the protest is to support teachers in their fight for a salary increase. >> pam: superintendent fred brill says almost 800 students were absent today. according to the teachers union... they are asking for a 6-point-two percent base pay raise.while district officials say they can only offer a one-point-five percent bump. >> pam: because students are being pulled out of class.the district has lost thousands of dollars. one parents explains why she is protesting. return to >>.five-percent raises. >> pam: the walkout was organized by a san lorenzo parent through social media. return to >> pam: rain is on the way for the bay area. tracking the forecast, days how much can we expect from this storm system? >> reporter: coupled with this is a cold beer in showers and mountain snow. with the winter storm watch

teachers to vote on whether to call a strike. the district says it may have to cut thousands of jobs in an effort to shore up offenses. as deest reportses, the teachers union is saying that it's prepared to fight for the jobs. >> reporter: two years ago thousands of angry chicago school teachers took to the streets to fight the close of 50 schools. they love the battle and are bracing for a bigger one. the loss of up to 5,000 jobs, a fifth of 27,000 public school teachers. >> we are willing to be realistic economically. we are not willing to take up the profession, to look at deep cuts. chicago's public schools and teacher's union have been at a stalemate over a new contract since the previous one expired. the district is struggling with a shortfall, saying job cuts could save it more than half a billion annually. the school district says a strike is not a solution to the financial crisis saying in a statement: >>> the union is seeking a one-year contract with a 3% pay increase, teachers may agree to less if jobs are safer. >> people employed for longer may consider a freeze. that's in sharp distinction to what the district is demanding. rallies nor federa

in chicago, i saw a lot of the teachers who are very active in the chicago teachers union get quite simplynnounce today that they're going on strike. there was a lot of resistance there. a lot of teachers said that the grant process is secretive, the administration was withholding information from them. there were whispers of other schools that went through the program, and it was horrible, a nightmare. it was two very different situations. ane which had the support -- less powerful teachers union, and one which was very combative. host: let's hear from an administrator. this is aurora in florida. caller: how are you? yes. after my retirement, i continue to be involved in schools. i see a lot of the struggles they are having with common core. teachers are affected by it, parents, they don't know how to help the students. i even had to pull my grandson because he was doing so bad at school, and i homeschooled him. he is in the 11th grade, and he does want to attend school again. ise involvement with parents andof the most important childhood achievement. onhink we rely too much administrato

but the head of one of the teacher's union insisted this is a very good change. >> i am worried that e will be some states who think the testing sanction was a good thing to do, and that would be dead wrong for kids. we need to stop that, and start focusing on how do we get to the unique needs of children. >>> and the president of another teacher's union, said this is an end to our national nightmare. of course it will take some time, del, to see if this new succeeds or a problematic as well. >> now that common core is gone, is there a certain that the standards are going to vary from digit to digit. >> reporter: absolutely. it did set some guidelines on reading and math, and now it really will be up to the states. they can stick to common core if they want, or set their own standards, so we will be watching -- everyone will be watching to see if some states slide back and others continue to maintain very high academic standards. >> thank you very much. >>> funerals will be held today for one of the victims of the san bernardino massacre. there is also new information about the couple

the country. we eliminated tenure for teachers. we reward teachers for performance. they get more pay when they do a good job based on student learning. the teachers union did not like this at all. they mortgaged their building when i ran for reelection to try to defeat me and to support my opponents. they lost and had to sell the building, which warms my heart to be honest, because taking on big political fight is what we aim to do. we cannot stand pat with the things that are broken. i know how to do this because i had a chance to do it. she was the beneficiary. her godmother found out about the program and she got to go to a christian school. i know what happened. i was not there, but i know what happened. teacherfirst week, a told her on around her and for the first time she was told she was capable. that she had god-given talents. that god loved her and so did the teacher. together, they were going to make sure she could learn. she overcame the two years of being held back. she graduated with her age group. she was the first in her family to graduate from high school and college. this year, she will get a masters degree at the university of south f

and we'll have much more on the issue coming up at 6 and 10 inlcuding interviews with the teacher's union and educators. reporting live in studio, lukas voss abc9 news tim on cam thanks lucas.... and he will have more on the story tongiht at six with today's news, we wanted to know what kind of background checks are required for teachers in iowa. according to the iowa board of educational examiners... all new hires are required to submit finger prints and pass 3 background checks, including the fbi criminal database ....the iowa department of criminal investigation as well as a check of the child abuse registry the dependant adult abuse registry and iowa's sex offender registry. teacher candidates also must clear a check of iowa courts online, to make sure they don't have any outstanding charges. jenna: a wayne state college professor will soon find out if she will be reinstated at the institution. and although participate in her personel hearing..... they did make thier voices known... abc9's bria bell has more. bria: jenna, students say that finals week or weather would not be a factor

there were a number of independent campaigns run by the teacher unions, all perfectly legal. had we done the same thing. >> have we seen the last of vincent gray running for public office? >> i don't know. there are a lot of people that want me to run for the council, for the next election, which is in june of 2016. i'm weighing it. i'm a public servant by, you know, that's who i am. >> well, i'm not making those decisions at this stage. i have never made a decision about the office, which is in front of me. >> i can tell you that you wait until the last. muriel bowser says that you should resign? >> i think that she was wrong and owns me an apology that she should step up to say that now that we have seen this investigation having been completed that there was nothing found that i had done. i'm sorry i said that. >> we'll check with you. thank you very much. and obviously we're going to have more on my conversation with vincent gray tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. back to you, mike. >> all right, thank you, bruce. >>> get ready for some fireworks. nine presidential candidates face

the teachers are asking for a raise and have been negotiating with the district unsuccessfully since march. now, the teachers union warns a strike is possible and the parents support them. >> i took my children out of school to help the parents back the teachers to show that we're ready to let the district know that we're really concerned about a strike happening. >> the superintendent says the district is already operating in the red and tells parents, pulling kids out of school will hurt the district's efforts to give teachers what they want. teachers want a 6% raise but offered only 1% so far. >>> it is the end of an era. for years, schools in california have been ranked based on their test scores. that system is coming to an end. however, the controversy over what replaces it, that's just beginning. in tonight's class action, how do we measure school success? >> thank you for coming out to our smarter balanced assessment results meeting. >> school officials in san francisco are explaining the many changes happening in education. >> we're implementing new curriculum to go with the new standards to go with the n

the teachers right now are negotiating with the district over pay. this all starting back in march. now, the teachers union warns that a strike is possible. >> and i took my children out of school to help, to help the parents back the teachers to show that we're ready to let the district know that we're really concerned about a strike happening. >> but could those efforts be self-defeating. the superintendent of the san lorenzo school district said the school is operating in the red and trying to understand to parents that pulling the kids out of school hurts the district's effort to give the teachers what they want, more money. they're asking for a 6% raise and the district is countering with a 1% offer. >>> a lot of fog out there, the thing is, it is in patches and you could come upon it suddenly if you're out driving. >> we're looking at clouds. temperatures are mild. once again back in the 40s and 50s. stick around with the morning fog and cloud cover and especially for the south bay and the tri-valley. we will hold on to the cloud cover, especially at the coastline. 59 for san francisco and mid-60s fo

the teachers' union is threatening a strike. it wants a 6.2% base pay raise. while the district says it can only give 1.5%. now here's where the core of the disagreement is. the teachers believe there's $25 million in new revenue. the last three years the district can use to boost their pay. but we spoke with superintendent fred bril this morning. he says that's not how it works. that money is not general fund. it must go to increasing services and programs to boost learning for students, who are english learners and low academic performance, a group he says makes up more than 60% of the entire student population. he says the last eyears the district has offered more than 9% in ongoing salary and benefit increases and that's the best it can do right now. >> i cannot make -- support decisions that will bankrupt the district and put us into state receivership. i worked in oakland when they were under state receivership. i do not want to have a bureaucrat or accountant making decisions that are based on numbers and not children. >> if we do have a strike, where am

the teacher. [laughter] and the teachers' union by then even though he was the good guy it was not fair to send your kids to a public school in manhattan. and we didn't live in the worst part. so i can't imagine what parents who lived in harlem with through to send their kids to the neighborhood schools. >> after mitch no one will talk like this because you are unique. >> did bill buckley the khieu zaph? did you ever fight with him or just reason with him or did you really get into it? >> half the time i was on speaking terms i thought it was simply wonderful. there was no difficulty and several times i was on his television show and that was really something wonderful to watch because he never ever gave the slightest disturbance but he would whisper to me this guy is a moron. [laughter] or you take the next one because i cannot stand him. [laughter] this went on. >> you were always in this vector. [laughter] isn't he was so cree be a person to have regular relationship with. >> did you joust with him? >> i did. quite a lot. and did not attend your letters and one of the last letters that i got long

the local teachers union warns about generalizing. sot: "they have integrity.they keep them safe, to somehow say everyone or even a high percentage are folks that shouldn't be teaching is wrong." the union and teachers agree it's something that needs to be adressed especially in early teacher's education. and educators have already taken steps to make sure future teachers don't run into trouble. sot: "we do discourage them from participating in social media and texting with their students. it's too fine of a line to cross and it's best to not do it all. "we as an association have talked to people repeadetly and about ethics and that nees to be drivin home." searsly's case now lies in the hands of the iowa board of educational examiners. a state entity responsible for licensing the state's teachers ... their first standart within their code of professional conduct and ethics. . "conviction of crimes , sexexl or immoral conduct with or toward a student and child and dependent adult abuse." progressing i did want to mention that surslee w

standards, e, higher better teaching, all that, but far, and i too think not only the governs, but the teachers' unions agreed with got i think we have -- we a result that's pretty remarkable. is an, a lot of legislation like ghoulash. t's kind of slopped together and it passes. this is good policy, it's well written. president obama signed it. a note from him thanking him that he had written w. bush nday, george called me and thanked me for the work on the bill. i t's pretty remarkable, so think what we have here, unlike the healthcare law, where everybody started to try to day, we've e next got a law that will govern the ederal role in elementary and secondary education for 10 or 20 ears, and so teachers and governors can have some stability in what's coming from here towards them. >> senator, you mentioned healthcare law, so let's spend a little bit of time because it's under your purview. the supreme court has taken up another view on it. what do you think the supreme court will say over the next five years. senator alexander: i think over the next four or five years, it will be changed step by ste

the teachers' union saying the strike is very possible. parents say they're losing high-quality teachers because the district isn't paying them enough. each student who misses school costs about $37 for the district. yesterday they were four times the normal number of absences and more than 1,200 reported. that means more than $44,000 lost in just one day. the district says this is taking away money when it's already operating in the red. >> it will make it worse, but it will not make us more able to give increases in salary and ben fits. >> i took my children out of school to help the parents back the teachers to show that we're ready to let the district know that we're really concerned about a strike happening. >> and the negotiations, the talks began back in february. they haven't gone very far. teachers say they're asking for 6.2% pay increase adding the district has gotten $26 million in revenue the last three years. the district says it can only afford a 1.5% raise. we're talking about two sides still standing pretty far apart here. t

the system upside down. we eliminated tenure for teachers. we reward teachers for performance. they do aore pay when good job based on student learning. the teachers union didn't like this at all. in fact, they mortgaged their building when i ran for re-election to try to defeat me and to support my opponent. they lost and had to sell the heart,g, which warmed my to be honest with you, because taking on big political fights is what we need to do in washington d.c. we can't stand pat with the things that are broken. i now how to do this because had a chance to do it, and danicia was the beneficiary. about mother found out this program and she got to go school.ristian i wasn't there, but i know in my heart what happened. n that first week, a teacher put her arm around danicia and for the first time in her education life, she was told capable, that she had god-given talents, that god and so did the teacher, and that together they were going to make sure that she could learn. and danicia merriweather overcame the two years of being held back, she graduated with her age group. she was the first in her family to graduate from high school and college, and this

the teachers union say that is not an entirely accurate or fair picture. since the report the school hired a new principal. >>> in other knew, bill cosby suing dozens of women who -- news, bill cosby suing dozens of women who accused him of sexual assault. the suit claims seven women who accused him of drugging and lying. they ruining his reputation by >>> tonight the republican presidential hopefuls will meet in their final debate of the year, bree. >> nine candidates will be on stage in las vegas following the paris and san bernardino attacks, terrorism and national security are expected to dominate the discussion. on the eve of the fifth gop debate donald trump blasted his rivals before an excited crowd. be thankful buses i'm giving them a chance to make total fools of themselves in front of -- in front of millions of people. but no, honestly, i'm doing a good job for the republican party, people are able to get their votes out. >> various polls gives trump a commanding lead but an early beginning ground. senator is focused on national security. >> the e

the teachers union says that not a -- that rather is not a quote entirely accurate or fair picture since the report, the school has hired a new principal. >>> the t's green line extension is alive for now, but it still does face long odds of getting build, the t management says it will not ask for anymore funding until the into control, the t could cancel the project altogether. >>> tonight the republican presidential candidates will meet for the final debate of the year. >> nine candidates will be on stage in las vegas. terrorism and national security are expected to dominate the discussion. >> on the eve of the 5th gop debate donald trump again blasted his rivals above an excited crowd. >> the other candidate the should be thankful because i'm giving them a chance to make total fools of themselves in front of millions of people. but be no, honestly, i'm doing a good job for the republican party, people are able to get their votes out. >> various polls give trump a commanding lead in the national race for the republican nomination, but an early iowa caucuses ted cruz is gaining ground.

the chicago teacher's union says it is prepared to fight for those jobs. >> reporter: 22 years ago teachersk to the streets and lost the battle. now they are bracing for perhaps an even bigger one. the possible loss of about 5,000 jobs, a fifth of the city's 25,000 schoolteachers. >> we are willing to be real i realistic economically. but we are not willing to gut the profession. to look at deep cuts. >> reporter: chicago public schools and the chicago teachers union have been at a stalemate over a new contract since the previous one expired last summer. the district is struggling with a billion dollars budget shortfall. it says deep job cuts could save it more than a half billion dollars annually. the school district says a strike isn't a solution to its financial crisis. saying in a statement, we are negotiating in good faith with c.t.u. leadership to reach a fair multi-year agreement, that protects teachers, their jobs and our classrooms. while jesse shockey says the union is seeking a one-year contract with a 3% pay increase, he thinks teachers might agree to less if it protected jobs.

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jessica: the head of the largest teachers union in the state is involved in the overhaul of the api. eric: well, they won't--they may not see an api at all. there won't be a ranking system because there's no point in comparing one school to another school. what you really want to look is at the school itself, and then look at multiple indicators in that school. jessica: those multiple indicators could include attendance records and graduation rates. eric: you want to look at all the different kinds of things that actually indicate whether students are learning in that school. so, it's more than just looking at a test score. ted: i'm sympathetic to folks saying, "we don't want to just be judged on a couple of numbers." i get that. but on the flip side, you know, accountability is essential to having confidence in our education system. jessica: many advocacy groups across the state say the new system should be, first and foremost, easy to understand. ted: the api, with all its faults, was a very simple way to see how your school was doing compared to other schools in the area and throu

the local teachers union warns about generalizing. sot: "they have integrity.they keep them safe, to somehow say everyone or even a high percentage are folks that shouldn't be teaching is wrong." the union and teachers agree it's something that needs to be adressed especially in early teacher's education. and educators have already taken steps to make sure future teachers don't run "we do discourage participating in social media and texting with their fine of a line best to not do it all. have talked to people repeadetly and about ethics and that nees to be drivin he." searsly's case now lies in the hands of the iowa board of educational entity responsible for licensing the state's teachers ... their first standart within their code of professional conduct and ethics. "conviction of crimes , sexual or immoral conduct with or toward a student and child and dependent adult abuse." a wayne state college professor will soon find out if she will be reinstated at the institution. and although students were not allowed to participate in her p

the director of the community's local teachers union also weighed in on the situation, saying that because teaching takes such an important role in our society events like the one at north high school have a big impact on the profession. "it's based on integrity, it's based on keeping people safe and whenever things like this happen it tarnishes the reputation in general." jessica rae: lear also said with the over 1000 teachers we have in the district there are some that just shouldn't be in the profession. jessica rae: this is the latest strike of criminal charges against former north high school employees. earlier in the year, former north high soccer coach was found guilty of sexual exploitation by a school employee after it was found he had a sexual relationship with one of his students. he was sentenced to probation earlier this month. back in 20-13, former band director kevin massey resigned after it was discovered he was pawning off instruments to pay off gambling debt. massey was able to steal over 50- thousand dollars worth of instruments over about ten years. massey pleaded guilt

was inexplicable except for the fact major interest groups did better, while on this view, the teachers union. welfare workers did better on this deal, medicaid. people who spent, and the city as a whole. the city as a whole lost a so many interest groups gained. there's a wonderful metaphor that buckley used of this guy being black and white crisscrossing funds from one place to another. i was the case. and it's still the case. i was in a conference call yesterday with people in washington about is to come. senator buckley's new book was one of the things that was mentioned. but what people were talking about this is fantastic, one of the things they were talking about was this fantastic chart listing all the antipoverty agencies in washington, over 800 of them, and trying to figure out how they relate to each other. what grabbed the giuliani people was this image of money is costing. why are we doing this? we have to solve our own problems. we are not going to get help from washington, and that made liberals crazy. i say this on the basis of personal conversations and i think on platforms w

the country. we eliminated tenure for teachers. we reward teachers for performance. they get more pay when they do a good job based on student learning. the teachers union did not like this at all. they mortgaged their building when i ran for reelection to try to defeat me and to support my opponents. they lost and had to sell the building, which warms my heart to be honest, because taking on big political fight is what we aim to do. we cannot stand pat with the things that are broken. i know how to do this because i had a chance to do it. she was the beneficiary. her godmother found out about the program and she got to go to a christian school. i know what happened. i was not there, but i know what happened. in that first week, a teacher told her on around her and for the first time she was told she was capable. that she had god-given talents. that god loved her and so did the teacher. together, they were going to make sure she could learn. she overcame the two years of being held back. she graduated with her age group. she was the first in her family to graduate from high school and college. this year, she will get a masters degree at the university o

the backlash against the expanded influence of testing, joined together teacher's unions, parents andany school administrators. as the new law takes effect, will we know as much about how students are doing? going local again. >>> welcome back to "inside story," i'm ray suarez. american federation of teachers, taught at a high school in brooklyn new york. professor brought in oakland, california. they are here to look at the new every student succeeds act just signed in to law by the president. you mentioned the law is to be praised by taking bad things away. but by taking away the testing, don't we also lose a lot of intelligence about which schools are not providing a good solid foundation for their kids. and pieces of information that are pretty useful to have? >> so ray, those pieces of information still exist, but what happens is we're not fixated on only those pieces of information, as opposed to other information and latitude that people need. for example, right now project-based instruction has been squeezed out of the curriculum, and that has been scene, if you think about it

the protest is to support teachers in their fight for a salary increase. >> pam: superintendent fred brill says almost 800 students were absent today. according to the teachers uniona 6-point-two percent base pay raise.while district officials say they can only offer a one-point-five percent bump. >> pam: because students are being pulled out of class.the district has lost thousands of dollars. one parents explains why she is protesting. return to >>.five-percent raises. >> pam: the walkout was organized by a san lorenzo parent through social media. return to >> pam: rain is on the way for the bay area. tracking the forecast, days how much can we expect from this storm system? >> reporter: coupled with this is a cold beer in showers and mountain snow. with the winter storm watch bridge has upgraded to a warning. >> reporter: are talking about six to 12 in. bring in 12,000 ft. into the 3 in.. >> reporter: and that may cover some of the higher elevations in the east bay. such as the month locations. such as mt. diablo >> reporter: and does not get too hard. the main thrust of the minister goes up to see. at 3:00 a.m., thursday you can see that by 6:00 a.m. the cover

the teacher. and that, the teachers union had by then if noel shanker himself was a good guy. you couldn't.s not fair to send your kids to public school. in manhattan command we did not live in the worst part of manhattan. i cannot imagine what parents who lived in harlem went through when they send there kids to the neighborhood school. >> no one will talk like this. makes me kind of sad because you are unique. let's wrap up with this. did bill buckley make you laugh? did you ever fight with them? did you mainly just read with him? 's. >> by the time i was on speaking terms i thought he was simply wonderful. i mean, there was no difficulty. i was several times on his television show. >> remember well. >> and that was really something wonderful to watch. he never ever, the slightest disturbance. [laughter] or you take the next one because i can handle it. this went on. >> examiner of the program. >> i was. >> from him it was always missed actor. >> and we would guess about it afterwards. he was so -- he was so dreamy a person have a regular relationship with. >> norm, did you joust and in-p

the ties to the communist party, or alleged ties to the congress party because they were in the teachers union and she got her security claims. those sites are even before she met thea. she's been in new york. she's lovely, and one night she calls a friend and subject to to take me where the lesbians are. i'm lonely. i need to me some lessons. she goes to a restaurant in greenwich village and there she meets thea. at least from edie's perspective it was love at first sight the she kind of spent the next two years kind of pursuing thea and since she was always trying to wait issue not attach commission up with someone parks or maybe i get together with reports after a couple of years they did, and they were driving out to the countryside one weekend and thea said, edie comp what if you were to wear a diamond engagement ring at work? what would happen? edie so they can do that if i show up at work, i'm sure you've seen pictures. edie is what a looker. she still is but she was a gorgeous woman. she said if i show that ibm with a big diamond ring everyone will say who's the lucky guy? and i can't

lifting the number of charter schools which are funded public schools that operate outside the teachers' union. they made it clear that they are going to fight until the death it may be a valid question will marty walsh be advocating for it? . >> i have been advocating for both. i testified at the state house early in the year to agree to lift the cap, but lift it slow. with the question, the will be lifts it. it has reprocushions on the public and the schools. i think that is unfortunate that they are fighting rather than coming together and working on a common goal to improve education in our city and state. there is a happy medium. going to get done. i don't know if it will go to the ballot. i want to make it work. there are other funding issues and other issues to get done. >>reporter: i want to slip in one last thing, when we had the letter in his desk addressed to you, and i respect the fact that you wanted to keep that private. he has pass 0 away. without -- passed away. without going into detail, can you tell us what it said. >> he wished me luck and said the people of boston have to c

. >>> the president of philadelphia's teacher's union said children and families across the commonwealth have had enough. there is simply no excuse for political gamesmanship that makes funding for our schools contingent on pension legislation. if a budget deal can't be reached, the philadelphia school district's ability to keep schools open, issue paychecks, and pay bills beyond january 29th of next year, is uncertain. >>> in decision 2016, intrigue as tonight's democratic presidential debate with a scandal at a fight between the candidates and democratic national committee. nbc 10 national correspondent chris pa lone has the highlights. >> reporter: after a data brief controversy a war of words between the bernie sanders and hillary clinton campaign. sanders apologized at the beginning of the third democratic debate, admitting a member of his staff accessed clinton's voter file after a software glitch gave him access. >> i apologize. this is not the type of campaign that we run. and if i find anybody else involved in this, they will also be fired. >> reporter: sanders dismissed concern

. >> the president of philadelphia's teacher union is chiming in releasing a statement saying children and families across the commonwealth have had enough. there's simply no excuse for political gamesmanship that makes funding for our schools difficult. >>> good morning. a cold start for us as we head into the rest of your weekend. temperatures will stay pretty close to average and it's a seasonal sunday. winter officially starts tomorrow night. 34 degrees, and lots of sunshine in philadelphia. wind speeds out of the west north west at 10 miles per hour, so the feels like temperature is in the 20s. across the rest of the region, 43 degrees currently, and we will be at 43 degrees by 2:00 p.m., and by 5:00, 41, and our high today 45 degrees with sunshine and on the colder side of things. temperature wise, 32 degrees in allentown, and 33 in trenton, and 37 in wildwood. the feels like temperature feels like in the 20s for us, so it's going to be a chilly start to your morning. we are very similar to what we saw yesterday. we're still dealing with the wind speeds and the poconos up to 20 m

the director of the community's local teachers union also weighed in on the situation, saying that because teaching takes such an important role in our society events like the one at north high school have a big impact on the profession. "it's based on integrity, people safe and this happen it tarnishes the general." jessica rae: lear also said with the over 1000 teachers we have in the district there are some that just shouldn't be in the profession. jessica rae: strike of criminal former north employees. earlier in the north high was found guilty of sexual exploitation by a school employee after it was found he had a sexual relationship with one of his studentsts he was sentenced to probation earlier this month. back in 20-13, former band director kevin massey resigned after it was discovered he was pawninoff instruments to pay off gambling debt. massey was able to steal over 50- thousand dollars worth of instruments over about ten years. massey pleaded guilty to felony theft charges was sentenced to three years of and has to pay the school. students at wayne state college say they're co

there is a valid question looming on the horizon. would like to take care of it yourselves, the teacher's union would prefer to go to the ballot. are we going to have a bill? -- position on that. >> and they're still up in the on. i don't think they have a definitive answer in terms of what weather they will take it up and we are ready to take it up and my discussions with the chair, and, you know, some wanted advocates, most importantly, some of the parents are crying out to me and to wall of the legislature that they want what is best for their children. they want the opportunity to choose. if they feel there is a better opportunity for their child to go to a charter school and they would like to have that and i would like to give it to them. >> we look forward to talking with you in the coming year. >> and thank you as always. >> that is it for us. colleagues for more wbz news. >>> and all right, gentlemen. thank you so much. pamela is here with a look at the forecast. >> huh-uh. >> and today, soggy and what a week ahead. >> oh, boy. >> the first winter storm of the season monday night into

the country. we eliminated tenure for teachers. we reward teachers for performance. they get more pay when they do a good job based on student learning. the teachers union did not like this at all. they mortgaged their building when i ran for reelection to try to defeat me and to support my opponents. they lost and had to sell the building, which warms my heart to be honest, because taking on big political fight is what we aim to do. we cannot stand pat with the things that are broken. i know how to do this because i had a chance to do it. she was the beneficiary. her godmother found out about the program and she got to go to a christian school. i know what happened. i was not there, but i know what happened. in that first week, a teacher told her on around her and for the first time she was told she was capable. that she had god-given talents. that god loved her and so did the teacher. together, they were going to make sure she could learn. she overcame the two years of being held back. she graduated with her age group. she was the first in her family to graduate from high school and college. this year, she will get a masters degree at the university o

we are here for the annual dance of the lemons, where each of you gets to trade your worst teacher to another school. the union'splacated, and only the children suffer.

and on top of all of that, unrelated, the teachers union here in chicago is in the middle of a vote for? >> msnbc's adam riess reporting there in chicago. thanks so much. i want to bring in chairman of the labor committee for the chicago alliance against racism and political repression. mike, thanks for being with me today. first off, your gut reaction to the calls about the mayor to resign. do you think that should happen? >> yes, i think that should happen. and also the resignation of anita alvarez, the state's district attorney here in the cook county area who fails to charge any officers with police crime. that should happen immediately. the mayor has proven throughout the years that he has no concern for the public safety of the black community. we don't accept his apology. we view his emotional outburst as a joke. that should have happened many years ago as black bodies were being murdered throughout this city by police officers. he never said that he was responsible before, but now that all this pressure is coming as a result of the laquan mcdonald video now suddenly he claims re

. -- representing the nation's largest teachers union, she talks about education issues . watch the interview tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. quick sunday night, tyler able, , talks of drew pearson about the second volume of mr. pearson's diaries, which give an insider's take on washington dc from 1960-1969. >> it was just remarkable, all the things that he did. sometimes he would criticize himself in the diary. you would come across different places where he said i think that column was too strong, i should not have said it quite that way. it is going to get mad at me for the way i wrote that column, but it needs to be told. and glad i wrote it. quick sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. >> next, the history of american law concerning sex and the supreme court's interpretation of marriage and constitutional rights. from the chicago humanities festival, this is an hour. >> jeff and i have known each other for a number of years and i have always admired and respected him for his sometimes iconoclastic legal positions regarding seemingly embedded,

we also got a chance to talk with the director of our local teachers union today. he said th because teaching takes such an important role in our society events like the one at north high school have a profound impact on the "it's based on integrity, it's based on keeping people safe and whenever things like this happen it tarnishes the reputation in general." lear also said that with the over 1000 teachers we have in the district over 1000 teachers we havein the district there are some that just shouldn't be in the profession just like in anyther. we'll have more on the issue coming up at 10 ... reporting live in studio, lukas voss abc9 news jenna: this is the latest in a string of criminal charges against former north high shcool employees. earlier this year, high soccer deleon was found exploitation by a after it was a sexual lationship with one of his udents. he was sentenced to probation earlier this month. back in 2013, former band director kevin after it was he was pawning off instruments to pay off gambling debt. massey was able to steal over 50- thousand do

the tests to grade teachers. these recommendations are being praised by the state's largest teacher's union. >>> madonna is showing her support for the people of >> and she is doing it with the unofficial anthem adopted by the city in the wake of the deadly terror attacks. >> imagine there's no heaven >> madonna led an impromptu sing along at republic plaza wednesday night after finishing a concert nearby. the pop icon said she was there to sing songs of peace for those victims. >>> 5:22. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> this morning we have cloudy to partly cloudy skies, and we have some very nice warm air that is coming up still. it is warming things up. 42 at paramus, 43 new city in rocklin county, 36 around morristown, we're going to be looking at a very warm day today. yesterday's high was 60. we'll easily get into the low 60s today. today randolph new jersey by 10:00 you're already at 51 degrees. we're looking at temperatures into the low 60s later on today. even warmer this weekend with record high by sund

the senate. >>> philadelphia's teachers union is responding to a change included in the current budget framework. the senate passed the changes yesterday. those changes would involve distributing an additional $350 million to schools. but the philadelphia federation of teachers calls the changes disturbing. federation president jerry jordan explained why at a news conference this afternoon. he says if the changes pass, it would allow the state to take over up to five schools a year in philadelphia. >> state takeover have already proven itself to be an absolute disaster in our city. philadelphia's public schools have been run by the school reform commission for the past 15 years, and in that time our school children have seen school buildings close and programs and services taken away. >> pennsylvania's budget stalemate is now in its fifth month. >>> a quaker school in montgomery county is removing the adventures of huckleberry finn. the principal of friends' central says the language and portrayal of african-americans in the book makes students uncomfortable. the school decided the community cos

the loose. >>> new at 6:00, a school district planning to provide affordable housing for teachers in the heart of silicon valley. the cupertino union school district says it's how they hope to stop a shortage of teachers due to the high cost of living in the area. azenith smith with more on the plan. >> reporter: dave is a teacher and the last 29 years with the cupertino school district, he's seen fellow teachers leave because they can't afford housing. >> i'm renting and i can't afford to live in this area. when i retire i'll be moving out to affordable housing. >> reporter: the school district announced a project to take the 10-acre plot of land in santa clara and build 200 one to three-bedroom housing units for educators at below market rent. the property is being leased to several private schools. >> there are fewer teachers coming out of our universities and we know since the recession has ended and the economy is on an uptick, we are now fighting with the private sector for support staff. >> reporter: according to the california teachers association in santa clara county, the median price of a home is $970,000. the median mon

union organizer, real inspiration for a great many of us on this campus. most recently he has been active in building the educators for a democratic union, the progressive caucus within the massachusetts teachers association which is though largest union in the state and has been a tremendous organizing power. i will turn it over now to dan clawson. thank you. dan: here is how the evening will work. i will give you a brief overview of how the evening will work, a few minutes on the theory of direct action and questions to think about this evening and then i will turn it over to our panelists. each of the five panelists have been asked to speak for not more than 12 minutes and i will give them a time check near the end. the focus for tonight is on direct action, how it operates, what is involved in it, it's effects on the participants in the larger movement, what works, and what does not. the concerns raised within the movement and by those on the outside and similar questions. panelists will focus or exclusively on personal stories specifics, this is what happened on this occasion, this is what we learned from it, this is why it worked or did not work. the focus tonight is not primarily on the

thank you very much commissioners for mentioning that we've spoken about that with the teachers unionthemselves we're very sensitive to that we worked clovb to get messages out of the importance of being in psychological for the first two days to no vail i'm concerned about the instructional time during the two dazed tripling the outreach to the parents parents have avenues like a winter break not in session and very much engage around the calendar that comes before the board it is unconsciousable the amount of loss of structural time a high priority for us. >> if no further discussion ms. casco roll call. >> ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and dr. murase 7 i's. >> thank you very much the next item on the agendas is the/78 and san francisco community office of education balanced scorecard single plans there is a motion and a second i understand a birthday dr. robert that sacrificed his birthday to be with us mr. superintendent. >> happy birthday. >> thank you dr. murase ask the doctors to do do honors on that item. >> thank you very much super

thank you very much commissioners for mentioning that we've spoken about that with the teachers unionthemselves we're very sensitive to that we worked clovb to get messages out of the importance of being in psychological for the first two days to no vail i'm concerned about the instructional time during the two dazed tripling the outreach to the parents parents have avenues like a winter break not in session and very much engage around the calendar that comes before the board it is unconsciousable the amount of loss of structural time a high priority for us. >> if no further discussion ms. casco roll call. >> ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and dr. murase 7 i's. >> thank you very much the next item on the agendas is the/78 and san francisco community office of education balanced scorecard single plans there is a motion and a second i understand a birthday dr. robert that sacrificed his birthday to be with us mr. superintendent. >> happy birthday. >> thank you dr. murase ask the doctors to do do honors on that item. >> thank you very much super