the no. 1 state for solving this riddle that this country has become from being the no. 1 public education nation to one in the bottom half. we know the things -- at risk kids are coming from difficult neighborhoods and often broken families, they need a longer school day. that is nothing new there. there's another way to do that without spending a bunch of money. you can get your teachers union to agree to stagger the school day. some teachers come in early and you have study hall, some come in later and you have sports after school. there is a bunch of ways to address education. great teachers more than parent involvement or anything, you put a great teacher in front of a kid, they work miracles. i think our goal is to say that we're going to fix education. we're working statewide to begin to implement. we do not want them filling out multiple choice tests but you have to measure the effectiveness of a teacher. our goal is sitting down with the union and having them at the table to say, how do you help us figure out, i was a geologist. i thought i would be a great geologist. i got laid off. i w

. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board. there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the rotondaro family trust. the ctc foundation. afo communications. >> ambassador, the czech republic is landlocked, isn't it? >> yes. >> tell me the border countries so people can visit it on imap. >> it is bordered with germany. we are basically a trying goal that comes into the belly of germany. we border with bavaria on the south, and saxony on the north. and of our north border, it is quite a long border, with portland. and our eastern border, we border -- with poland. and our eastern border, we border with slovakia. >> the population of the czech republic now is how much? >> it used to be a 50 million nation, czechoslovakia, and it split 2 to one. >> and the capital, of course, as prague. which i understand is one of the most beautiful cities in the w

. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation. afo communications. the rotondaro family trust. >> having heard so much about finland's successes in public education, i had a chance to sit down and talk with tapio kosunen from the ministry of education in finland. why is education in finland so successful? what's the real answer? >> the real answer is education is very much appreciated in finland. >> by the general public? >> yes. we see that as a means to a decent life, well-being and to climb the social ladder. >> you are not so much concerned, if i'm hearing you correctly, not so much with scores and statistics, but more as a total human being? >> yes. that's the point. but we do not use any standardized tests. >> would you say that again outloud? >> we do not use any standardized tests in finland. we have one standardized test which is an examination after secondary school. >> tow

." >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. singapore airlines. the singapore tourism board, there is something for everyone. singapore airlines,a great way to fly. poongsan corp., forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation. afo communications. the rotondaro family trust. >> the book is absolutely terrific on some money different levels, not only to get to know the queen, the family, how it operates inside, but also some of the history. and people know the movies in the last couple of years, "the king's speech" which i gather the queen has seen, but she did not see "the queen," of the helen mirren film. her father was a george vi and he took over because his brother, edward the a's, decided he did not want to be king. george died pretty young and she becomes queen at the moment of his death, the best pitcher and all of this later on. but she was 25 years old. home schooled. in the war, she helped out her father. she was a mechanic. >> she learne

education today. "this is america" is made possible by -- the national education association. the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the ctc foundation, ofa communications. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for this opportunity. >> how did the idea of a summit come about? >> we thought was important to not learn from isolation but from our colleagues around the globe we brought the union leaders. we did it last year. we did not know if it would be successful or a failure. it went extraordinarily well. the feedback has been fantastic. it is a lot of fun. we learned so much from these other countries. it has been an amazing two days. >> what were the takeaways from last year's summit? >> there are so many comments that are interesting but what i did not fully appreciate was despite all the differences in geography and local context, the local issues we are grappling with. how do you support a workforce that is preparing for the 24 century still, how do you retain teachers, how to make sure that we have the skills that are ne

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education. >> thank you. >> thank you, then the. -- dennis. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. >> the ctc foundation, afo communications. new zealand has one of the top education systems in the world. to learn about the how and the white, i spoke with the minister of education. >> i read these reports, and they say that new zealand is always ranking in the top 10 of all school systems all over the world. what is the secret of success? >> well, there is no one reason. in order to get a system, which is made up of many parts, is we have a highly aspirational culture as a society. we are a small country, the last stop before antarctica. we know we have to trade to survive. in order to do that, we have to design products and services that we can sell to the world and the world wants from us, so our biggest and best resources located between the two ears of a our citizens, which means we have to ensure that we manage the education system to deliver those

and privatized them the way that they did hospitals during reagan's years the rest of the nation's public education system fall like dominoes. here's how the frame is rushed out taxpayer dollars are being used to fund public universities where liberals are ignoring american history to raise a new generation of american hating liberal this is basically what follows in this frame is the call to action which is simple cut public funding to public universities as they die it opens a hole in the business ecosystem for profit name colleges to step in and make even more money off america's young people their article on alter net sarah robinson goes on to explain how this brain is created and then passed on through all the right wing media outlets until politicians spring into action and start passing legislation based on the free santorum is frame of the public universities in california not offering american history classes came from a grossly partisan report by the conservative hoover institution which was selectively quoted by the wall street journal and then misquoted by rick santorum and robertson po

the philosophy that says we cannot afford health care, public education, and affordable housing for the broad majority of our fellows, both national and state governments have withdrawn their support for affordable housing. currently mayor lee has undertaken a process involving private and public sectors because it will take both to seek to provide the minimum of $50 million a year for that purpose in the city of st. francis. that effort will require a ballot measure or two, patience, determination, and wit. if this opening is merely an homage to his past, my old friend would simply remind us that he never came to these kind of events anyway. but if this ceremony is a demonstration of a commitment to the future of providing many more thousands of units permanently affordable to san francisco's poor and working people, we can all rest assured that rene would be pleased. it all depends on us now. [applause] >> the first thing i want to say is the key to everyone who worked so hard to make -- is to say thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this possible. my mom was not sure she could make it today. she had something she wa

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but as a team of educators, parents, public and private sector leaders and a nation of caring citizens bring about sustainable change and hope. if we are to be a grad nation, it's going to take sectors across the country and a lot of effort and it's also going to take incredibly strong leaders. today, i'm honored to be able to introduce one such leader to you. secretary of education, arne duncan, along with president obama, joined america's promise alliance when the grad nation campaign was announced two years ago. he spoke for us here when he said that education is the most pressing issue facing america and he has worked tirelessly to address that issue and helped put america in a race to the top. thank you, secretary duncan, for all that you're doing to help this country return to global leadership in education and thank you for being here with us today. please join me in welcoming u.s. secretary of education, arne dunc duncan. [ applause ] >> good morning. thank you so much for that kind introduction. target has been a fantastic partner. they absolutely walk the walk. i appreciate e

exempt purposes include charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary testing for public safety, fostering nationalamateur sports competition and preventing cruelty to people or children, animal, media matters you don't fall under any of those. >> greg: they do play softball. >> eric: these are the most hateful people on the planet. out there tweeting and facebooking and if you say one thing wrong or is inconsistent with something you said 11 years ago, they're right up -- it's just awful. >> bob: what about the foundation, right wing group with tax exempt. they're hateful. >> greg: the heritage foundation is hateful? >> bob: yes. >> greg: what did they do to you? do they go after you when you make a mistake? >> bob: so aggressive. >> greg: making a fair point. the leg wing groups when you scrupe -- left wing groups when you screw up, no forgiveness. not the same way the other way around. >> eric: they go one step, they go ten yards down the field. just really, really trying to ruin your life, ruin your career, ruin everything about you. a ruin -- it's awful group. awful. >> bob: i'm a little confl

public and let's get back in here and start working on jobs. let's get here and start working on the national debt. how we are going to protect this nation and educateildren into the future. this lets us do that. showing the american public we can come together. let's have the president sign it and get on to real business. with that i thank the gentleman for the time and the ranking member and members of this and i would be remiss not to mention a person who was one of the original seven folks on this bill, walter jones has been a stalwart supporter of this. this is a bipartisan peace. ethics crosses the aisle. folks in here are good people coming together for the good of their citizens and for that i'm grateful for today. i yield back my time. >> gentleman yield back. >> i yield two minutes to my texas colleague mr. can see co --canse --canseco. >> i thank my colleague chairman smith. too often the american people feel that members of congress live by and benefit personally and benefit personally from a different set of rules by which ordinary americans live, this lack of confidence is unacceptable. it is imperative we rebuild the trust of the amer

it's a national campaign to raise awareness and educate the public about rate of sexual assault.hey show support for an italian supreme court decision in 1998. the decision overturned a rape conviction because the judge argued the victim wore jeans that fit too tightly. in sacramento the california victim compensation program held a clothing drive to collect gently worn denim clothing. the donations will be given to women's shelters throughout the state. >> anyone can become a victim at anytime and it's that unfortunate incident happens to you, know that there's help out there. know that there are services, and know that there are people who care. >> april is considered sexual assault awareness month. >>> turning now to decision 2012 and the latest from the campaign trail with a list of gop presidential candidates is about to get shorter. nbc news has learned that newt gingrich will suspend his campaign as of next week. gingrich spokesperson says the details are being worked out. this after five primaries yesterday where mitt romney won by large margins. he acknowledged that romn

public education. i'm joined tonight by john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation" magazine and author of the book "uprising." john, what does this mean? okay, he's got attorney bills, but what does it really mean? >> well, he's got a lot of attorney bills, and that means a lot. you just mentioned $55,000. but that's not the whole of it. this is the important thing. the financial disclosure forms give you wide range. so he's confirmed he spent -- or he owes $50,000 to one firm. he owes between $5,000 and $50,000 to another firm. so we could be at $100,000. and his campaign has spent $115,000 more hiring two additional firms -- >> what kind of work are they doing? what are they, answering all the questions for him? >> this is what the governor tried to suggest back in february. he said, oh, i needed somebody to help with the paperwork and all that. but these two firms that we're talking about, the core two firms with $50,000 and $5,000 to $50,000, these are core defense lawyers. he's hired lawyers who list on their website that they deal with murders, with major drug cases, with grand jury inv

nationally to public schools. her accomplishments include being the first black permanent teacher for the san francisco unified school district. teacher of the year, assistant professor of education at san francisco state university, board of education recognition of february 1998, san francisco alumni golden torch award, outstanding educator and 1995, and distinguished leadership plans in 1999. she is survived by her sister, her children, our grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. my last item is related to home to the dome. there was a famous poet, t.s. eliot who declared it april as the cruelest month. that was in the wasteland, but he realized in united states april is national poetry month. in honor of that, every year for the past seven years in city hall, we have had pelhams under the dome. i have a resolution declaring april 27 poems under the dome day in the city and county of san francisco. that will attract pellets from san francisco and across the bay as well. last year, we had one of our pilots -- when our poet laureates recite one of her poems and i'm honored to take part in helping to sponsor this event. colleagues, with your help, we could declare a great day

this week is national crime victim's rights week to increase public awareness about your rights. today the harford county state's attorney is holding a seminar to educate they will talk about crimeses identity theft, property crimes, telephone scams. it start at 12:30 at the mc paul senior center in bel air. >>> it's tough living the military life especially for wives who raise the children while husbands are away serving the country. the cinderella project comes in, hair, make up and formal wear is donated giving military wives a day of pampering. >> my focus went to my husband. when i had kids, it went to my kids. i was nervous when they told me they were going to do it. i'm slowly warming up to it. >> the. >>> a special operation, in lake worth, florida saturday night one came home to surprise his mother. this is his fist deployment to afghanistan, he will be home for two weeks before he heads back. >>> health news, a study finds women's life spans are improving at a slower pace than men. data was gathered between 1989 and 2009. it found life expectancy for men improved by 4.6 years on average. only 2.7 years for women. >>> hempstead, north carolina

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