that announcement came a short time ago from chancellor kaya henderson and mayor vincent gray. bruce johnson reports they hope to use this good news toker if swayed the teacher's union to support -- news to persuade the teachers union to support a longer school day. >> the report shows the things we are doing is working. >> reporter: kaya henderson declaring her students showing the greatest growth of math and reading scores of any urban school district in the country. >> this is a test that is externally monitored, scored. we don't have anything to do with it. >> 4th and 8th grade reading scores are up five and eight points respectively, eighth graders seeing a five-point climb. the handout today did not break scores down by race. >> we had the experts crunch numbers and understand are the demographic changes the reasons why our kids are performing and no is the answer. our black and hispanic and poor kids are growing at very fast clips. >> reporter: both henderson and mayor gray say they will now use the improved test scores to lobby unions and others to support a longer scho

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schools chancellor kaya henderson says she is not leaving her post in d.c. to head up to new york city to run the school there. several media outlets have been buzzing about her name showing up on a short list of possible candidates for the new york job. in a letter released today, henderson says she has spoken to mayor elect bill de blasio but is not considering it. >>> football plans turn on each other. we are learning new details about what led up to a stabbing after the denver broncos game. >>> close friends looking at the life of mcgary. he is more than a game show host. a special tribute at his home away from home. >>> breaking news out of colorado after a school shooting there. we have an nbc crew arriving to that >>> south africa's prosecutoring attorney says they never confirmed reports the sign language interpreter once faced a murder charge. a local news agency reported the charge stemmed from a case in 2003. it follows news yesterday that the interpreter suffers from schizophrenia and says he suffered a breakdown at the memorial. in a statement,