we start the parent union in los angeles and apparent trigger which allows parents in failing schools to vote to have a choice whether we want to operate under those conditions. everyone of us has been committed to the idea that we need to put parents and students and teachers in the equation. >> i don't believe power has been centralized. the responsibility has been centralized. it rests on a quality of the teacher and that relationship with parent or guardian and strong centralized responsibility, it happened in every one of these cities in ways that has given parents more information and given teachers and principals more information to be more effective. >> question from the audience. superintendents who work in the inner-city district were you doing to ensure the safety of your school in terms of school violence and bullying and the tragedy we saw in ohio this week? funerals will be held this weekend. i interviewed one of the students and was breathtakingly painful to think of what that young man experienced in escaping the gunfire. we associate that in our minds with urban cente

union. people are getting fired up about this this morning. fox business network is following this story. >> hey, patty anne we a-- patti. it depends who you talk to but parentsthe district have come out with a petition against the local union saying the union threatened the district with a lawsuit to do away with any conditions funded by the booster club or staffed by volunteers. a lot of booster clubs in this town fund raise to create extra positions that the school district themselves to not supply. the parents are saying we ask that our school district give all parents at all schools the right to fund raise for conditions that are not supply by the school district but would have been necessary in our school children's education. the union is saying they are not actually going after volunteer positions the way the parents are making it sound. the union is saying there's a lot of theory rather than fact being put out in the public doe nan about this, that is not their intention and they are looking for a compromise. they also point out there's more to it they are concerned about the children in many ways. food control is liability over the independent emplo

we have to start the parent union and los angeles and the parent triggered which allows parents in the failing schools to vote to have a choice whether they want to continue operating under those conditions or have a charter school or some other. so the fact is all of us have been committed to the idea that we have to put parents and students, teachers in the equation. >> i think the reason i disagree with the statement is i don't believe that power has been centralized. i actually think the responsibility has been centralized. the power lies in the responsibility of the teacher and the principal and the relationship with the parent or guardian and strong centralized responsibility divests that the schools as has happened in actually every one of these cities in ways that has given parents more information to be more powerful and have given teachers and principals more information to be more effective. >> another question from the audience is the superintendent to work with in the inner-city district, what are you doing to ensure the safety of your schools, in terms of school violence

or the commitment to co-parent and create kids and healthy spaces and healthy unions. >> if you can haveg relationship without standing at an altar, you can have a loving relationship. the question is the health of the union not the institution in which the union is formed and i grew up everybody around me, our parents were married. there was a message that was especially for women, stay if he beats you, stay if he kills, you stay if he hurts you, stay. lets be honest and concrete, when you have the piece of paper there, there are more dire circumstances, or more of an incentive to stay married, it costs money to get divorced, some people say in theconomy, cheaper to keep him or her, you have to look at marriage, a held marriage or even a partnership without the legality as far as being more than just a relationship. it's also a financial partnership and it has more teeth when that paper is involved. that is just the reality. >> part of what i'm hearing that incentive to stay, part of the incentive to stay often keeps people in relationships they shouldn't say. >> if there is unhealthy,

union. i'm the parent of two graduates of the san francisco unified school district and member to a graduate of the san francisco unified school district and live across the street from rosa parks. we are a city that has values. we are a community that has values. we are a city that has history. we name our schools after people who are significant. i have the privilege of living across the street from one of the great americans, rosa parks, who we stand on her shoulders. we heard from martin luther king and we stand on his shoulders. but it's not just about standing on somebody's shoulders but right now you are standing on people's back. you have to walk the walk whenever there is difficult decisions to make. it's where we stand in times of adversity that matter. we, as a community, look for civic leadership and i'm proud to be in a room full of civic leaders who stand with each other and stand for the good of our community. and unfortunately i'm not looking at them right now with the exception of one. it would be really good to embody the values of the workers who work for your district, wh

. >> and the parents also in union square and that's where goldie will be later tonight for the event. >> at union scare between 6 and 9 p.m., and people are asked to wear their favorite hoodie in honor of trayvon tonight. >> thank you very much, goldie and joy-ann for a great discussion. coming up, a debate over healthcare ignites in congress. this ought to be good. >> a president who doesn't hesitate to use all the means necessary to force the obama care on the american public. >> the president is coping that idea. i am glad to hear that. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] ♪ ♪ you do ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do ♪ [ woman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do. in here, the landscapin

we helped to start the parent union in los angeles and the parrot trigger, which allows parents in failing schools -- the parent trigger, which allows parents in failing schools to make decisions. we are committed to the idea that we have to put parents and students and teachers into the equation. >> the reason why disagree with the statement is because i do not believe that power has been centralized. the power rests in the quality of the teacher and the principal and that relationship with parent-to-guardian. it is digested to schools, and that has happened and in every one of the cities in ways that has given parents more information to be more powerful and has given teachers and principals more information to be more effective. >> the superintendent to work within the inner-city districts, what are you doing to ensure the safety of your schools in terms of school violence and a bullying and especially with the tragedy that we saw happening in ohio this week? i think funerals are going to be held this weekend. i saw one of the students, and it was breathtakingly painful to see that youn

we have to start the parent union and apparent trigger which allows parents to vote to to have a choicet to continue operating under those conditions or have a charter school. the fact is of us having committed to the idea we have to put parents and students in the occasion -- equation. >> i think responsibility has been centralized. strong, centralized responsibility has happened in every one of these cities in ways that has given people more information in a given teachers more information to be more effective. >> another question from the audience, the superintendents who worked in inner-city districts, what are you doing in terms of school violence and bowling -- bullying? funerals will be held this weekend. i interviewed one of the students from ohio. it was painful to think of what that young man experienced in escaping the gunfire. we associate that with urban centers. this was anything but. bullying and school violence can happen anywhere. >> new york city, we created an impact school. we did a detailed analysis as far as a number of crime in our schools and created police and s

we help to start the parent union in los angeles and the parent trigger which allows parents, in failingools, to vote to have a choice whether they want to continue operating under those conditions or have a charter school or some other so the fact is all of us have been committed to the idea that we have to put parents and students, teachers in the equation. >> i think the reason why i disagree with the statement is that i don't believe power has been centralized. i think that responsibility has been centralized. the power rests in the quality of the teacher and the principal and that relationship with parent or guardian and strong centralized responsibility divests that to schools as has happened in every one of these cities in ways that have given parents more information to be more powerful and have given teachers and principals more information to be more effective. >> another question from the audience is that the who work within the inner-city districts, who are you doing to ensure the safety of your schools in terms of school violence and bullying and especially with the tragedy

this million hoodies march drew more than 2,000 people to union square. his parentsvoiced empowered by the crowd. >> trayvon martin did matter. i just want new york to know that we're not going to stop until we get justice for trayvon. >> reporter: the florida boy was wearing a hoodie and carrying a soda and a pack of skittles when he was confronted, then shot and killed walking to his family's home. much of the nationwide outrage came after 911 calls were released. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> that's the voice of george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain. a man tired of recent break-ins near his home outside orlando. zimmerman was not charged or arrested for allegedly shooting and killing martin. police are investigating whether it was self-defense or murder. and the teen's parents are meet with the florida department of justice today. last night, city commissioners voted no confidence in their police chief. reporting in union square, i'm carolinaa lee, abc news, new york. >>> in a sign of solidarity, stu

issues you have -- do you feel like the labor unions are working with you in a way that they were rn't before? >> well, look, i strongly believe we need to put parents and teachers in front of the movement to improve our schools. but the fact is, the teachers unions in many cases, particularly in california, have been an impediment to that. we've challenged the issue of seniority as an example. we've got great teachers, but they're evaluated purely on how long they've been there. when you're assigned or promote ordinary laid off. so we've had to lay off with all the cuts some of our best teachers, because of seniority and tenure. where it's taken -- it's the only factor, and there aren't other factors in evaluating our teachers. it's very difficult to dismiss teachers. you know, i tell people, if i had a third term, which i don't, and i ran for a third term, and i said, vote for me, i've been here the longest, everyone would look at me with a stared glaze. the fact is, we have teachers in our schools today who are there because they've been there the longest. and while there are a lot of great teachers, we need to work with our teachers unions to be

. >> that is the feeling across the board among parents at james logan high school in union city.early 10 teachers at this school received pink slips. >> it is in foreign debt they have the same teachers throughout the years that there is some type of consistency with what they're morning. >> parents say they are worried about how their children will perform one class size ratios increased. a district spokesperson told me the district could be forced to close after selective these like football, band and forensics at a high schools because they do not have the money to contribute for those extracurricular programs. >> some people want ross mirkirimi out of office after pleading guilty for false imprisonment. in exchange he had his three misdemeanor domestic violence charges dropped. groups advocating against domestic violence say they do not trust the sheriff. >> we would like for him to step down and do his work at batterers' intervention, he may not want to do that. he has not shown himself to be someone who would do that. i think it will be on the city leadership to do that. >>

unions are looking to improve. a final barrier to turning around schools is that parents are supposed to fight change in neighborhood schools. sometimes parents do cling to the familiar, but we're finding that parents and community organizations are in many cases actually helping to drive change and to enhance learning opportunities. community engagement is crucial to successful turn arounds. as dennis points out, you can't spell partners without parents. that's one reason that our administration has announced a new initiative called together for tomorrow to foster and expand community engagement in low performing schools, schools shouldn't and can't do this by themselves. together for tomorrow is already under way at six demonstration sites around the country working with the white house and the corporation for national and community service will be expanding this effort to foster more community partnerships to advance school improvement. in the end none of us can do this work alone. promoting the community culture where educational improvement is everyone's responsibility is our national mission. it does take a vi

. >> reporter: a crowd of supporters surrounded the parents of 17-year-old trayvon martin as they left a rally in manhattan's union square. it was hectic but peaceful. supporters are calling for justice for the teen who was shot dead by a man in his florida gated community. >> it was a travesty what happened to this young man. i want to show solidarity for the family but also to, you know, all people of color who suffer indignants on a daily basis. >> incredible this young man was murdered, practically a month ago and his killer is still walking out free. >> reporter: the 17-year-old was killed last month while walking in sanford, florida, near orlando. he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and carrying candy. neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman saw him and called police saying he looked suspicious. zimmerman has a license to carry a gun and says he fired in self-defense. he has not been charged. many in the crowd of demonstrators were wearing hooded sweatshirts to show their solidarity with the teenager. the teen's father says he was killed because he was black. >> my son was praying for his life. so, if any

parents. recognize that t teachers' union, any moral authority has to put the children of first and not protect bad teachers. i think that is a powerful moment in american history. say that we are in doubt by our creator with certain unalienable rights which are life, liberty, -- the pursuit of happiness. i believe that applies to every background in every single neighborhood. i want to change a safety net, as it is called, into a springboard to give every person a chance to join the middle class by getting a job, getting an education, having a chance to rise and earn their way into their pursuit of happiness. host: this question and comment on our facebook page. if you do not win the nomination, which considered a vp position? i believe to be a great asset to the republican campaign in the general election. guest: n responsible citizen can turn down a request from a potential president. buit is not something i think will happen. if i'm not the leader, iill help the leader in defeating barack obama. that is essential for the future of this country. i'll do everything i can to defeat barack obam

well, parents, teachers and students are holding marchs and rallies in union city.hey are marching to show support for a $180 million parcel tax on the ballot in june. if it passes the measure will raise $3 million for the school district each year. supporters will march from james logan high school to union landing shopping center at 9:00 this morning. >>> the search for a hit-and-run suspect in sunnyvale now extends to dubai and possibly end yay. sunnyvale place are working with the fbi and u.s. marshalls to track down 25-year-old piwanjit singh. he is wanted in the death of jennifer flores on sunday. the woman was inside singh's suv before she was thrown out and runover near mission college. he boarded a plane to duh bye the following day. authorities believe he may try to flee to india. >>> well, coming up this morning on "today in the bay," three tickets are splitting the record $640 mega millions jackpot. that's a mouthful. we'll have the latest details including where the tickets were sold. congrats to them. >>> we'll be back at 5:56 with to our next news wea

. >>> parents want a principal removed from a hercules elementary school where a student was sexually assaulted. a union representative says that 15 of the schools' 22 teachers voted no confidence in principal cynthia taylor. others spoke in support of taylor. the board did not take any action. >>> the oakland school board unanimously approved charter status for two fruitvale area schools after reaching a compromise with the school. the deal calls for the school to buy janitorial and food services from the districts and lease district buildings at a higher rate. the schools will also contribute to the district's debt repayment and that's expected to limit the financial impact on the district. >>> palo alto police are receiving more reports of tire slashing. the san jose mercury news reports that the tires on four cars in east middle drive and middle field road were reported on mon at the same time on sunday, at least 51 cars had slashed tires on ventura court, ventura avenue, mclane street and park boulevard. anyone with information on the tire slashings is asked to call palo alto police. >>> a discussi

union here in san francisco. they work every day for the betterment of our students, schools, teachers, parents, you, and the community. i believe mr. bush meant that it all and his resolution. i'm going to share my time with our vice president to have a couple of comments. >> thank you. >> i'm be vice-president of the united administrators of san francisco. i'm so proud to be appear tonight. these administrators swept the region five awards. san francisco check every category. [applause] they provide such beacons of hope in many of our communities beleaguered by these tough economic times. we are so proud of the robust work done in all of our schools by the administrators that we are grateful for their leadership. next, i would like to introduce carol who will represent not only san francisco unified, but region no. 5. >> good evening. >> let me do something that is technical in nature. could we have a roll call, please? we want to make sure we pass this resolution. [laughter] >> [roll-call] >> thank you. >> good evening. it has been my honor and privilege to serve as president of the association of california does t

parents to the neighborhood schools were just too tough to overcome. those on the right of the political spectrum said that teachers and unions and district administrators would never buy into dramatic and fundamental change. at the national level the no child left behind law required persistently low performing schools to take action to improve student learning. in reality, chronically under performing schools were required to do little and for years the federal government provided little or no resources to help support change in these schools. almost no high schools, for example, were included in federal school improvement efforts even though just 15% of our nation's high schools produce half, 50%, of our nation's 1.2 million dropouts. adults admired the problem, pointed fingers, bickered, and at the end of the day nothing meaningful changed for the nation's children. early in his administration president obama said that america could no longer maintain the status quo in chronically low performing schools. we could not continue to tinker. he believes, and i believe, that the dramatic changes desperately needed in low-performing schools and we absolute

. >> john: teachers' union would say, it's about the kids their parents chose to send them to those schools stuck with the parents that don't care and that is why we are struggling even though we get more money? >> at the end of the day, there are parents in every community who care about their kids. we are in an unfortunate situation if you are a parent and low income community and you don't want to send them to a chronically failing school, you don't have a lot of optionss. in some jurisdictions you don't have any options but continue to send them to go to a school where you know they won't get a good education. >> john: kids could choose but why do we call them public schools. let's call them government schools. they are not very public. you can't walk into a public school. i can walk into a private superintendent. it's like everything else the government does, a clumsy, badly managed monopoly that doesn't serve it's customers well. it's called government schools. government schools versus private schools. [ laughter ] >> and the fact is public attends private schools. i think we have to

so it's a partnership with teachers, with their union, with parents, with the disability community, with it's really going to take to help these kids achieve their potential. and so far, we've been working very well together. >> and governor of connecticut has long been one of the better states as far as k-12 education, but a lot of challenges in your state, just like there are across america, and you have engaged school reform as one of your top fights. >> well, you know, connecticut has the largest achievement gap of any of the 50 states and we're with actually losing ground in achievement, not gaining ground. >> explain that, if you will. >> the achievement gap, if you draw a line along income, the difference between folks who are below that line and above that line is 36 points on a test. 36 points. to put it in perspective, our neighbor, massachusetts, it's a 24 points difference. so we're talking about a pretty large differential. and we've also lost ground. and that's -- listen, it may talk about who we are and what we are. we're a very urban state, but eckn't afford in some of ou

parents and students. and ones that do badly will repel them. that is why he was against the public unions.he issue is. quee on want to pay teachers. and when teachers fib and say we are striking for professional development. that is not setting a good example. >> george, it is impossible to bargain with the government; was he right. >> they knew it would be undermining the trade unions. why not a dual system . take the money as a scholarship and that is fine. >> give people a choice is always a solution. coming up. a new tech craze taking wall street by the storm. three times are ready to take off to higher heights. well, online dating services can get kind of expensive. so to save money, i've found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out. everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip. five foot ten... still doing a little exploring. but... my sign is sagittarius, i'm into spanish cheese, my hairline is receding but i'm getting a weave. getting a weave. there's an easier way to save. who wants some ronald tonight!? who wants some ronald tonight!? g

several speeches and chanting and protests in union square, the group of several hundred or so protesters marched through the city. trayvon martin's parents were there. they spoke of the event. they said tonight that this was not about a black or white thing, but all right or wrong thing. they are shifting the and this is of their protest against what happened in the wake of their son's death to a call for justice because they have spoken several times to lay the the blame at the foot of the local police, saying it to roles were reversed and it had been a white teenager killed, then there would have been a much more swift investigation and someone that would have been arrested. with this protest and rally in new york tonight, we have seen the anger and outrage over the death of this 17-year-old and florida several weeks ago spread nationwide. >> george zimmerman has not been charged. is there a chance of that, that that situation could change after the rally? >> it will not change as a result of the rally. it may well change because there are investigations underway, not only at a local police level in the chief of police in the city of f

downtown orlando demanding the state revoke his gun permit and the parents will attend a march scheduled for tonight in new york city at union scare and they have been hyping it on the radio expecting a huge crowd. this has gone nationwide. live coverage tonight on fox report. next time you my you might want to ask the pilot how much experience they have. you will hear why a lot of flight crews may not meet new federal training standards. >>shepard: so you probably want the people on the plane to be as qualified as possible and there are concerns that many co-pilots will not meet new training standards congress has set. the transportation department's inspector general told a senate committee a recent visit to a pair of regional carriers found three quarters of all co-pilots fell short of the if you requirements. co-pilots are supposed to have 1,500 hours of training by august of next year and airline representatives say the requirements are not reasonable. they say the requirements focus on hours of training rather than the quality of the training. the federal aviation administration set the rule after an air jet crashed th

one generation ago, thanks to our parents and grand parents effort to form unions and make demands but they deserve a decent retirement, standard of living, secure health insurance, now nobody deserves that. and we can't understand why that seems plausible to anybody. host: first call florida, democrat's line. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just wanted to ask the lady, are there any sectors of the government that we give federal money to, that actually payed out for itself? i actually read one time that food stamps, for every dollar we give we get 20 cents back because of the multiplying fact of the people spending the money directly in the economy. and i'll take my comment off line. thank you. guest: that's a very interesting question and it's a great question in the context of this republican house budget. i would argue that almost every dime that the federal government pays to its workforce both in terms of salary and benefits finds its way back to the economy and is ultimately stimulative. the biggest problem our countries faces is aggregate demand not enough eco

parents. recognize that the teachers' union, any moral authority has to put the children of first and not protectad teachers. i think that is a powerful moment in american history. we say that we are in doubt by our creator with certain unalienable rights which are life, liberty, -- the pursuit of happiness. i believe that applies to every background in every single neighborhood. i want to change a safety net, as it is called, into a springboard to give every person a chance to join the middle class by getting a job, getting an education, having a chance to rise and earn their way into their pursuit of happiness. host: this question and comment on our facebook page. if you do not win the nomination, which considered a vp position? i believe to be a great asset to the republican campaign in the general election. guest: no responsible citizen can turn down a request from a potential president. but it is not something i think will happen. if i'm not the leader, i will help the leader in defeating barack obama. that is essential for the future of this country. i'll do everything i can to defeat barac