow-moving front, the showers and storms are going to hang around off and on throughout the day and into the evening hours. highs in the 70's. humid today. lisa? >> there is a complicated accident on 66 with a tractor trailer on its side eastbound on 66 and part of 55 is blocked with the truck that turned over. authori...

Innovative strategies that have never been before been tried. >> bold and innovative is what we need and what you two in your states have been involved in. tim webb is the tennessee education commissioner and governor jack markell from delaware was joining us as well. congratulations to you gentlemen, and on the money you're receiving from the federal government. and we'll keep an eye on public education in those two states. a fancy u.n. affair, bigwigs from around the globe are rubbing elbows. and the drink of choice isn't sham page or even wine. it's mango juice. the more of it you drink, ...

Boards and the districts all to agree to things? >> well, we have the advantage in delaware. we've got 15 years -- a legacy of 15 years of academic innovation to build on, starting back in the mid-'90s. and all of these groups have worked together over these 15 years. that's not to say we don't have differences from time to time. but the bottom line is everybody wanted to have their voices heard and everybody did. and we built it around the standards and the data systems, as you mentioned, having high-quality teachers in every classroom, high-quality principals in every school, and then focusi...

Grants. the competition rewards states that are leading the way in education reform in these four key areas. adopting stand dards that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace. measuring or creating a system that measures student growth and reports to teachers and principals on how to improve instruction. recruiting an rewarding effective teachers and principals. and key here is turning around their lowest performing schools. 40 states and the district of columbia submitted applications for the first phase of the grants. delaware and tennessee came in first. delaware will recei...