arnie duncan hailed the judge's ruling saying that it could help dozens of students who are hurt. it has long pitted teachers unions against reformers. three states in the district o district of columbia have limited tenure. it's one that is fun to watch and could have an impact nationwide. >> does it follow that making it easier to fire teachers would help poor and minority kids get an enter education? is the custom governing the work rules of employees work as something that qualifies as an equal protection case. is it as hard as some will tell you to get rid of a bad teacher, and how should a new teacher get job protection after two years in the classroom? is that good policy? all these questions are at the heart of the debate in the tea teacher tenure challenge. dana goll steen, the our thorough of "the teacher wars." jonathan is president of the california federation of teachers, and ted is the lead attorney for the student plaintiffs in the california teachers tenure case. joshua, how does tenure work in california? if i'm a first- or second-year teacher is there a trigger d

number one, i am directing arnie duncan to give more americans already making their loan payment a chance to cap those payments at 10% of their income. we call it pay as you earn. we know it works because we have already offered it to millions of young people. it is saving some folks hundreds of dollars potentially every month, giving graduates the opportunity to pursue the dreams that inspired them to go to school in the ursa place. an investment for everyone. we want more young people to become teachers, nurses, social workers, start their own businesses, to be in a position to pursue their dreams. we want more young people who act responsibly to be able to manage their overtime. we are announcing steps that 25l open up pay as you earn million more americans. that is the first action we are taking today. the second is to renegotiate contracts with private companies like sallie mae who service student loans. we will make it clear that these companies are in the business of helping students, not just collecting payments, and they yellow -- they owe young people the financial flexibility a

. >> they sent a letter to the secretary arnie duncan and the company that makes that test. >> shoppingare usually protected on-line. >> lori rothman is here to share more. >> arm's software is expected to give you more privacy while you are out shopping right now. they have ability to keep tabs on you by tracking the code while searching for a wi-fi connection. they use that information to monitor your visits and overall visit. they actually mix-up the code making it impossible for stores to identify your smart phone and there buy you or your shopping habi habits. tracking systems has been heated lately. they have proposed legislation that requires companies to give you permission to collect data. in the meantime you will be able to upgrade your iphone with the privacy protected software this fall. back to you. >> good to see you. >> the time now is 48 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up paul mccartney and his band won't be on the run after all. why he put his music career on hold. >> the waffle house expert making a tip of a lifetime. her boss won't let her keep it. how the c

. >> education secretary arnie duncan says opposition to common core comes from white suburban moms who all of a sudden their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were. >> not surprised opposition is coming from moms. they are seeing their children's homework come home this common core line homework common core line tests and quizzes their children are taking. they have so many questions. indiana has exited common core. basically because two mothers wrote op eds wrote into newspapers and said what we are seeing our kids bring home is total nonsense. >> these are not national standards their state choose to do that. here's an example of one of the few things we know about the national common core math rules. what do you get if you multiply 11 times 23? kids are supposed to use the area. >> i know that 11 is equal to 10 plus 1. first i know that 10 -- >> i think it's clever they use a child's voice in these drawings to try to explain math but come on this is 11 times 23. a 4th grader should be able to solve this in seconds. but the video goes on. 3 is equal to 30. now we have mos

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is a great question and this is not a plant, but the -- part of what i'm working with around a arnie duncan, our secretary of education, is how do we start reforming and reimagining how the k-12 process works, but particularly high school? there are basic skills that our kids need. they need to write, they need to read, they need basic numeracy, but too often what happens in high school is kids are just sitting in a classroom and they're being lectured to. now there are great teachers out there, and in some cases, you know, subjects like organic chemistry, you just need to focus, you need to hit the books and there aren't a lot of shortcuts, but young people have different learning styles and not everybody is going to necessarily go to a four-year college or university. not everybody is going to be interested in french literature. there are some folks who they just want to -- they're going to learn by doing and so what we've been trying to encourage is are there ways for us to introduce apprenticeships, models for high school in which kids are working at the same time as they're going to sc

i have asked arnie duncan to investigate to make sure other companies are not doing the same. we can do more to help borrowers. the refinancing act is a bill from senator elizabeth warren but i have cosponsored. borrowers toow refinance their federal student debt. will letmate this borrowers save $4000. it would put more money and borrowers pocket so they can make ends meet, make down payments on homes or start new businesses and help grow our economy. right now people can refinance their home. or their business loan. this bill will let borrowers student loan certainty act. it allows new borrowers to take advantage of lower interest rates established by the free market. their skills are better able to afford college and manage their student debt. it is an economic imperative. to strengthen our middle class, workforce, and economic growth congress needs to address the challenges. >> it will occur in student loan debt currently. i refinance professor in -- i have a finance professor in college who spend a day talking about personal finance. he said the reason they call the debt

education secretary arnie duncan called the ruling a nationwide mandate for other states to change laws protecting teachers. >> we mentioned half a million people fleeing an iraqi city after it was taken over by al-qaeda. this group that wife been talking about, is. >> l captured the government headquarters, two prisons, 2t.v. stations, a bank and an airport, this all happened in a matter of days, does the foreign minister have a plan to stop this, to tackle this group? >> well, what he's done is called for an emergency meeting of parliament and wants the parliament as to vote in a state of emergency to give him sweeping powers for the biggest threat facing the nation. many politicians have said you control the army, the minister of interior, you have enough powers to be able to deal with this. you've had these powers for four years yet this is the situation that we face now. he's under a tremendous amount of pressure. it's unlikely that he will find it easy trying to get this state of emergency passed by parliament. it's going to be a tough fight. >> let's talk more about the significa

million in fines after charging military members higher interest rates and have asked secretary arnie duncan to investigate to make sure other servicing companies are not doing the same thing. we can do more to help borrowers. the bank on student emergency act would allow borrowers to refinance their federal student debt. the congressional research service estimates the bill would let borrowers save $4000 on average. passing the legislation would put more money into borrowers pockets so they could make ends meet, make down payments on homes, start new businesses, and help grow the economy. people can refinance their home or their business loans when interest rates drop. this bill will let borrowers with federal student debt do the same. this should be a bipartisan issue. last year, republicans and democrats came together to pass the bipartisan student loan certainty act which allowed new borrowers to take advantage of lower interest rates and established by the free market. this legislation would use the same free-market principles to help those with existing student loans. at a time when hi

the administration plan to help college students with their loans began with education secretary arnie duncan, who spoke with reporters monday in the briefing room. comments, about 20 minutes, president obama signed the executive order changing student loan programs. >> good luck in this new job. >> thank you. >> proud of you. because itoday continue to believe, and, in fact, i am convinced that a college education is the single most important investment americans can make to build a stronger future. although college has never been more important, unfortunately, college has never been more expensive. heaps manycost students and their parents up at night, and many of you in that boat are probably in this room. some are wondering, is it worth it? is to be clear, it absolutely worth it. research continues to show the many, many benefits of higher education. secondarypost education are higher earnings, lower unemployment, and greater economic strength for our nation, and when i talk about a college education, that means everything from a four-year at ae or a two-year degree college or technical t

he stopped by a burger joint with arnie duncan. president obama shook hands with customers but told them no selfies. the day before on monday we told you this. he made an unscheduled stop at a starbucks. also recently he took a stroll through the interior department and dropped by a little league game in maryland. reporters asked if he was going stir crazyn the white house. he said no, just pleased to come out from what he called t bubble to visit with folks. >> in new york city a queens college professor returned from vacation to find a tomb stone in his yard. he was going to destroy it then realized it was special. the piece of stone was face down. when he turned it over it was for rantis. he established a school fro ieem e. >propernhe ce buried was sold his remains were taken to evergreen cemetery in blook brooklyn. >> the tomb stone was undiscovered until now. the historical society and library plan to look at the marker. >>> a muggy start this morning and aoggy on me lit fog inap ilvi pt t-si. n see some of the nphadelphyou li