public schools she embarked on developing students first. >> the idea behind students first is that weave to band millions of people across this country together who understands that the public education system is broke and and they want to be a part of fixing it, know that children deserve more and willing to do something about it. >> while students first have the critics and supporters, reclaims the organization focuses on giving children the opportunity to reach their dreams through good teaching and schools. >> i will tell you this about kids. if you set high expectations for them, if you surround them with love, with my expectations, with the right environment, those children, any single one of them, despite any obstacle they might come from at home, they will rise to meet, that, those expectations, and so our obligation is to try to create the best schools and for the entire world and we can do it. >> kelly: she's very confident about that. michelle rhee saying we owe so much more to help our children live beyond a dream. >> jamie: thank you, kelly. we're closely monitoring the h

the job... the work that we're doing right now with students first is important. would i rather be in dc as the chancellor? absolutely. >> barack obama is projected to be the next president of the united states. >> they thought success would breed success. >> their leadership told the members, "no, just say no." >> he was in a positioto mak demas, a he didn't >> he's the first nobel peace prize winner with a kill list. >> now he gets another chance to be the guy who united the country. >> frontline takes you inside obama's presidency. >> go to pbs.org/frontline for a closer look at the landscape f education reform in america. read adell cothorne's federal whistleblower suit and yesterday's announcement y the us department of education that it did not identify widespread cheing in response to her cplai. and connect to the frontline community on facebook and twitter or tell us what you think at pbs.org/frontline. >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major su

and today, sandy hook's teachers are doing what they do best-- putting the interest of their students first as they return to classrooms, providing stability and continuity that has never been so important and so needed. and then, of course, there are the families. twenty-six families that despite an unimaginable loss have gotten up each and every day since, have been there for one another, and have supported their community as much as that community has supported them. they have persevered. and in that perseverance, we all find strength. we have lifted one another up and continued on, carrying the spirit of our fallen heroes, our wounded families, and our beautiful lost children. as a state and as a community, we will continue to do everything we can for the families of newtown. but we also must ask ourselves-- what is our responsibility? to those we've lost, to one another, to our children, and to future generations? during this legislative session, we're going to begin to answer those questions together. let us do everything in our power to ensure that connecticut never again suffers suc

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students and schools have suffered needlessly in many ways. first students often receive improper substitutes. and substitutes occasionally unknowing accepted 6-12 assignments. a substitute was attacked with a chair with in a classroom that she believed to be younger schools. she never accepts middle school assignments. this created a truly untangible situation. yesterday grade level information started to appear in the system for the first time this year. i have not heard it mentioned on the phone-based system yet, but this is a good sign. this is a long four months appealing to the district quite frankly for sanity to be restored. as for every other year, the same problem will happen this summer unless changes are made to the software. i am informed that all grade levels get a raise. and i am sure that computer software can be purchased to prevent this. it's critally -- critically important that the needless harm is prevented. nothing will change unless this problem is tackled immediately. for our students and staff, a lose situation needs to be a

ever. $867 billion right now in student loans. the first time ever that student loan debt -- they owe more on that than on their car loans or credit cards. i want to bring this more closer to my own home. it affects iowans. the fourth highest percentage in the nation. those borrowers have an average of $30,000 of student debt. that is the hook third-highest in that -- that is the third- highest in the nation. president obama wants to help our students succeed. from the recovery act and its support for the education system, to the student loan reforms that enable us to help more students to tell grants, -- pell grants, and efforts to help students repay their loans. we have had major strides. i hope it is our shared goal of reclaiming america's standing by 2020 as the country with the highest per portion of college regiments. -- college graduates. host: that is the senator a fire on the senate floor as they debated raising the student loan interest rates -- that is the senator of iowa on the senate floor as the debated raising the student lo

students. the requirements for this award. first the teacher has to teach in difficult situations. low-performing schools. and secondly they must be nominated by a former student that enrolled or graduated from a four-year university. each year i get well over 100 nominations that come from all over california. and talk to literally over the last several years thousand of students about what makes a good teacher. we have refined a lot of information down to about 19 common characteristics of effective teachers. when a nomination comes in from one student, i go out and try to find at least six other students that span the career of that teacher. i do have to become a detective. and i ask questions of the student, and why this teacher was so great. and why this teacher affected their lives through college. last year we had a student who had graduated 25 years before. when a teacher has an effect 25 years following graduation. you know there is something very, very special about that teacher. once i finish the interviews of the students. i go to the colleague and talk to them. and i in

. >> but there are serious implications to student's first amendment rights we know, our united supreme court said they do not shed when they go to school. the second issue is her religious beliefs, she believes this school identification badge is synonymous with the mark of the beast, those who believe this, this is synonymous with the antichrist or the devil. >> does she really believe that? >> her attorney said on several occasions and under oath on the record that he believes that young student's beliefs are sincere. and that is really the question that the court has to focus on. neil: who better to know the mark of the beast than the lawyer? i'm kidding. kidding. kelly? >> well, on top of the fact this does not follow scripture to the letter, this is not a first amendment issue. neil: wait a minute, i.d. badge mentioned in lavidicous. >> the scripture said a mark of the beast on the hand or forehead, this is an i.d. badge. when her family objected, and they said this against their religious beliefs, the school said fine we'll take out of gps part but you have to have an i.d., you c

thank you, sir. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. >>> students of newtown, connecticut, sandy hook elementary school reunited with their teachers. >> it's the first time the students have been back since the december 14 massacre. >> reporter: it will be a long time before things return to normal for the kids of elementary sandy hook elementary. >> they're so excited to see their teachers. the students coming in complete circle. that's what's missing. >> reporter: classes will resume thursday at a retrofitted middle school. today the school held an open house for students and parents to take a look around. it's the first time they'll be back in school since the december 14th massacre. for weeks, they have worked to recreate every aspect, desks, backpacks, they will be in the same place. the sign has been changed to read sandy hook loom and green ribbons line the road to the school. >> a lot of effort to make this as seamless as possible. >> reporter: some things are different like counselors to help students, parents, teachers transition back. >> our goal is to make it a safe and secure learning environment along with the teachers, also. for right

and today, sandy hook's teachers are doing what they do best-- putting the interest of their students first as they return to classrooms, providing stability and continuity that has never been so important and so needed. and then, of course, there are the families. twenty-six families that despite an unimaginable loss have gotten up each and every day since, have been there for one another, and have supported their community as much as that community has supported them. they have persevered. and in that perseverance, we all find strength. we have lifted one another up and continued on, carrying the spirit of our fallen heroes, our wounded families, and our beautiful lost children. as a state and as a community, we will continue to do everything we can for the families of newtown. but we also must ask ourselves-- what is our responsibility? to those we've lost, to one another, to our children, and to future generations? during this legislative session, we're going to begin to answer those questions together. let us do everything in our power to ensure that connecticut never again suffers suc

it is the first step toward normalcy for the students of sandy hook elementary. today is their first day beckham class since the december 14 shooting and the milestone has taken a lot of preparation. >> school buses took students back to sandy hook elementary this morning. it is a different building with a new look. volunteers and staff of transforming old middle school into a new sandy hook, replicating classrooms from the old building. >> at one point, there were 80 people in the building cleaning up the building and doing the kinds of things like painting to make it look cheerful and happy. >>aaron milgrim followed her children's bus to school even though this building is considered the safest school in the country. >> i haven't gotten to the part yet about not being with them. i just need to stay with them for a while. >> she was in one of the classrooms on december 14 and was held a hero for hiding her students in a bathroom as the gunmen entered the school. they give thanks to this teacher for saving their jaws like that they are dealing with explaining to t

the school is saying he threatened to shoot a student. >> first of all, thank you for obviously agreeingith what i said. second of all, this school is reacting to such an awful, tragic situation that we all felt a reaction to. >> but there is no excuse. >> i agree. if they did nothing, you know that there is one annoying parent in that class who is going to call up the school and say we heard that little jimmy pointed his finger and pretended it was a gun. >> it is little rodney lynch. >> i think that they are responding from a place of emotion and fear of litigation. >> how about this, remi, apparently when the kid was -- when little rodney lynch was in the principal's office they asked him what video games he played, whether his family owned a gun and questions like that. >> that's not surprising at all. they are trying to make a connection. >> did they question this kid without his parents there? >> when he was -- the school can do that when he is in the principal's office. >> the school is allowed to do that, but they are trying to make a connection and find out why kids grow up to d

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you'll notice in the series that the students are mainly first year university students. but they could as well be first year high school students, and you know why? because the physics is the same. let's drop in on opening lecture. enjoy. okay, gang, welcome to conceptual physics. i'm gonna give you a lot of lectures this semester. and the lectures i'm giving are only the highlights of the course. guess where the learning takes place? reading the material and getting together with friends and talking about the ideas. so what i'm gonna do is highlight some of the ideas and talk about physics. but the physics you will learn, you will learn from your textbook and working in groups in your laboratory. hmm? now, first of all, what is physics? today is the day not to take any notes, okay? sometimes, if something's important, i'll say, "hey, gang, put that in your notes 'cause you might need to need that later on." yeah? but for now, hang loose. what's physics? let me ask you a question. did you ever take a friend to a game--basketball game, sports game, any kind of game-- and t

. >> it's a new year and a new world for the sandy hook elementary students, for the first time the students will return to class, but at a different location, here is jay grey from newtown, connecticut. >> the road to sandy hook elementary is closed, it's still a crime scene. the sign has been pulled from the hinges just like so many lives in the small town. >> everybody is trying to get ready for that to happen. >> they will be back together and back in class. their new school is about seven miles away from the town of monroe. >> it's the sign that has been renamed sandy hook school. furniture has been moved in, book bags and jackets put back in the same blass that they were that friday. >> that the really a big thing for the kids that their class looks the same, that they will be sitting next to the same people that they have got you know, the same friends in the same places and the teachers in the same place, and everything on the walls looks the same. >> there will be one noticeable difference. a heavy police presence. >> right now it has to be the safest school in america. >> green rib

the sheriff's department says a 16-year-old student shot a fellow student during first period. a teacher quickly intervened and managed the student to stop firing and put the gun down. the suspect was arrested and the victim is expected to survive. no word yet on a motive. >>> that shooting comes as a vice president joe biden met with the nra and other gun rights groups to discuss gun violence. the vice president will send his proposal to president obama on tuesday. it's expected to include a stronger background check system and a new ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. the nra released a statement after today's meeting saying, quote, we were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the second amendment. >>> the congressional black caucus is calling on president obama so nominate oakland congresswoman barbara lee as the nation's next labor secretary. current secretary hilda solis announced yesterday she was leaving her position. the 66-year-old lee has been in congress s

they treat me like a student. firstand i'm african-american and i've been incarcerated, so that's already three strikes against me. but i think i could actually have another chance to become someone, to be something. i would always turn my client away from the mirror so that she's surprised when she see that transformation. >> shampoo and conditioner, please. >> jennie brown is 21 and serving six to eight months for trafficking cocaine and breaking and entering. >> this is where i hand out the supplies, brushes, shampoo/conditioner, grease, spreads, curlers, perm rods. whenever they bring it back, i check it, to make sure there is no hair is in the brushes and make sure it's all sanitized and clean. >> many inmates see the cosmo program as a chance to not only better their lives but the lives of their children. >> lance and darion, my 6-year-old an my 2-year-old. >> that's why i'm here so i can legally provide what they need. >> it's what you make it. whatever situation, it's just what you put into it, you get out of it

first thing he. >> >> was establish a protocol that reminded everyone why we were there. for every vote the board cast he said we're going to hear from our student trustee first, even though they had no vote. it was just an advisory vote but that's exactly how we should have been operating from day one and how he wanted the college to run and that's exactly what the accrediting commission is telling us to do. he had been right. what does it tell you about a man who after brain surgery and many treatments kept coming to meetings. he kept showing up to meetings because he wanted to fix the college. he wanted to right a ship. what does it tell you about a man who i had the pleasure of driving home in his last several months? and i said "milton are you really going to run again?" and he said "yes" and i said "good" and we have work to do. we still have work to do". that tells me he's not just a good man and a good servant. it tells me he was a great human being. that's what that tells me about milton marks. milton has passed, but long will live his legacy of public service of courage, of accountability, of restoring and believing in what it means to

i'm pleased to be here today, the first qualified student project in san francisco. i've been involved in berkeley and have built 5 hundred units plus in berkeley. the project in the upper left-hand side of the scene was from a downtown project since world war ii. in 2007 i sold the portfolio of the buildings and decided to develop housing and specifically student housing in san francisco. i did quite a bit of research about the market in san francisco and with the help of the san francisco housing action coalition was able to learn that there about 65 thousand full-time students in san francisco of which only 11 thousand have sponsors in student housing and that leaves 56 thousand student that don't have the principle. the project at 1321 mission will have a hundred and 60 units of which 120 a micro parents and other suits they can accommodate up to 5 hundred students. we have been working on small unit design in the last 5 years and we've adopted the design method loosen of the gold i didn't locks and the 3 bears. we have built larger units which were too big. and