he petitioned rhee's office. vaent event ally the phony evaluation was removed. >> there's never going to be a perfect tool. if the bar is that if it has bugs in it, we can't implement it. you will literally never implement. >> reporter: in late july final evaluation scores were released. rhee fired 75 teachers for poor performance. 671 more were deemed minimally effective and given one year to improve or lose their jobs. that's nearly 20% of rhee's teaching force that could be out of work one year from now. does it surprise you that those numbers are so high? >> i didn't proffer any guesses at the front end to say it will be this percentage or that percentage. but when we took control of this school district in 2007, 8% of the 8th graders were operating on grade level in mathematics. 8%. and if you would have looked at the performance evaluations of the adults in the system at the same time, you would have seen that 95% of them were being rated as doing a good job. how can you possibly have a system where the va

michelle rhee, you have caused quite a lot of controversy.ou've got a lot of supporters and a lot of detractors over what you're doing here in washington, d.c. i'm just going to put up the picture of the "time" magazine cover when you came in. you with the great big broom stick basically, signifying that you're going to sweep out the dead wood, so to speak. you got a certain amount from the stimulus funds. how did you do it? how did you get rid of something like 241 teachers and get the unions on board? >> well, we certainly sat at the table with the unions to craft a contract that we thought was going to be good for kids and fair to teachers. we completely revamped our teacher evaluation model so that it was more aligned with how students were actually performing, so in our new model, 50% of the teachers' evaluation is based on how much they're progressing their students in terms of the academic achievement levels, 40% is based on observations of classroom practice, another 5% based on how their school is doing overall and then the final 5%

rhee really believe in public service. that is why we deploy civilians along with our military. we tried to apply those programs here at home. host: washington, d.c. good morning. caller: thanks for your service. there were a couple of questions raised at the book signing of kathleen cooke the other night. one was, a charge that the core and the partners had billed the levees are and they are sounder and more strong than the ninth war. i was like to get a response to that. -- ninth ward. i'd like to get a response to that. can you make a contrast or comparison america protecting new orleans from hurricanes and the dutch from certain storms? guest: i will do the best i can. our engineering criteria is regardless of what perish we work in. one thing we learned from katrina is it is only as good as the weak link. everything connects. the criteria is consistent. we often are criticized on our levy's i did not have a problem with katrina, why do you not have the same standards? we know we need an improvement in standards. the second thing is -- i will talk about the dutch connection

teachers, rhee principles, receptionists, every adult in that building is part of a solution. i have been in many schools around the country that don't feel safe. this is a tragedy we have to avoid. this is not just a big city problem. bullying is epidemic in urban and suburban and rural schools. the statistics are staggering. in 2007, nearly one out of three students in middle school and high-school reported they had been bullied in school during that school year. that means that 8.2 million young people per year are suffering at the hands of bullies. the most common form of bullying is being made fun of or being the subject of mean-spirited rumors spread more violent forms of bullying are common as well. one out of nine secondary school students or 2.8 million teenagers said they have been pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on during the last four years. another 1.5 million students said they were threatened with harm and 1 million students reported they had their property destroyed during the school year. cyber-bullying is a new and insidious form of bullying. in 2007, more t

s school chancellor, michelle rhee. >>> and now for the rest of the day's news, in for me, jeremy hubbard thanks for moving over, ron. bianna, good morning to you. happy sunday. >>> we're going to start in iraq where they're bracing for possible terror attacks this morning. security forces believe suicide bombers have plans to hit baghdad targets. insurgents have escalated attacks as american troops depart. >>> an indonesian volcano is erupting for the first time in 400 years. mt. sinabung in the north sumatra province started rumbling a few days ago. almost 10,000 people have been evacuated but no major damage yet. >>> 69 cars piled up on a rain-slickened interstate in phoenix. an unexpected downpour led to three different crashes that left cars mangled and seven were taken to the hospital, two with serious injuries and the accidents forced the closings of interstate 10 for more than three hours. >>> well, las vegas police now say a vapor trail coming out of a car led to the arrest of paris hilton. hilton was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over by an officer who smelled marijuana. the h

rhee a ta was put up in a hammock. basically, they never left. the lord would overcome and carry them through. >> one word, are you a changed man? >> absolutely, because of the people of new orleans. they have changed me for the better. >> mario, thank you. the book stunning coming back new orleans resurgent. thank you so much for being here. very much appreciate it. this is part of the permanent record, the history of new orleans and it's resurgence. be well. folks, in just a little while, we have seen the pictures, now we're going to taste the food. commander's palace right from here to your door. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. [ female announcer ] your hands are only as clean as the towel used to dry them. so why use the same hand towel over and over instead of a clean, fresh one every time? kleenex® brand hand towels. a clean, fresh towel every time. kleenex® brand hand towels. i can take one airline out... and another home. so with more flight options, i can find the combination that gets me there and back quickest. where you book

rhee really believe in public service. that is why we deploy civilians along with our military. we tried to apply those programs here at home. host: washington, d.c. good morning. caller: thanks for your service. there were a couple of questions raised at the book signing of kathleen cooke the other night. one was, a charge that the core and the partners had billed the levees are and they are sounder and more strong than the ninth war. i was like to get a response to that. -- ninth ward. i'd like to get a response to that. can you make a contrast or comparison america protecting new orleans from hurricanes and the dutch from certain storms? guest: i will do the best i can. our engineering criteria is regardless of what perish we work in. one thing we learned from katrina is it is only as good as the weak link. everything connects. the criteria is consistent. we often are criticized on our levy's i did not have a problem with katrina, why do you not have the same standards? we know we need an improvement in standards. the second thing is -- i will talk about the dutch connection

rhee really believe in public service. that is why we deploy civilians along with our military.to apply those programs here at home. host: washington, d.c. good morning. caller: thanks for your service. there were a couple of questions raised at the book signing of kathleen cooke the other night. one was, a charge that the core and the partners had billed the levees are a they are sounder and more strong than the ninth war. i was like to get a response to that. -- ninth ward. i'd like to get a response to that. can you make a contrast or comparison america protecting new orleans from hurricanes and the dutch from certain storms? guest: i will do the best i can. our engineering criteria is regardless of what perish we work in. one thing we learned from katrina is it is only as good as the weak link. everything connects. theriteria is consistent. we often are criticized on our levy's i did not have a problem with katrina, why do y not have the same standards? we know we need an improvement in standards. the second thing is -- i will talk about the dutch connection first. a couple