. >> "newsmakers" with the american federations of teachers resident randi weingarten, followed by a roundtable discussion with journalists discussing news from the past year. then, women entrepreneurs talk about networking and their careers during politico's women rule summit. >> this week on "newsmakers," we are joined by randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. here in studio in d.c., allison klein, staff writer for "education week." and, kaitlyn who covers questions for "politico." >> 46 states and the district of columbia have adopted new college and career ready standards in reading and math. this has been somewhat of a bumpy rollout. you said that the rollout of common core has been worse after the affordable care act. can you talk about what you meant there?

joining me are jared bernstein and randy weingarten. you both for being here. >> jared, i thought obama care was supposed to be a job killer. what happened here? >> i thought the way you put it was right. they're going to have to go for a new talking point. not only did we add 203,000 jobs last month in november, but if you look over the past 11 months just over the year 2013, we've averaged about 190,000 jobs per month. so the trend of the last couple of months has actually been a lasting one. the unemployment rate fell from 7.3% to 7%. sometimes when we've talked about declining unemployment in recent months, it's been because people left the job market. but not in november. we had people coming into the job market and finding jobs. now, we're not out of the woods. 7% is too high an unemployment rate. i'm sure you would agree with me. but we're certainly headed in the right direction and perhaps at a faster clip than we thought. completely inconsistent with those talking points. >> no doubt about it. but, you know, randi here's a comp

that's an issue we'll be talking about right now with american federation of teachers president randi weingartenthank you for being here. >> it's my pleasure. >> it seemed that american students were staying steady but a lot of our competitors in other nations, particular asian nations were doing much better. what happened? >> it's been there for the last ten years. what's happening is that the stuff that business does, which is so successful in business, really kind of using the market, actually doesn't work in education. that's what the other countries of the world know. you can't have -- what they're focused on is how they help call kids become winners, which mean they have to address the equity issues and poverty issues in real way and have to make sure all kids have great teachers. >> happening inside the schools or outside? >> it's happening some ways in both. places like finland, germany, shanghai, they're trying to say this is what the poverty is. this is where we are. how do we adjust it? what we have done in the united states is no child left behind, race to the top. we said let's fixa

. >> this week on "newsmakers," we are joined by randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. here in studio in d.c., allison klein, staff writer for "education week." and, kaitlyn who covers questions for "politico." >> 46 states and the district of columbia have adopted new college and career ready standards in reading and math. this has been somewhat of a bumpy rollout. you said that the rollout of common core has been worse after the affordable care act. can you talk about what you meant there? >> let me just say that we at the a.f.t. are big supporters of the common core not to be implemented in a straitjacket kind of way, but we are more aligned to critical thinking and applying knowledge, which is what kids need to do and know how to do for the middle class jobs of this century and the next -- well i will not talking about the next center, but the rest of the century. we became a big believer and how you have these have these kinds of standards. this is why the is such a bumpy rollout. you cannot just get on a podium and say that out shall have standards. -

randi weingarten says that that is because the u.s. has a higher poverty rate than other developed countries. hour.s just over one >> our guest is randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. this is her first visit with the group. she got an early look at the joys of helping children learn to turn mother was a teacher. she earned degrees from cornell university and a law degree from cardozo school of law. she worked at a wall street law form -- law firm for several years. she taught in brooklyn while serving as counsel for the president of the united federation of teachers. she served as president for 12 years before her election as a ft president in 2008. that ends the biographical portion of the program. as always, we are on the record here. please no live blogging retweeting or other means of filing well this is underway. there is no embargo on the breakfast. our friends at c-span have agreed not to air video of the session until one hour after the broadcast is over to give reporters time to file. give me a n

check out our extensive coverage at foxbusiness.com/pension 911 and randi weingarten, the head of theation of teachers. she's our prime interview right now. you can watch that interview and see why she's reluctant to offer a full solution to in this problem. lori: well, on a much brighter note -- adam: happier note. [laughter] happy new year, everybody. lori: that's certainly going to be an uplifting chat. in the meantime, everybody's talking about these fitness be devices that measure every step you take, every cycle of rem sleep you get. fit bit, nike's fuel bands, exactly, among the biggest names in wearable tech. but the smart stock is taking things -- smart sock is taking things a step further. straight ahead. adam: and still looking for something to do this new year's eve? applebee's is putting on a big party, and you're invited for a few hundred bucks. ♪ ♪ >> hank greenberg filed a ethics complaint against new york attorney general eric schneiderman. he says the ag ignored a ethics violation when the deputy took undisclosed private jet ride from greenberg's attorney. >>> sales

. >> so in light of thinking about the role of the test, randi weingarten, for instance, the president of the american federation of teachers, has expressed concern that especially in new york we saw this most recently that with states transitioning to the common core tests, at the same time they're rolling out teacher evaluation systems, that teachers are going to wind up being evaluated on tests which are still being piloted or that are in that alpha and beta tase. is that a real concern? >> i think it's a real concern, i think it's a real challenge. i think we're going to get through it. i think all those things are true. i mean, i met with one of the two unions -- and actually i can't remember exactly which one, whether it was the cea or the aft, but they talked about how many teachers they have councilled out of teaching -- counseled out of teaching and have worked on making sure they help people understand where they fit in the world. i think they get it. but, you know, if connecticut had done some of these things years before, what you just described wouldn't be so difficult. bu

randi weingarten says that that is because the u.s. has a higher poverty rate than other developed countries. hour.s just over one >> our guest is randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers.

randi weingarten president of the american federation of teachers, spoke about the report. she spoke about the efforts to improve education. hosted by the christian science monitor. this is just over one hour. >> our guest is randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. this is her first visit with the group. she got an early look at the joys of helping children learn since her mother was a teacher. she earned degrees from cornell university and a law degree from cardozo school of law. she worked at a wall street law firm for several years. she taught history in brooklyn while serving as counsel for the president of the united federation of teachers. she served as president for 12 years before her election as aft president in 2008. that ends the biographical portion of the program. as always, we are on the record here. please no live blogging or tweeting or other means of filing well this is underway. there is no embargo on the breakfast. our friends at c-span have agreed not to air video of the session until one hour after the breakfast is over to gi

stop >>what i said you'll see of that interview with -- randi weingarten. >> we have secular norms. theological norms that govern our acceptance or rejection of the ways in which a god or gods or god is can speak to people -- can speak tooddess people that you had david qureshi said he had a special insight into the bible. and other memos -- and member to understand. they are living in the end times. does not seem to be a problem but when it elites top, -- whenents it all leads to other elements, there are law enforcement concerns. then suddenly the idea of somebody listening to god and having his followers doing things that is not the norm. that needs to be believed and controlled. professor argues that religion persecution has been prevalent since the mid- 1800's. 9:00 part ofat book tv this weekend on c-span 2. a look at how conservatives view the events of 2013 as well as what we can expect to see in the new year. from washington journal, this is 40 minutes. postbank welcome back. as we continue this morning, philip klein, a senior writer for the washington examiner see, thewe e

and you cannot sanction your way. >> you can see more of that interview with randi weingarten tomorrowewsmakers" airs at 10 a.m. eastern and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. decide early on. minute. you probably met with the pennsylvania governor curtain on november 14. i think that is when he realized he had to decide and he did decide to go. probably -- lincoln told downhat night to write half of the speech and he took what he had. i think there is very good evidence that he was not invited early. that does not mean it was not important to him. he invited a lot of people to go . he took a lot of care and attention over his words. itt because he didn't write does not mean it wasn't important him. >> historians speak about the circumstances around abraham lincoln's gettysburg address. ofday at 11:00 eastern part american history c-span 3. >> no discussion on faith in the white house with current and former directors of the white house faith-based office which was created by president george w. bush, the -- bush. it is two hours. >> thank you for that kind introduction. ladies and gentlemen, w

joining me randi weingarten and harvey weinstein producer of nelson mandela, "long walk to freedom."ions on this partnership. harvey weinstein, congratulations on the film. tell me about the film and why you decided it was really important to place this in classrooms, reach another generation. >> we've been involved in trying to make a movie. at one point washington was going to do it, another was morgan freeman. having met him on several occasions and how inspiring he was, i wanted to see if we could get kids in schools to come see a movie that wasn't avengers or superhero movie and see what a real hero looked like, a real hero's life looks like. it's pg-13. they should see animated movie and run to this movie. it's good dinner conversation. then randi teamed up with our company. i've been at one of the screenings and seeing hundreds of kids react is important moment in my life. >> also golden globes nomination for the film. randi, we've talked a lot about the importance of bringing these lessons to kids what does it mean in practical term for a teach tore have these film clips as a

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yesterday randy weingarten in the head of the american federation of teachers spoke with reporters at the christian science monitor. here is a bit of what she had to say. >> today is like the day after pizza they. so i'm sure that most of you filed some stories about pisa and the sky falling in things like that although i haven't actually seen much of that. actually, a lot of really good reporting under the numbers and i just want to thank all of you for that. and, you know, we have been through this before. this is the third or fourth time, the fourth time in my memory, but the fourth or the fifth time that pisa results have invested in the united states. but what does this say that the united states is pretty much in the middle of the pack on mathematics, science and english and particularly this year where there was a focus on mathematics for the first time in ten years. it says two or three things. number one, it says that things like poverty, social economics really matter because you look at the states like massachusetts and connecticut that did well and what they've done and yo

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randi weingarten and politics which defends teachers rather than students in doesn't really understandyou've got to hope and say i am for the of the kids. you say african-american. they're poised, confident, smartly dressed for work at the going someplace. i say you go to catholic school? they say yes. i don't want to go to catholic school. i've been there. kids from undisciplined backgrounds. here's my prejudices. i might not. people who have disorganization at homemade organization at school to more than i'm willing to put up with myself. tommy lambro. >> okay, where do we start. [laughter] >> i may be wrong. >> there's so many things i want to say to what you said. first of all, we started this thing. we went at it because i went to sit down with everybody. everybody around the country, on all levels say what works, what works? everyone had a different set of things and everyone was giving opinions. that's great. i want to know what the facts are. what was interesting is no one really had the whole handle on the whole list. yet these are the top people in the field. that was fascina

randi weingarten and politics affects teachers recommend students and doesn't understand you have tohelp. i am for the elite kids. i meet them and they are poised and confident and smart and ready to work. i say do you go to catholic school and the kids says yeah. i don't want to go to catholic school. i've been there but i think it's coming from undisciplined backgrounds need that discipline. here is my prejudices. i'm laying them out. families that come with disorganization of school need to go to organization of school more than what i'm able -- willing to put up with like nuns mad. >> where do we start? [laughter] no, no there are so many things i want to say about what you said. first of all we started this and we went at it because i went to sit down with everybody. anybody on all levels and just say what works, what works and everyone had a different set of things and everyone was giving opinions. i said that's great. i want to know what the facts are and what was really interesting is that no one really had the whole handle on the whole list and yet these are the top people i

american federation of teachers president randi weingarten is our guest this week on newsmakers. about education issues, including common core standards, testing and where american students reich compared to other nations. watch newsmakers, sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c- span. today on c-span, aren't you and review series looks at the federal budget and government shutdown. later, a panel discussion on the role of religion in the white house. >> the beginning of october 2013 was a perfect storm of politics and policy with implementation of many elements of the health care law and the beginning of the new fiscal year. there was a 16 day government shutdown as a result. over the next hour of c-span's year in review, we bring you some floor debates. we will show you senator ted cruz of texas and his filibuster in the u.s. senate. we will begin with a conversation with a woman who covers issues on political hill. -- on capitol hill, for the "chicagoes" and the tribune." how did the health-care lobby, >> this linchpin for -- at least on the house side -- for the shutdown i

. >>> randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers, spoke wednesday about improving education and the performance of american students in the 2012 international student assessment. you can see all of her remarks at c-span.org. here's some of what she said about test scores. >> today, you know, is like the day after pisa day. so i'm sure most of you filed some stories about pisa and about, you know, the sky falling and things like that, although i haven't actually seen much of that. i saw, actually, a lot of really good reporting under the numbers, and i just want to thank all of you for that. and, you know, we've been through this rodeo before. this is the third or fourth time that pisa results -- the third time in my memory, but the fourth or fifth time that pisa results have -- [inaudible] [audio difficulty] what does it say that the united states is pretty much in the middle of the pack on mathematics, science and english? and particularly this year where there was a real focus on mathematics for the first time in ten years. it says two or three things. number one

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today, "newsmakers" with randi weingartenollowed by world bank projects. later, a discussion on gender, race, and incarceration hosted by tulane university. this week on "newsmakers," we are joined by the president of the american federation of teachers. here in studio in d.c., allison klein, staff writer for "education week." kaitlyn who covers questions for "politico." 46 states and the district of columbia have adopted new college and career ready standards in reading and math. this has been somewhat of a bumpy rollout. you said that the rollout of after core has been worse the affordable care act. can you talk about what you meant there? let me just say that we at the we are big supporters of the notably amendola did in a straitjacket type of wife not in a straitjacket type of why, but we are more committed to told solving and applying knowledge, which is what kids were need to do and middlew to do for the class jobs of this century and the next -- well i will not be talking about the next center, but the rest of the cent

. >> randi weingarten criticize -- input from -- implication implementation of the common core educational standards. she said wall street interests are responsible. she spoke to reporters at a breakfast hosted by the christian science monitor. >> our guest is randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. this is her first visit with the group. an early look at the joys of helping children learn to turn mother was a teacher. she earned degrees from cornell university and a law degree from cardozo school of law. she worked at a wall street law form -- law firm for several years. brooklyn while serving as counsel for the president of the united federation of teachers. she served as president for 12 years before her election as a ft president in 2008. that ends the biographical portion of the program. as always, we are on the record here. please no live blogging retweeting or other means of filing well this is underway. there is no embargo on the breakfast. our friends at c-span have agreed not to air video of the session until one hour after the broadcast is over to giv