it s 27 past the hour. time now to take a look at the morning papers. usa today, cushing military suicides is a top priority for defense second leon panetta. panetta told commanders the culture must change. so members of the military are comfortable seeking counseling. in 2001, there were 160 active-duty suicides. in 2011, nearly double that, 301. and in our parade of papers, the chicago tribune, mayor rahm emanuel is now trying to get a court order. he s having to resort to getting a court order to get the city s students back into the classrooms while the teachers decide to take their strike into their second week. both city officials and union leaders had agreed to a framework for a new teacher contract on friday. it was a deal that the union leaders called a good contract, but yesterday union delegates
responsibility and made a mistake by advocating what some conservatives see as a campaign of caution. romney himself also being criticized by his associates who are, quote, baffled that such a successful corporate leader has created a team with so few lines of authority or accountability. ahead on morning joe, we ll talk to mike allen and get deeper into that piece. mayor rahm emanuel of chicago is seeking a court order to get students back to school. chicago s teachers strike enters now its second week. city officials and union leaders had agreed to a framework for a new teacher contract. on friday a dole the union leaders called a, quote, good contract. but yesterday union delegates voted to extend the strike for at least another two days. the group of 800 delegates say they needed more time to consider the details of the agreement. as a result, more than 350,000 public school students in chicago will remain locked out of their classrooms. delegates will meet again on tuesday aft
and come together to pass a radical new teacher contract, one that changed the evaluation model from seniority based to performance based. that success came at a political price. the one-time rivals are now teaming up again in the name of education, with george joining michelle s new students first initiative. joining us now with more on their new venture together is michelle rhee along with george parker in washington and howard dean is still with us as well. good to have you on the show, back on the show. we start where you still disagree because you do still disagree on some things or let s be positive. what an unlikely alliance. this is great. i think a lot of people will be surprised because over the course of my 3 1/2 years as chancellor in d.c. people characterized my relationship with the washington teacher s union and george parker as very contentious and confrontational. we certainly had our very vigorous debates. we think the product of that,
give you a good idea as far as the proximity of what is happening. thousands and thousands of people were out here today as the day wears on now we are starting to see the numbers dwindle just a bit. that that is incredible news if it is true. that is basically fraud by doctors incidental to the breach of the teacher contract which prohibits them from calling in sick to protest. poisoning, what a mess. mike, great job, breaking news. thanks very much. now, to the wave of political protests washing over the arab world. thousands streaming back to bahrain s center square in the monitoring archy monitorin withdrew. hundreds marching and shouting antigovernment slo slogans. in algeria, breaking up the you
you re talking about here. detroit public schools have had the worst test scores in the nation. he has closed down 59 schools, 51 new principals he s put in, just in the peace two years. he s only been there not even for two years. he s taken on massive change, negotiated a new teacher contract. that contract relies upon student progress as part of the evaluation system. that s exciting. yeah. there s a lot going on, huge upheaval. a lot of unpopular moves. sounds like he s not been fired. it wears on you. it s certainly been a lot of unpopular things when you have to close schools. michael bloomberg was talking about, while we re having this education conversation, talking about tenure yesterday. let s listen. the truth is, not every single one of them deserves a lifetime job. there is no business in america