it is america reports with the second hour and i m john roberts from washington happy we can partner you. gillian: that is a great reminder i was having so much fun with you. i m glad i could brighten your mood. gillian: thank you. it is great to be with you and everyone at home, am gillian turner in for sandra smith. that teacher of the year for new york state coming up including that spirit the critics say his obsession with social justice cost him his job. he ended up bouncing right back. john: brian kilmeade to weigh in all day on this. we will get to him plus karl rove fan shannon bream on deck as we began the breaking news in the battle to control congress. the midterms less then seven weeks away and republicans laying out. the president firing back at them. they control washington pure they control the house, the senate, the white house and the committee, the agencies and it is their plan, but they have no plan to fix all of the problems they created. so
schools. instead of, he assailed for republicans accusing them of not having an agenda. house minority leader kevin mccarthy went to pennsylvania and unveiled what he calls a commitment to america. and that is a thin series of policy goals with little or no detail that he says republicans are going to pursue if they regain control of congress. so, this was a dnc event hosted by the national education association with president biden as the headliner happening one month before the midterms when republicans are planning to make education a big issue at the ballot box, john. john: ji jacqui heinrich thank you. what does pushing for woke get for schools? meet new york state teacher of the year billy greene who some parents called a prime example what they are concerned about. write for americans largest citizen. he got the award by showing his student test scores fell far below the states average.
in fact, according to the new york post, when you re 90% of his students failed. that is not all. the teacher billy greene claims he mixes and social justice into his lesson plans rather than sticking to the curriculum. brian kilmeade, box host of fox & friends. parents are complaining that he prioritizes wokeness, what do you think about all this? number when he teaches chemistry so i don t know how you squeeze social justice into chemistry. it is tough enough to get those charts down let alone understand who is good and who is down and who is so present and who is not to be of the other back up plan is math and i don t know how you squeeze that in. also an advisor to lgbqt youth which is fine. the grades overall performance if judged onto, the less cool she was at frederick douglass school which i certainly can relate to. only 9% of her students passed
at having low grades for those kids right now. so, his goal is to round the kids out. for me as a parent, i want my kids to learn chemistry and math. there was a lot of people to think that he s got to teach them about life in the classroom because they are not getting it at home here they are also very vulnerable. john: brian mccormick you mention test scores and billy greene s class. let s put the evidence on the screen this is a new york post article, greene has a slightly checkered work history as new york city public school teacher including being fired at least once for his activism he told the post. one of the less schools where he taught chemistry frederick douglass academy first [boos] falls far below in test scores and greene is subject at the lowest test scores at douglass with 9% of students getting a passing grade. and yet, he is the teacher of the year. while you are bringing that, this is my thought. there are so many clubs after school where you can learn about