schools will have to take drastic action following one of the four models. the school could work to improve in one of four specific areas. teacher effectiveness, instruction, learning and teaching planning time. also, the district could temporarily shut down a low-performing school, then reopen it under charter school management. or they could permanently close a failing school and send the students elsewhere in the district. finally, the school district could flat out fire the teacher, the principals, and at least half the staff of the struggling school and overhaul its program of instruction. to tell us more about this and does it have legs and is it going to turn things around, let me bring in dennis, the president of the country's largest labor union, the national education association, who is a teacher in arizona. appreciate your time tonight. does the nea embrace what the