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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM ANDREA MITCHELL, AND IS GREAT TO BE HERE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR STUDIOS....
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| 00:03:39 |
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THAT I COULD NOT BE PROPER TO BE HERE WITH BOTH MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND MAYOR EMANUEL. BOTH NEW YORK AND CHICAGO ARE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE...
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| 00:05:50 |
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DUNCAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAN DO TO BACKSTOP MEIER VILLARAIGOSA? >> I WANT TO THANK THEM
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| 00:06:02 |
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FOR THEIR COURAGE. THIS IS THE TOUGHEST ISSUE THEY HAVE WORKED ON. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO GET THE URGENCY AND NOTHING IS MORE AN IMPORTANT. THEY ARE PUTTING...
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| 00:06:38 |
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MEIER BLOOMBERG, YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF CONTROVERSIAL THINGS. YET TAKEN ON ISSUES, AND ONE OF AND IS CREATING LARGER SCHOOLS. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES...
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| 00:06:58 |
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THAN 25, 50 YEARS AGO? THE DIFFERENCE IS WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THEIR REAL-WORLD IMPACT OF WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID EDUCATION...
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| 00:09:13 |
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KNOW HOW ANTONIO -- FIRST OF ALL, I DO NOT KNOW HOW ANTONIO CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND NOT HAVE CONTROL. HE IS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT HE HAS NO ABILITY TO...
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| 00:10:59 |
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WITH ALL OF YOU -- >> THE REASON
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| 00:11:06 |
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FOR ME BEING HERE IT IS YOU SAID SOMETHING IN YOUR INTRODUCTION. THE THREE DISTRICTS REPRESENTED HERE ARE BIGGER THAN MOST STATES. IF YOU TOOK OUR COLLECTIVE...
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| 00:11:56 |
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DUNCAN? >>
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| 00:11:58 |
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SECRETARY TO DUNCAN JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE COULD PUT -- A SMALL CONCEPT WITH RACED TO THE TOP. SO GIVING A SMALL CHANCE TO OUR THREE CITIES...
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| 00:12:33 |
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DESERVES APPLAUSE. ">> LET ME GIVE IT BACK TO SOMETHING THAT MAYOR BLOOMBERG SAID, MOST IN PASSING, BUT I WANTED TO ZERO IN ON IT. YOU POINTED THAT THE...
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| 00:13:21 |
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AGO ACROSS THE COUNTRY CLOSED THE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS, AND EVERYBODY SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? MAYBE, YOUR KID IS NOT GOING TO HARVARD, AND HARVARD IS NOT...
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| 00:14:44 |
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IN THE SPEECH MANY OF US HAVE BEEN CITING THAT THE PRESIDENT GAVE, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, APPRENTICE SHIPSSHIPS. MAYOR...
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| 00:15:13 |
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REAL HERE. THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN IN THESE DISTRICTS ARE POOR. THE MAJORITY COME FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES. THESE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE CONTINUE TO...
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| 00:16:05 |
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COST ABOUT HIRING CHALLENGES, THE CHAIRMAN A SIEMENS WAS WORKING ON A PLANT IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND HE WAS GOING TO ADMIT -- TO MILITARY BASES BECAUSE...
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| 00:16:45 |
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3/4 OF ALL JOBS IN THE FUTURE REQUIRE A POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, WHETHER IT'S THREE-YEAR POST-GRADUATE OR A TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IN OUR CITY,...
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| 00:19:48 |
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STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT IN WHAT HE SAID AND I THINK MOST EDUCATORS IN AMERICA STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT. THE FACT IS, YOU HAVE TO BE A CAREER-READY OR...
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| 00:20:59 |
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THEIR KIDS FEEL THAT EFFECT AND IT BECOMES A CONTINUING CYCLE. MAYOR BLOOMBERG, WE'VE THROWN A LOT OF MONEY AT OUR SCHOOLS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT...
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| 00:21:31 |
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YORK CITY, WE SPEND DOUBLE WHAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS, 18-ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. >> WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW
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| 00:21:40 |
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FOR IT? >> WE HAVE MADE
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| 00:21:43 |
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IMPROVEMENTS. YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD TODAY. REPRESENTATIVE -- REPETITIVE JOBS ARE AUTOMATED OUT OF EXISTENCE AND JOBS...
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| 00:23:31 |
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ABOUT YOUR LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A HISTORY IN AMERICA OF NOT VALUING TEACHERS. IF GREAT SCHOOLS BEGIN WITH GREAT TEACHERS, HOW DO WE...
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| 00:23:55 |
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WE'RE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE TEACHER'S UNION TO PAY $20,000 BONUS TO A TEACHER RANKED IN THE TOP OF THEIR PROFESSION TWO YEARS IN A ROW TO SAY...
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| 00:25:34 |
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INTRODUCING THE SUPERINTENDENTS MOMENTARILY, MAYOR EMANUEL, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WRAP UP THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM. >> I AGREE
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| 00:25:43 |
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WITH WHAT MIKE SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHERS BUT YOU ALSO NEED A PRINCIPAL THAT'S READY TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, A TEACHER THAT'S MOTIVATED...
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| 00:27:00 |
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PRINCIPALS TO GO INTO TOUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND TAKE OVER THOSE SCHOOLS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, IN GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT...
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| 00:27:48 |
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FOR A SECOND. >>
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| 00:27:49 |
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GO AHEAD. >> I ALSO PAY, IN MY
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| 00:27:53 |
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TURNAROUND SCHOOLS, I PAY A SIGNING BONUS AS THEY DO AND I AGREE WITH THEM ON THAT POINT BUT IN CALIFORNIA, WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE FROM NUMBER -- THE...
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| 00:28:42 |
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THE SUPERINTENDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. WE'RE GOING TO REARRANGE OUR CHAIRS A LITTLE BIT AND BRING UP OUR THREE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. SO LET...
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| 00:29:08 |
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SET, WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE, FIRST OF ALL, CLOSEST TO ME IS THE LOS ANGELES SUPERINTENDENT, JOHN DEASY. NEXT TO MIKE BLOOMBERG IS NEW YORK CITY CHANCELLOR...
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| 00:29:54 |
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SURE. THE THING ABOUT LOS ANGELES AND WHY I THINK IT'S SO AMAZINGLY IMPORTANT. L.A. IS A MIRACLE. WHAT HAPPENS IN LOS ANGELES MATTERS ENORMOUSLY FOR...
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| 00:31:24 |
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WALCOTT, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK CITY. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THERE HAS BEEN PUBLICIZING THE PERFORMANCE RECORDS, THE MAYOR ALLUDED...
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| 00:31:56 |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AND AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO THIS INFORMATION. WHAT I'VE BEEN DRYING IS MAKE SURE THE ENTIRE NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITY...
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| 00:33:14 |
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GIVE INFORMATION AT MICROSOFT TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT, NAMELY THE MANAGERS OF THE PEOPLE BEING EVALUATED. IN OUR CASE, IT'S THE PRINCIPALS AND THE...
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| 00:33:30 |
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GOOD POINT. >> THAT'S KNOWN AS THE
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| 00:33:33 |
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LAST WORD. >> THAT IS KNOWN AS
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| 00:33:35 |
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THE LAST WORD. THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS SOMEONE OUT OF THE BUSINESS WORLD WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW THESE THINGS WORK. J.C. BRIZARD, YOU'VE BEEN FACING A LOT...
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| 00:34:19 |
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TIME TALKING ABOUT THE WORK WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH IN CHICAGO. WE -- GOING BACK TO THE DATA AND TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CITY,...
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| 00:35:14 |
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THING. OUR FIRST BATTLE AS IT RELATES TO CHANGING OUR SCHOOLS, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE -- OUR KIDS, HAVE ONE OF THE SHORTEST SCHOOL DAYS AND...
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| 00:36:25 |
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DEASY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS
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| 00:36:26 |
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THAT'S COMING ACROSS A LOT THIS MORNING IS THE ISSUE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHETHER IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL TEST SCORE OR...
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| 00:37:14 |
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IS. AND THE SCHOOL REPORT CARD THAT L.A. UNIFIED NOW EMPLOYS WAS STARTED IN MY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS, WE TOOK IT TO SCALE. IT'S NOW THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL...
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| 00:37:40 |
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SECRETARY DUNCAN, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT THAT WE SHOULD WORRY AS MUCH ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IF NOT MORE, THAT BETWEEN...
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| 00:38:08 |
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THE STATES WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AND WE ALL TALK ABOUT THE CAREER AGENDA AND THE LAST ROUND OF TOPICS, $500 MILLION OUT TO STATES TO INCREASE ACCESS...
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| 00:38:45 |
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REALLY NOW THE PRIVILEGE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND UPPER MIDDLE CLASS? >> NO, IN ALL THESE CITIES
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| 00:38:51 |
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HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN, NOT ENOUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO GET POOR CHILDREN AND BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN INTO HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS WHERE THEIR...
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| 00:39:05 |
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TO PICK OCCUPY THAT THEME, WITH COMMON CORE AND IMPLEMENTING COMMON CORE IN PRE-K PROGRAMS, AS WELL. TAKING IT FROM PRE-K THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT'S...
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| 00:39:50 |
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GAP BETWEEN BLACK AND LATINO KIDS AND WHITE AND ASIAN KIDS, WE'VE CUT IT IN HALF. IT'S MUCH TOO GREAT BUT WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BY...
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| 00:40:44 |
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OF QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. ONE IS THAT THE MORE THAT YOU CONCENTRATE POWER IN THE MAYORS OFFICES, THE FARTHER YOU GET FROM PARENTS ON THE GROUND,...
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| 00:41:01 |
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DISAGREE. >> WHAT WE'VE DONE IN NEW
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| 00:41:03 |
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YORK CITY, 2003, WE INVESTED ROUGHLY $80 MILLION IN CREATING A POSITION CALLED PARENT COORDINATORS AND EVERY SCHOOL HAS A PARENT COORDINATOR AND THAT'S...
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| 00:41:37 |
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THE OPPOSITE HAPPENS AND I'VE WORKED IN BOTH SYSTEMS, IN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO AND ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, WHERE YOU HAVE THAT SINGLE LINE OF ACCOUNTABILITY,...
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| 00:42:16 |
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NET RESULT -- ONE QUICK THING -- YOU LOOK AT EACH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DRIVING INFORMATION TO PARENTS. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY,...
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| 00:42:35 |
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS. THE PARENTS WANT YOU TO HIRE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS TO RUN THE CLASSROOMS. PARENTS HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THE RESULTS ARE GOOD...
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| 00:43:01 |
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MY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A PARENT CENTER. WE HAVE -- I STARTED OFF BY SAYING WE NEED TO PUT PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN FRONT OF A MOVEMENT TO HOLD OUR SCHOOLS...
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| 00:43:42 |
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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....
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| 00:44:12 |
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FROM THE AUDIENCE IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS WHO WORK WITHIN THE INNER-CITY DISTRICTS, WHO ARE YOU DOING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF YOUR SCHOOLS IN TERMS...
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| 00:44:52 |
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THE BEGINNING OF THE ADMINISTRATION, WE CREATED WHAT WAS CALLED IMPACT SCHOOLS AND DID DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS,...
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| 00:46:09 |
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J.C.? >> YOU'LL FIND A LOT
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| 00:46:11 |
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OF SYNERGY BETWEEN WHAT YOU SEE IN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE THE PRINCIPALS, 38 HIGH SCHOOLS, WITH POLICE COMMANDERS....
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| 00:47:22 |
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OBVIOUS SAFETY MATTERS AND ONE INCIDENT OF VIOLENT IS ONE TOO MANY BUT CONTEXT IS WORTH PULLING INTO THE CONVERSATION. IN LOS ANGELES, INCIDENTS OF ...
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| 00:48:13 |
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ABOUT DIFFERENT INVESTMENT. THERE'S NO GREATER INVESTMENT THAN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. NO GREATER INVESTMENT. WHETHER IT'S ALL OF US, SOMEWHERE GROWING...
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| 00:48:49 |
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DUNCAN, WE'RE SHORT ON TIME NOW AND GETTING CLOSE TO CLOSING COMMENTS FROM EVERYONE. I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT FIRST OF ALL THE BUDGET CRUNCH WHICH...
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| 00:49:25 |
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ME TAKE THE SECOND ONE FIRST. WE THINK THERE HAS BEEN AN OVEREMPSOIS TESTING UNDER NO CHOICE LEFT BEHIND AND THE BIG PART OF THE EMPHASIS ON THE WAIVERS...
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| 00:50:45 |
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YOU TO THINK OF, J.C., PERHAPS STARTING WITH YOU, THE SINGLE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT YOU FACE AND YOUR GREATEST HOPE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO SURMOUNT...
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| 00:50:59 |
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HOPE. I'LL PARAPHRASE A LINE A PRINCIPAL SAID TO ME A FEW MONTHS AGO. HE SAID THE RAILROAD IS NO LONGER UNDERGROUND. IT IS PUBLIC, IT IS TANGIBLE AND...
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| 00:51:30 |
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CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK
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| 00:51:32 |
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YOU. THAT SCHOOL. >> WE HAVE FAMILY
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| 00:51:34 |
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MEDICAL LEAVE NOW IN CHICAGO. >> THAT SCHOOL IS A SOLUTION
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| 00:51:40 |
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SO WHAT I HAVE IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE BASE SELECTING SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS, EVERY PARENT SHOULD HAVE. THAT, I THINK, IS A FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTION TO OUR...
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| 00:51:51 |
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MAYOR EMANUEL? >> FOR OUR
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| 00:51:54 |
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SCHOOL SYSTEM, I THINK THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, THE SYSTEM WAS SET UP FOR THE ADULTS, WITHOUT ANY OF THE KIDS IN MIND. YOU WOULD NEVER, EVER START A SYSTEM...
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| 00:53:29 |
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WALKER? >> HOW WE MAKE SURE THE
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| 00:53:31 |
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STUDENTS ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT OF THE DISCUSSION. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE, WHEN THE BATTLE TAKES PLACE, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT...
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| 00:54:45 |
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BLOOMBERG? >> WE HAVE A SAYING
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| 00:54:46 |
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THAT IN GOD WE TRUST, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO BRING DATA AND I KNOW OF NO WAYS FOR A TEACHER TON WHETHER THEY ARE GETTING THROUGH TO THE CHILD AND WHETHER...
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| 00:56:00 |
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TO REMEMBER IT. >> WE ARE. >> THERE WAS A VIETNAM --
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| 00:56:04 |
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PETE SIEGER HAD A SONG, KNEE DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY AND THE BIG FOOL SAID TO PUSH ON. WITHOUT TESTING, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO AND WE ARE TAKING ...
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| 00:56:30 |
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SIEGER REFERENCE, I'M JUST GLAD YOU DIDN'T TRY TO SING IT. JOHN DEASY. >> WE'RE
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| 00:56:34 |
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ALL GLAD. YOU ASKED FOR THE GREATEST HOPE AND GREATEST CHALLENGE. FOR ME, THE HOPE IS THAT PROGRESS ISN'T MADE IN LOS ANGELES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS...
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| 00:58:05 |
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AND MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA? >> ONE HOPE IS THAT
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| 00:58:08 |
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IN ADDITION TO DISTRICTS LIKE OURS THAT ARE CITY STATES, BEING ABLE TO COMPETE FOR RACE TO THE TOP THAT WE ALSO GET WAIVERS FROM NCLB SO WE CAN INNOVATE...
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| 00:59:40 |
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EVERYONE HERE TODAY AND THANK SECRETARY DUNCAN AND YOUR WONDERFUL TEAM FOR LETTING ME NANT THIS. IF THERE'S ONE CLEAR MESSAGE FROM ALL THE MAYORS AND...
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| 01:00:40 |
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TIMES" REPORTER WHO COVERED THIS EVENT EARLIER TODAY. BEN WOLFGANG IS NATIONAL REPORTER WITH THE "WASHINGTON TIMES" COVERING THE EDUCATION EVENT AT...
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