dr. vincent matthews/sup't. s.j. t more rigorous standards, particularly in literacy and mathematics instruction, are designed to provide a consistent, clear students are expected to learn. sot dr. vincent matthews the standards will be the same throughout the country, creating a de-facto national curriculum. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. there is no shortage of questionable behavior on the first day of school at one south bay school. kron 4's stanley roberts people behaving badly. it's back to school for some, well in this case it might just be back to driving school nats: ambiance will be back after the break on kron 4 news. it is back to school for some or in this case it may be back to driving school. >> it's back to driving school scary but true. >> yes it is that time of year again the parent's dream to drop off their school for just a few hours. >> no you do not get it passed because is the first day. >> always read the sign that the speed limit is 25 if children are present. stay off yourself fall unle

dr. carol matthews often as different resources as well and dr. matthews is one the leaders here in san francisco. monica works there as well. there is a variety of other professional organizers that we can link folks up with in the city and outside of the city, as well as cleaning services, when needed. adult protective services obviously for situations when there are more urgent issues or an immediate danger to self. we have very close linkages with them and it's always a good idea for folks to call us too, rather than jumping to a report on something like that. because a lot of times that can be avoided, in many cases. i am about a minute away from my time. so let me see what i can throw in and invite gillian up. i am going lead some business cards as well today and we have got tons of printed resources and powerpoints and stuff to send out to folks. i would love to have council members contact me or other members of our team or send materials through joanna, but there is a lot of materials available for folks facing that challenge. >> make sure

dr. matthews said, the teacher quality panel reviewing all the documentations to make sure that evaluations are fair, highly communicative and supportive of the work in the classroom in pursuit of excellence for the students. >> one of the steps we would like to move forward with and this is discussions that we've had is a model and master type of, model/master type of situation where teachers them can begin to make more, based on the additional steps that they've taken, additional work that they would do around teaching and around assisting teachers. >> seniority make more money based on the years, it would be based on the knowledge they have? >> the knowledge and the steps that they're taking and what you're actually giving back and doing for the site and teachers who are there. these are conversations we've had. what we really need, in order to imflemt a model teacher is much more funding. >> money. always comes down to money. >> absolutely. >> you keep saying equitable. is it the equitable, why is it that the teachers' union isn't exactly embracing it, even though we think it's ground b

dr. matthews said the teacher quality panel reviewing all documentations to make sure evaluations are fair, transparent, really supportive of the work in the classroom in pursuant of excellence for the students. >> one of the steps we would like to move forward with, this is discussions as we had, model and master teacher type of situation where teacher make more based on the additional steps that they take, additional work that they would do around teaching and around assisting teachers. >> based on seniority making more money, it's based on the years, it would be on the knowledge that they have? >> knowledge, but also the steps that they're taking and what you're actually giving back and what you're doing for the site, teachers who are there. let me say, these are conversations that we've had, what we really need, in order to implement a model teacher, master teacher type system is much more funding. >> money. always comes down to money. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you this. you keep saying equitable. is it equitable, why is it that the teachers union isn't embracing it? why isn't the l

dr. matthews here.lican or a conservative opposed to any policy of barack obama, ergo you're a racist. second, if you can't find any evidence of any republican or conservative saying anything racist, that means they're just not being honest about their racism. don't forget, sean hannity, he's given lectures to republicans denouncing their use of ethic words like chicago, ethnic words like urban, and that third rail word we don't ever want to use, apartment. >> apartment. >>. >> apartment. >> think back to tom brokaw, john chancellor, brian williams, matt lauer. what are they thinking? when this is now their news brand. >> i think there's a collective -- remember lerch from that tv show where he was always groaning, whatever that show was on tv in the '60s. they're like lerch just groaning of the thought of what's happened to nbc. >> brent bozell. i can't top that. that's the best we've got. we're going to stop it there. all right, sir. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> take care. >>> coming

dr. vincent matthews, superintendent of the san jose unifies school district.plan to speak to him in the next half hour or so. outside trace elementary in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> 5:36. the debate over california's shark fins heads to federal court. two groups challenging the ban on possession and sale of shark fins, which took full effect last month. the group's claim the law infringes on their cultural heritage. shark fin soup is traditionally eaten in chinese celebrations dating back to 206 b.c. the 9th circuits court of appeals hearing arguments today. >>> the people who rescues a dog in a dramatic fashion in the san francisco bay are now looking for its owner. the italian massive had a collar on when pulled from the water but no tag and no microchip. snapping a photo from the boat. you can see the dog in the middle of the windsurfers. one of the windsurfers spotted the dog in the bay. they asked him to take her to shore. >> took a while to get the6op d into the boat because it was so rough. the wind was blow, they couldn't swim to the

dr. vincent matthews, superintendent of san jose unified school district. how is it to be back to school for you? >> it's exciting. this is my 28th back to school. one of my favorite days, students come back, back to their future. i'm excited to see all of the 33,000 students in san jose unified welcoming you back. >> reporter: this year, it's a big year for you. your focus on implementation of the common core standards. 45 states have adopted these, benchmarks for english and math, things that people have to know by each grade level. and different districts have different time lines for implementation. your implementations by this year what are the common core standards? >> they're a set of standards that you said, 45 states will be implementing standards and to make us more competitive internationally and give us c common standards across the states, skills like creative thinking, how they communicate, collaborate, having skills to e comprehensive in the 2 1 century. they're more rigorous. it's how we teach students and it's getting ready for jobs that ha

dr. martin luther king, jr.'s march for jobs and freedom here 50 years ago today. i'm here of course with "hardball" anchor and reporter today chris matthewss, we've been listening to the speeches and watching and thinking about what happened here

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dr. martin luther king, jr.'s march for jobs and freedom here 50 years ago today. i'm here of course with "hardball" anchor and reporter today chris matthews. chris, we've been listening to the speeches and watching and thinking about what happened here 50 years ago. it resonates for you? >> i have to tell you so far today the best part has been andrew young. andrew young is an older guy. like me, maybe. he brought some joy to the occasion today. i think -- what's remarkable about today, the "new york times" wrote the most extraordinary -- >> it was the best explanation of what the speech itself meant. she wrote about the fact that reverend king was son, the grandson and great-grandson of a baptist preacher. the i have a dream is in response from mahalia jackson. >> and all of that is a continuity going all the way back to the declaration of independence through the proclamation proclam ation -- proclamation emancipation and the sweltering summer of discontent. the poetry of martin luther king. >> the speech started as prose and was an economic message, jobs. and then it moved to poetry with the church records, with the response, the song

matthew. >> reporter: good morning, josh the capital of cute here at zoo atlanta. now, dr. a little later, into this bin to weigh him. this is one-half of probably the most famous set of twins in america. more than the olsen twins. remember, these are the only surviving set of panda twins ever in the u.s. squirming and squeaking. twin furballs. >> vinjly the size of a footbal. >> reporter: impossibly cute. brotherly love. look at that. and dangerously fragile. "gma" got exclusive access to the nursery of the only panda twins in the country. >> this is "a." >> reporter: and to their routine. a team of vets weigh. >> 36.5 grams. >> reporter: measure and examine these not-so-large giant pandas. >> has the hiccups. >> reporter: for now, calling cub "a" and cub "b." they're not soft. securing the cutest furballs on the planet is a mission. >> shower to wash off any germs. >> reporter: you have to shower? >> we are trying to keep them as safe as we can. >> reporter: i did as i was told. then, we had to slip on these bootees. rubbing alcohol, another effort to keep us germ-free, f

matthew. >> reporter: good morning, josh, from the capital of cute here at zoo atlanta. now, dr. little bit later, into this bin to weigh him. now, this is one-half of probably the most famous set of twins in america. more than the olsen twins. remember, these are the only surviving panda twins ever in the u.s. squirming and squeaking. twin furballs. virtually the size of a football. nuzzling each other. impossibly cute. brotherly love. look at that. but also, dangerously fragile. "gma" got exclusive access to the nursery of the only panda twins in the country. >> so, this is "a." >> reporter: oh, my god. and to their routine. a team of vets, led by dr. murphy, weigh -- >> it gained 36.5 grams. >> reporter: measure and examine these not-so-large giant pandas. >> it has the hiccups. >> reporter: which, for now, calling cub "a" and cub "b." i even got to lend a hand. they're not soft. >> they're not soft. >> reporter: no. securing the cutest furballs on the planet is a full-time mission. >> we're going to give you special scrubs. shower in. to wash off any germs. >> reporter: you h

matthews of "hardball." we have eugene robinson and our melissa harris perry. chris, i want to go back to what ambassador young had said, how he referred to dr.activists and civil rights leaders that look at the "i have a dream" speech, do you think that is a promissory note to those people who are looking for equality today and using the speech when we talk about immigration reform and gender equality and lgbt rights? is it fair to have the speech co-oped that way? >> narrow it down. i did it this morning to get ready for today. i went back and watched the speech of,that day. go back i d morning to get ready for today. i went back and watched the speech of martin luther king that day. before it became a great oratory included the great biblical and shakespearian images, it started with a pretty strong statement that there was a proi had sorry note issued in the declaration of independence about equality, general equality, and that it was a bad check. that was the line. street corner line. i just got a bad check. that this crowd back then 50 years ago lit up for. i looked at the face of the crowd. it was regular vernacular english, just got a

dr. king was going to preach from that sunday was matthew, chapter 25.y go to hell because of how we underemployed, because of how we mistreat those who are impoverished. and intel week we humanize the impoverished, we humanize, we humanize. one of the things. one political party that treats the poor as a political pinata. just beating the hell out of them. you have another party that ignores the poor and renders them invisible. we don't even we humanize those who are impoverished. and so what reverend jesse jackson did, '84 and '88, i've won't forget the speech as long as i stay black. reverend jackson brilliantly we humanize the poor. he talked about how if you go to the hospital there are people who are working in a hospital who, if they get sick, cannot afford to stay in that hospital, though they work hard every day, two and three jobs trying to make ends meet. and so instead of mislabeling and ms. recognizing the impoverished as lazy, as -- maybe we need to a rehumanize them and stop buying into the marketing of the right wing that has done a good

dr. king was going to preach that sunday was matthew chapter 25 which said america may go to hell because of how we underemployed, because of how we missed treat those who are impoverished. this -- untilash humanizetch this -- re -- you have one political party that treats the poor as a political peon, just beating the hell out of them. you have another party that ignores the poor and renders them invisible. you don't even rehumanize those who are impoverished. speeches aset the long as i stay black, reverend jackson rehumanizes the poor. there are people who are working in hospitals who, if they get sick, cannot afford to stay in that hospital though they work hard every day. they work two and three jobs to make ends meet. so instead of mislabeling and misrecognizing them as lazy, maybe we need to rehumanizing .hem we have been a good job of bastardizing the impoverished. how are you going to pay may dollars an hour and on top of that i have no benefits yet you judge me? judge me,, before you check yourself because you are on your way to hell because, when you do it to them, you are doin