followed by american federation of teachers president randi weingarten, with a look of -- of of peaches issues teachers issues. we are joined by daniel markey. washington journal as live every morning at 70 and eastern with your calls, tweets, and facebook comments on c-span. both aswe are told students and as a nation in terms of the popular imagination is that there are all kinds of citizens and marches and demonstrations that occur but they are done by these famous iconic people. who was soparks tired that she refused to get up from the bus in alabama and sparked the boycott. a young preacher who even the president referred to during the election as this young preacher from georgia who was dr. martin luther king jr. who leads the masses of african americans from racial oppression. this notion that rosa sat and martin could do this kind of stuff and jesse could run and barack could fly. they sound good but they really simplify a much more complicated history. that can't get it history really involves so many african-americans who proactively dismantled racial saturation -- segregation

. >> randy weingarten is the president of the american federation of teachers.you so much for being here. how much of a game changer do you think this is for students? >> well, you know, we're going to have to see it in practice first. what we've learned in terms of education, there's a big, big difference in terms of what's pronounced and how it operates in the field. on the face of it, these seem like really good changes. like, for example, to actually have vocabulary words on the s.a.t. that you use as opposed to something that you'll never even see again, even in "the new york times" crossword puzzle, tç actually not have points taken off for not guessing right, to actually have something that where you're reading a text like the declaration of independence or the martin luther king "i have a dream" speech, things that kwids would actually learn in high school and then have to base not only an answer on what the text says, but really critical thinking. so it sounds like the s.a.t. actually makes this about what kids learn in school, not based upon the privil

for that i'm joined by randy weingarten. she represents teachers nationwide. you have a history with charter schools. >> of course. first, one of the first people to invent charter schools was one of my predecessor s, al shanker let people parents and teachers together get out of the yoke of a bureaucracy and try something new. if we can incubate good ideas, bring it back to the public system. but to try something new. in fact, we opened two charter schools here in new york city, and under the former mayors, one of the charter school far exceeded in terms of kids graduating from high school. >> so the concept of removing students and teachers , and the yoke of bureaucracy. putting aside the fact of he said-she said, many brought up is it an union? why can't you fire under performing teachers and we all have heard stories of rubber rooms, how do you respond to that? >> we need great community schools. that's what parents want. that's why frankly you see the number of parents opting for charters as we've had increasing austerity in our schools because parents wa

randi weingarten saying, the rollout of healthcare.gov is nothing compared to the rollout of common core. your supporters are saying it's not working the way it's supposed to way. >> the rollout is state-by-state. this is local stuff. and in some locations, they have a legitimate point. that's a very different question than saying we shouldn't move towards the common core. >> reporter: take new york. legislators there are calling for a two-year moratorium on the core, after test scores tanked. only, one-third of students passed. that created horror in a lot of parents. >> right. when you have a task, you can bridge from the old test to the new test and set a cup level that matches. and be able to compare this group of students to previous students. >> reporter: fix it for that group. >> you don't have a big drop. when we go to higher standards, there is a transition where you'll see that the way we've been teaching math is not good enough. so, to meet the high standards, we need to do it in a smarter way. >> reporter: and gates argues, that's what common core does. allowing students to c

followed by randi weingarten. we are joined with daniel in the council of foreign relations. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> is this a technique you hope will prove fruitful? reagan hadour of less to do with the hollywood roots per se. ofwasn't the climber hollywood exactly. it had to do with the skills and grace he acquired as an actor you read the fact that he always hit his mark. there and feelut the lives -- fielding those questions effortless. oh who were likely to support him politically -- people who were likely to support him lyrically could see the ideal candidate, the ideal representation of their views. he did not make them embarrassed anyway. they were not waiting for him to fail. especially in those early days. the wordis kind of -- book comes from a 16th century book about how to be a successful politician. unique fishand using glamour on c-span's q&a. next, a house oversight subcommittee examines the deaths u.s. servicemen. they were killed after the taliban fired a rocket at their helicopter. it was the dentist -- deadliest day for u.s. for

go by the wayside and then they'll be something else like what indiana just absolutely right randi weingarten it is always such a pleasure to have you with us thank you so person x. times thank you. florida governor rick scott is now officially a killer. and charlene dill is one of his victims charlie and bill is a hardworking florida woman who moved down to florida when she was just eighteen years old to help make ends meet she worked at various fast food restaurants at disney world she cleaned houses she babysat as the years went by she found herself as a single mother struggling to raise three children last year charlene made just eleven thousand dollars cleaning houses and babysitting she used that money to help put food on the table for her children and put a roof over their heads then charlene discovered she had a severe heart problem that needed to be managed and she could afford to get treated right because she didn't have health insurance she fell into what's called the red state donut hole it was created by republican lawmakers like rick scott it says that if you make over fifty fou

host: if you're listening on c-span radio, our guest is randi weingarten, the president of the americanation of teachers. this is a tweet -- guest: when you actually compare the u.s. education cost to the cost and other countries, there is one huge difference. other countries actually paid for economic security benefits, health care benefits, pension benefits. when you cap for those caught, they costs are pretty much the same as other countries. if you actually account for poverty, our schools and the united dates do better than schools all across the world. one out of every two children in our public schools are poor. teachers have become the first responders to poverty. ultimately, we need to help all kids succeed. we need to make schools the center of communities about wrap services around them so that we are actually addressing kids social, emotional, health needs, as well as their instructional needs. when you go through that, and focus on equity, giving people who have the least the most then you get to excellence. that's what we have learned from the countries that are actually s

the national review to talk about the fifth anniversary of the tea party and will be joined by randi weingartens union issues and education policy and finally, daniel markey of the foreign relations committee will discuss the u.s. role in afghanistan. that's the show for today, hope you have a great saturday. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] today, first lady michelle obama talking about the latest efforts to change nutrition labels. then a hearing examining the latest research to combat alzheimer's disease. rules of the being proposed for nonprofit groups seeking tax-exempt status. >> the new website makes it easier than ever for you to keep and shareshington d c this on other social networks. this lets you access