i'm going to finland in september. i met with the top finnish educator and said how do you hold your teachers accountable? he said there is no word in the finnish language for accountability. our teachers are professionals and operate like doctors and lawyers. >> guest: that may be so in finland but let's remember how i found my way to this topic and wyeth thought it was an interesting topic and that is i stumbled onto a story that ended up writing for "the new yorker" magazine about the rubber rooms in new york where there were 700 teachers, and i'm going to guess his 10% of the number of teachers in all of finland. >> host: what percent of the teachers in new york city is that? >> guest: it is very low. >> host: was a 1%? >> guest: that illustrates how terrible the accountability system is. >> host: the rubber rooms were an administrative -- why didn't they give those people hearings and resolve them? >> guest: why didn't they just give pete bold hearings and resolve them? through through it. you first of all they ar

finland has done that across the board. finland says we will only let the best come in and we will support them in different ways. they are getting great results and held accountable. it is not as if they do not have accountability. but they do a much better job of supporting them and compensating them. no one thinks that and educators should make a million dollars, but you also should not have to take a vow of poverty to become an educator. this has got to be -- as a nation, we all need to think about this. with the third of our future work force retiring over the next four-six years, our ability to attract and retain great talent now is going to shape public education for the next generation. i spend a huge amount of my time thinking about how to attract that talent and then maintain that talent. >> getting back to no child left behind. you have called the punitive, a slow-moving educational train wreck. as you know, a number of states are beginning to push back. idaho is one, montana, i know you just worked out a last- m

i'm going to finland in september. i met with the top educator and that cannot you hold teachers accountable? is that there's no word in the finnish language for accountability. our teachers are responsible. >> guest: let's remember how i found my way to this topic and white that it was an interesting topic. and that is they stumbled onto a story that ended up writing for "the new yorker" magazine a bit, but rabble-rousers in new york, where there were 700 teachers, which is possibly i'm going to guess 10% of the number of teachers in all of finland. >> host: what percentage teachers in new york city is there? is at 1%? >> guest: that just illustrates how terrible the accountability is. >> host: why didn't they just get those people hearings and resolve them? >> guest: why didn't they give people hearings and resolve them? let's go through step by step. give those people hearings. they negotiated not with mayor limburg or joel kline, but the people they control in the state legislature to mandate that the hearings coul

finland. -- 1 deals like those granted finland. angela merkel insist that greece is not have enough collateral to stock up for every lender. analysts are worried that if the debate spreads, this could bring down the entire bailout package which still needs approval by parliament in the eurozone states. >> german business confidence has fallen to the lowest lovell and more than a year. the debt crisis weighed on the outlook for growth here in the biggest economy. the business climate index based on a survey of 7000 executives across the country dropped to 108.7 in august. the lowest reading since june of 2010. fears are growing that and other global slump will weaken demand for german exports. the debt crisis is also within the eurozone area. the index had little impact on shares in frankfurt as stocks there are locked in another day of gains. our correspondent has this summary of the session from frankfurt. >> although the most important indicator came in as a disappointment. traders took it a

but then finland as we outshine its neighboring countries in the same demography. they made a decision in the early 1970s to emphasize teacher quality. and by that they recruit the best people into teaching. they supported them. they required every single teacher i in the classroom has a masters degree which is different from what you and bill gates say. and when they're in the classroom is no standardized multiple-choice test. the first time a student ever encountered a test when they apply to college. that is an outside. >> guest: how many public schools are the independent? >> host: the population is small but it's number one in the world. it's virtually all public. >> guest: and the population? >> host: 5 million. >> guest: to talking about a million, 300,000. >> host: finland has taken many other independent schools and made them public schools. they have made their public system stronger. i'm going to dinner in september. i met with a top finnish educator and said how do you hold your teachers accountable quick he said there's no word in the finnish language

that doesn't sound like finland to me. >> host: the the part of education when did they decide to oppose the rubber room why didn't they do that years ago? >> guest: the to get the union agreement. frankly if you ask the mayor or the head of the union because that new yorker article in articles in the post it became an embarrassment. >> host: but they went through the different negotiations and one of which they are bloomberg gave a huge salary increase. >> guest: they should have but what does that have to do with -- >> host: then and negotiation the give a huge merit plan which didn't work. >> guest: and you know that because you read the pages in my book. i'm not defending that. i'm not defending or prosecuting it either. >> host: but what you are saying is somehow the union support for having all these protections when in fact the yet administration is the other side of the table. >> guest: that is not like saying it's not the book as saying. the union with the book says in some detail is it describes a pendulum and it describes how the union certainly need to be, you needed the teac

twice former champions rubin are also reported to be on the verge of signing denominate here and finland midfielder your comments are the twenty four year old russian and finnish citizenship and has been a regular finland's national squad for over four years his deal is reported to be worth around nineteen million dollars. and over in england and after selling t. midfielder said fabregas and samir nasri as well as still smarting from sunday's eight two drubbing at manchester united arsenal have announced they've agreed a deal to sign south korea captain to young part from french side monaco the twenty six year old striker has twenty five goals and ninety one matches during his three years in the french top flight. you're a white captain diego lugano has been unveiled at french big spenders paris nandrolone the thirty year old defender joyce from under fire turkish side fenerbahce on a three year deal with america champion is the ninth summer signing for the capital and set them back a record you bought for three million dollars this sum though is dwarfed by the record sixty million which

daughter and things like that after changing continents and moving to russia in the defensive line in finland this put a display of his talents by scoring goals no wonder his opponents try to avoid corners and free kicks as a rival no position was always harold's danger. yes he can give that story to any forward in aerial battles ensures the twenty eight year old sandra bacon booze good ingles and almost one hundred mpg games would in a moment display their work waiting to be called in it well keep waiting or genteel only when he says he would consider a move big boom though not yet. when i get my worries repeats of a very grateful to get the planes at that point in my career they count me along on the always wanted to return them for a while and almost every year i get off it's from going into i'm good and i don't see any reason to leave this place sometimes i want to return to return forever and not to go back up until it's time. but we will be two thousand and four olympic champion or we can run up in one of the best hold you will get from those in russia stealing steel in a truck you keep

month months as germany are not immune another priority will be addressing investor concerns that finland demands for collateral twenty rail a second one hundred sixty billion euro bailout for greece and with the world markets warily waiting for the outcome i'm now joined by patrick young executive director of the investment firm devi advisors for more on this developing story mr young why does this meeting being called what's going to be on the table as you see it well this is a fascinating meeting because actually it demonstrates that within the e.u. itself there is a very very significant struggle and argument over what is the process by which the eurozone needs to be saved there is a lady called sharon bowles she's the chairman of a committee called he called which deals with economics she's been very very on the happy with the activity and in recent months coming from the european union itself the european commission and the euro zone finance ministers and she's been increasingly critical of the fact that there is basically new leadership in the euro zone we keep having these false a

commission says it will now investigate whether finland's actions were appropriate . while world markets continue to tumble on bleak economic news worldwide the blame game is still in full swing from bickering u.s. political parties to investors and credit rating agencies few major players have escaped unscathed but as artie's lower list the reports some may find themselves suffering from more fallout than others breaking news the united states has just lost its top notch triple a credit rating from it was the downgrade heard round the world in a strong reaction to the rating downgrade called us well it's dead standard and poor's took the u.s. from straight aaa student to one notch below for the first time ever bad marks were handed down for the nation's debt and politicians inability to agree on reigning it in a tea party downgrade in a lot of it has to do with the failure of the present united states i think this is a tea party problem the greater in chief says the u.s. is becoming a bit more unpredictable in terms of the conduct proposed to some of the other govern

that is all going to be heading eastward into finland. baltic states too. you want to watch out for that. out west right now heavier showers possible for northern spain. northern areas of portugal. but instead parts of france and then southeastern end of the british isles too will be looking wetter here. as for those temperatures, 22 in stockholm, 25 in berlin. it's a lot warmer here. 34 degrees in vienna. that's going to be hot. 32 in rome. getting up to 35 in athens. do take precautions against the heat here. and here is your three day outlook. >>> our lead stories this hour in libya fighting intensifies between government troops and nato backed offenses in tripoli. the opposition forces announced the capture of saif al islam on sunday. a witness says that antigovernment forces gained control of an airport in tripoli on sunday while government troops struck back fiercely with rockets and other weapons. the counterattack appears to have killed many resident fighters. government troops are gathering in the district that surrounds the house of muammar gaddha

they lost their first match against finland. one man scored both goals for the home team.they will need a big win at next week to qualify. germany has made a huge turnaround in its plummeting birth rates. statistics show the number of newborns is up. the government says the average number of children for a woman was just under 1.4 in 2010. that is about 13,000 more babies than the year before, and the highest rate since 1990. the report also said more women are choosing to have a second or even a third child. it might be a terrible summer here in germany, and there might be a lot of problems with the economy around the world. nonetheless, many germans are especially optimistic about the future. we will be looking at that question in a minute. >> stay tuned. >> if you ask most people in germany, they would say that the weather this summer has been a great disappointment. too much rain, too little son. politically, this has been a hot summer, with leaders equipped with the euro crisis and turmoil on the financial markets. what has been at the mood in germany in the summer of

daughter and things like hands up to changing continents and moving to russia on the defensive line in finland us for the displayed his talent by scoring goals no wonder his opponents try to avoid corners and free kicks his arrival in the opposition box always heralds danger. and he can give a hand story to any forward in their old bettles ensures the twenty eight year old sandra big food ingles and almost one hundred fifty games for dinner despite never finding the back of the net well keep waiting. however he says he would consider a move big boom though not yet to see the little boy go from here i always repeat that i'm very grateful to river plates at that point in my career they helped me a lot and i always wanted to return them full and almost every year i get office from river by now i'm good and i don't see any reason to leave this place but sometimes i want to retire to return forever but not to go back there until i retire. however the two thousand and four olympic champion american run up and one of the best defenders in russia stealings to win a trophy. his name but out of. moving

won't work i mean again it's back to a kind of holding the scandinavian model of rehabilitation in finland in sweden in norway is the any serious way that you actually deal with these problems on the long term level but just buying them up in prison is where which are overcrowded and loonies prisons are prime factors explain. to me sitting right in the english prison to sixty seven percent of these people go into prison they come out and they re offend again the reaction in many parts of the country from communities. the launch vigilante groups clearly they're angry and they want a heavy handed response is that the answer i don't think the public a very well educated about how and why children come to do this so for example there's a lot of discussion around how parents should be teaching their children and you know disciplining more is so much evidence and all my experience as a teacher is that the children hit by their parents are the ones who are the worst behaved you know and that just doesn't come out in the kind of general conversation it's a sort of knee jerk reaction you know we ne

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