the chicago teachers' union hoes its own forum to tackle school issues. the candidate -- the candidates participated, and here is what they each said about taking the -- being the next ceo of the chicago public schools. >> i appreciate the calls for a national search. i think we have talent here in chicago to run the chicago public schools. >> and you have educators in this system. >> and we need a pipeline to move them up. >> we have to have an education first model, in the a business first model. >> it can't be about money, jobs and contract. >> and the superintendent of the chicago public schools must be an educator. >> the experiment in which ceos were put in place started with the proposition that children were like wilson bridge ets and you kind of count the numbers and have results come from that. >> danny davis did not participate in the forum because he had to vote in congress. >>> an annual tradition in chicago this morning to help those in need put food on their tables during the holiday season. 10,000 turkeys and hams will be given to senior ci

i am representing right now the chicago teachers union and chicago public schools. you want to talk about the tracking system? come out of chicago and i will show you a tracking system. it is far more brutal and than what the germans have, but there are people who go the other way, you know and i mean maybe this is just sort of urban legend in germany but i was told by many germans about cases, and i was mentioning my good friend, his sister was an example of someone who leaves the university track and goes into another vocational education track because the vocational education track him he could end up as a landscape architect, jeweler, all sorts of things that we have for college graduates, so the other thing about the tracking system, if you are a college graduate you end up in a college job where is in the united states, you know you go to college and you end up in a $60,000 in debt and you get a job as a nurse or a cop which is not regarded as a college job exact we over there. the thing about the german education system is it is not so much the tracking is wo

i'm representing right now the chicago teachers' union in the chicago public schools.you want to talk about tracking system? come on out to chicago. i'll show you a tracking system. and it's far more brutal than what the germans have. but there are people who go the other way, you know? and i was, i mean, maybe this is just sort of urban legend in germany, but i was told by many germans about cases where -- and i was mentioning my good friend. his sister was an example of someone who leaves the university track and goes into the vocational/educational track. i mean, you can end up as landscape architect, jeweler, all sorts of things that we have for college graduates. so the other thing about the tracking system, and if you are a college graduate, you end up in a college job whereas in the united states, you know, you go to college, you end up in $60,000 in debt, and you get a job as a nurse or a cop which is not regarded as a college job exactly over there. i think that the thing about the german education system is not so much that the tracking is worse than it is ov

teachers' union contract. so she asked again, was denied again, then she quit her job and filed a lawsuit in federal court in chicagoying she was forced to choose between her job and her religion. now the department of justice has slapped the district with a lawsuit saying the district discriminated against her, violated the civil rights act of 1964 by failing to accommodate her religious practices. the feds now want the school to give her back her job, to give her all her back pay and to pay damages which so far are undisclosed. now, critics say, look, if she has a sabbatical she can take, she should take it. if she's not allowed to, she should not. the school district, by the way, has not yet commented. we called 'em, they're not talking about this at all, and we should note the hajj this year was in november. but because the muslims follow the lunar calendar, the hajj slips forward 11 days every year. still no comment, the justice department filing that lawsuit against the berkeley school district, megyn. megyn: all right, trace, thanks. one federal court ruling and suddenly the health care overhaul debate is rag