u.s. department of education. reporting from northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. leon: "7 on your side" tonight with word of a large amount of drugs taken off the street but the people supplying them are still at large. d.c. police say a tip lead them to a large cash of drugs in the 1800 block of northeast. police went in there and seized the baggings of heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and nearly two dozen morphine pills inside. they have not made arrests. alison: public of design hearings on i-66 tonight. they will outline plans inside the beltway for 66. tonight's hearing at eagle ridge middle school in ashburn. the session starts at 6:00 to last two hours. tomorrow's hearing is at the vdot office in fairfax. leon: as much a cherry blossom tradition as the parade and metro itself. metro suspending the track work in the cherry blossom festival. this is the final work for track work on the weekend until april 23. so five week of regular weekend service. cherry blossom festival is march 20 through april 17. the 16th is a big day for us -- alison: the parade. we wil

u.s. department of education as being among the top 335 schools in the country. the ranking is based on academic achievement. the only district that had more schools this year than we did was miami-dade in southern florida. among the other accomplishments, improving college readiness and the graduation rate from 2014. looking ahead, skorkowsky wants to build on past successes. he says one way to do that is to provide more learning for children at the kindergarten level thanks to some help from the state. finally every student in the student in the state of nevada will have a full day of kindergarten experience which is huge. thanks to state funding those full day classes will begin later this year along with other programs that include hiring more and attracting better quality teachers with higher pay starting at $40,000 a year. we're actually going out to teachers who teachers that have 29 plus years experience and actually getting them because those are the teachers who would be willing to move as for his vision for the next school year continue to improve read

u.s. department of education. immigration officials took the young man into custody in january as part of an effort to target teens would recently crossed the u.s.-mexico border. his mother says he left hour to escape gang violence. his supporter are filing a come lant with the department of refusing to accept homework mailed to him. the immigration officials say they have not received any mail for him. >>> the durham police department wants more of its officers to live within the city limits. this push for residency is one of several recommendations suggested by the human relations commission. the city is considering incentives to get more officers serve. a major option being considered, allowing more officers to take their patrol cars home. sanford police officers will soon carry a new tool with them at all times. the city council approved the purchase of 100 body cameras. the department is one of several in the area considering these cameras including raleigh, durham and fayetteville departments. >>> a headstone

u.s. department of education as being among the top 335 schools in the country. the ranking is based on academic achievement. the only district that had more

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u.s. airlines vying for a chance to service cuba with their commercial flights. lots of money potentially here. at least eight carriers, big gs have submitted applications to the u.s. department of education to do it. the government will be spending months to review those requests and likelyaward an a aline with that official decision expected later this summer. right now all the flights are charter flights but the agreement signed last month allows for up to 110 additional flights a day. as i ntioned, the big guys are getting in on this. america jetblue, southwest and united are among some of those cpetitors that want to get out to havana. >>> a bill to protect pastors who refuse t t wed gay couples is headed to the senate. after an hour ofdebate the house passed a bill that says churches cannot be f#rced to marry same-sex couples. democrats say the bill isn't needed because the constitution already protects churches from having to marry couples they don't want to marry based on religious beliefs. proponents say the bill gives pastors extra protection. >>> thursday morning, 5:15 as we get through the rest of the i think the weather looks mighty fine. march. as we turn theage into a new m

u.s. department of education and its ongoing investigation of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct claims nationwide. because as you said, this is not limited to uc berkeley. >> not at all. department of education is looking into sexual violence cases at numerous universities and college campuses. as well as secondary and elementary schools. this certainly isn't limited to just berkeley. >> so going back to cal, then, what happens next? >> well, the academic senate is expected to hold a hearing on this in the next couple of weeks. the board of regents has told me they want to talk about it next week at their meeting as well. in april we're supposed to hear from a working group that was convened after the marcie scandal to look at whether changes to the tenure procedure need to happen. so we'll be keeping an eye on several things over the next couple of months. >> do you think this will affect the way uc president napolitano is viewed? >> i think people are really waiting to see what happens. you know, i ask people, do you have faith in her, faith in the chancellor? people are telling me,

u.s. department of education as being among the top 335 schools in the country. the ranking is based on academic achievement. the only district that had more miami-dade in southern florida. among the other accomplishments, improving college readiness and the graduation rate from 2014. looking ahead, skorkowsky wants to build on past successes. he says one way to do that is to provide more learning for children at the kindergarten level thanks to some help from the state. finally every student in the student in the state of nevada will have a full day of kindergarten experience which is huge. thanks to state funding those full day classes will begin later this year along with other programs that include hiring more and attracting better quality teachers with higher pay starting at $40,000 a year. we're actually going out to teachers who have 1 to 3 years of experience and teachers that have 29 plus years experience and actually getting them because those are the teachers who would be willing to move as for his vision for the next school year continue to improve re

u.s. department of education. immigration took acosta into custody in january as part of an effort to target teens who recently crossed the u.s. mexico border alone. his mother said he left honduras to escape gang violence, because schoolwork mailed to the riverside student and they are not allowing him to use a computer. officials have not received any mail for acosta. >>> the next republican presidential debate is tonight in michigan. minus one candidate. >> tracy pots reports fro washington on who will not be on stage as the republican field narrows once again. >> reporter: dr. ben carson, the first post super tuesday casualty, his campaign confirms he's not be at tonight's debate and his public schedule ends after a speech tomorrow. ted cruz tells carson supporters. >> we welcome you on our team. >> i'm looking forward to that debate. are you looking forward to the debate? >> reporter: marco rubio's already in much much hoping to put the brakes on donald trump -- in michigan hoping to put the brakes on donald t

u.s. department of education. immigration officials took the student into custody in january as part of an effort to target teens would recently crossed the u.s.-mexico border alone. his mother says he left honduras to escape gang violence. his supporters are filing a complaint with the department of education because immigration fills according to them have refused to accept school work and are not allowing him to use a computer. i talked with immigration officials sand they tell me they have not received any mail for dina costa. >>> north korea fired six short- range projectiles off the coast last night. this came shortly after the u.n. security council approved new tougher sanctions on north korea. defense officials say the artillery or rockets. they are just not sure yet. >>> there may be a new lead in the search if that missing malaysia airlines flight 370. australian officials say debris that washed ashore at mozambique may belong to the plane. it appears to show the leading edge of the tail section of the bo

u.s. department of education as being among the top 335 schools in the the ranking is based on academic achievement. the only district that had more schools this year than we did was miami-dade in southern florida. among the other accomplishments, improving college readiness and the graduation rate from 2014. looking ahead, skorkowsky wants to build on past successes. he says one way to do that is to provide more learning for children at the kindergarten level thanks to some help from the state. finally every student in the student in the state of nevada will have a full day of kindergarten experience which is huge. thanks to state funding those full day classes will begin later this year along with other programs that include hiring more and attracting better quality teachers with higher pay starting at $40,000 a year. we're actually going out to teachers who have 1 to 3 years of experience and teachers that have 29 plus years experience and actually getting them because those are the teachers who would be willing to move as for his vision for the next school year continue to improve reading profi

u.s. department of education says corinthian colleges misrepresented job placement rates and promoted programs it did not have. court documents also detailed illegal debt collection practices including students who were behind on loan payments from going to class. for loan forgiveness at studentaid.ed.gov. >>> also a school in british columbia is hoping brawling robots will get more girls/women interested in science. a british columbia university say men outnumber women in science and engineering classes so the university's now teaming up with a local school to get elementary schoolgirls to design and build fighting robots. the machines then battle it out in a ring. one of the girls' robots already won its first battle. >> interesting that they thought that would make the difference, right? >> i don't know. >> talk amongst yourselves. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. i pinky promised my little girl a fabulous garden party for her birthday. so i mowed the lawn, put up all

frame the value of higher education in economic terms, particularly if the question is framed in economic terms. we have become very used to using terms like return on investment. u.s. department of education's publishing information about how much graduates of individual colleges make. from my perspective that makes a lot of sense, but at the same time i don't think anyone would assert that the value of a higher education can entirely or even substantially be encompassed only and a dollar figure. theou are going to measure value of college in some way other than how much a diploma is worth in the labor market, it leads you to wonder how to do that and how you can gather information about how much students learn. if you are dissatisfied with the accreditation system as many people here in washington doc seem to be -- there have been hearings in congress criticizing or denouncing the accreditors in of thent ways because satisfaction with the way they handle karolyi control -- quality control. if not accreditation, then what? if you want to think about innovation in higher education and new ways to use the federal to givel aid system entrepreneurs or people to ability to create

u.s. department of education. ficials have previously threatened to cut off funding to districts in california and illinois that didn't allow transgender students to use their preferred bathrooms and changing areas. however, the department of education guidance is not legally binding and if the governor signs the bill there could be another repercussion: lawsuits. >> this is a values issue. if we protect our children and get sued, well that's the decision we make. >> reporter: the final decision- maker, governor dennis daugaard, met with transgender students and their parents last week, which he says 'put a human face' on the issue. >> i heard their personal stories so i saw things through their eyes in that sense. it's certainly of great concern to many people. certainly to the opponents of the bill it's of great concern and so i don't treat it lightly by any means. >> reporter: lgbt advocates at the capitol were pleased the governor listened: >> anytime you're talking the door's open for change. when there's no d

u.s. department of education. he previously served as the assistant director of the consumer financial protection bureau. the secretary of treasury named him as the agencies first student loan investment. has frequently testified before congress on alleviating student debt burdens and private student loan performance. a colleague. she is a professor of education, public policy, and economics at the university of michigan. susan is one of the countries top advocates for accessible higher education. testified before congress on education and tax policy and is widely consulted on student aid reform, including a federal reserve, the department of education and treasury, and with the department of economic advisories. she also writes with a new york times and if you are on twitter, i encourage you to follow her for an informative and witty commentary. about today's format. each of our panelists to getting with susan will kick things off with three opening remarks. i will then have the pleasure of moderating a conversati

u.s. department of education. he previously served as the assistant director of the consumer financial protection bureau. he led that agency's work on behalf of students and young consumers. the secretary of treasury named im as the agencies first student loan ombudsman. he has frequently testified before congress on alleviating student debt burdens and private tudent loan performance. susan is a colleague. she is a professor of education, public policy, and economics at the university of michigan. also co-director of the ford school's policy initiative. susan is one of the countries top advocates for accessible higher education. she has testified before congress on education and tax policy and is widely consulted on student aid reform, including a federal reserve, the department of education and treasury, and with the department of economic advisories. she also writes with a new york times and if you are on twitter, i encourage you to follow her for an informative and witty commentary. first, ignored about today's

u.s. department of education. i have been in government a whopping eight months now, my birthdays april 6. before that, i had of zero civic stuff. right before this i was running digital for bt, black entertainment television network, a viacom network. >> money that he leave and ike -- my name is haley vandyke. i was breaking a few bones trying to get usgs set up and created. >> thanks. what is the problem? [laughter] >> who is going to take that one? >> i'm hoping someone else will jump on that one. >> the problem is so multifaceted, it's hard to describe. the biggest issue is that the private sector over the last two decades has spent an incredible amount of time and energy improving itself and getting really, really great at building digital services that delight citizens and people across the world. all sorts of innovations that we don't think of as innovations in a more place in the last two decades. also to things. allbiggest problem is that of those gigantic transitions have completely skipped over governmen

u.s. department of education and working as part of my brothers keeper because chronic absenteeism and it's not related to the conversation we had before because when kids aren't in school, they can't succeed and their hopelessness results in the kind of violence that takes away important lives. this quick story because supervisor breed, this is a story that is connected to a school because my kids went to public school here in san francisco in your district. my son graduating from lowell, when he was starting in elementary school he had a little boy in elementary school. he had everything my kid had. he was bright, he was excited, but he didn't have, and he had a caring mother. his mom lived in the projects and maybe you knew her. she was struggling to get off welfare and struggling to raise her son in the projects. when he was in sixth grade, his mom died. and he got placed with his aunty downtown and i saw his attendance plummet. when i take a look at kids missing too much school it's a sign that they were not on track for success and school in life. at the time, we all cared. we didn't

of mishandling sex assault cases. the group end rape on campus say no contact orders between alleged victims and alleged perpetrators weren't enforced. it is filing complaints with the u.s. department education of civil rights. saying they don't tolerate sexual misconduct. >> another critical night in the race of the white house. a big night for the front runners. >> donald trump and hillary clinton notching big wins in primaries. there is a lot at stake. 150 delegates up for grabs and republican candidates and 205 candidates on the other side. we are following the numbers and latest on the nomination battles. >> anothig four on the republican side and two called for donald trump. the gop front-runner regaining momentum with big wins in mississippi and michigan. now, putting his rivals back on their heels. >> reporter: donald trump claiming victory from the grounds of a trump golf course in jupiter, florida. >> i'm not going to say that anybody didn't do well, they didn't do well. the only person that did well was donald trump. i will tell you. >> reporter: the gop front- runner the target of sustained attacks from rival campaigns and super packs that will hope to slow him down in florida an

u.s. department of education and working as part of my brothers keeper because chronic absenteeism and it's not related to the conversation we had before because when kids aren't in school, they can't succeed and their hopelessness results in the kind of violence that takes away important lives. this quick story because supervisor breed, this is a story that is connected to a school because my kids went to public school here in san francisco in your district. my son graduating from lowell, when he was starting in elementary school he had a little boy in elementary school. he had everything my kid had. he was bright, he was excited, but he didn't have, and he had a caring mother. his mom lived in the projects and maybe you knew her. she was struggling to get off welfare and struggling to raise her son in the projects. when he was in sixth grade, his mom died. and he got placed with his aunty downtown and i saw his attendance plummet. when i take a look at kids missing too much school it's a sign that they were not on track for success and school in life. at the time, we all cared. we didn't

u.s. department of education and working as part of my brothers keeper because chronic absenteeism and it's not related to the conversation we had before because when kids aren't in school, they can't succeed and their hopelessness results in the kind of violence that takes away important lives. this quick story because supervisor breed, this is a story that is connected to a school because my kids went to public school here in san francisco in your district. my son graduating from lowell, when he was starting in elementary school he had a little boy in elementary school. he had everything my kid had. he was bright, he was excited, but he didn't have, and he had a caring mother. his mom lived in the projects and maybe you knew her. she was struggling to get off welfare and struggling to raise her son in the projects. when he was in sixth grade, his mom died. and he got placed with his aunty downtown and i saw his attendance plummet. when i take a look at kids missing too much school it's a sign that they were not on track for success and school in life. at the time, we all cared. we didn't

u.s. department of education. i have been in government a whopping eight months now, my birthdays april 6. -- my first day was before that, april 6. i had of zero civic stuff. right before this i was running digital for bt, black entertainment television network, a viacom network. >> my name is haley vandyke. i was breaking a few bones trying to get usgs set up and created. >> thanks. what is the problem? [laughter] >> who is going to take that one? >> i'm hoping someone else will jump on that one. >> the problem is so multifaceted, it's hard to describe. the biggest issue is that the private sector over the last two decades has spent an incredible amount of time and energy improving itself and getting really, really great at building digital services that delight citizens and people across the world. all sorts of innovations that we don't think of as innovations in a more place in the last two decades. also to things. -- all sorts of things. the biggest problem is that all of those gigantic transitions have comple

u.s. secretary of education. secretary king is a career educator who taught, served as a principal, operated a charter school and was new york state's education commissioner before joining the u.s. departmentof education last year. now with less than a year to go in the obama administration, secretary king is charged with reauthorizing law. so please join me in welcoming secretary king to the stage. thank you. >> good afternoon. wow. that was low energy. good afternoon. >> good afternoon! >> that's better. it's a privilege to be here with all of you, grateful to leslie for the introduction, grateful to education week for being a voice for students and educators and also for being a place for constructive, thoughtful dialogue. we're not always going to agree on every policy issue in in education in the united states for sure. it's important that we have places for thoughtful, well informed dialogue and education week is exactly that. i'm grateful to be here. i'm also grateful for the opportunity to talk with a room of leaders who have a tremendous opportunity to have impact on behalf of our nation's children. so i know we're going to get to a q&a so i won't speak for long. but i wanted to f

of the year award. then michelle quan, not only a five-time world championship ice skaters but also serves as senior advisor to the u.s. department's bureau of educational and cultural affairs, among many other roles. let us continue to work to create equal opportunities for women of future generations. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 632 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 3. resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3716, to amend title 19 of the social security act to require states to provide to the secretary of health and human services certain information with respect to provider terminations, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of t

u.s. department of agriculture. >> the healthy foods we serve in our cafeteria and the nutrition education that goes on. >> reporter: it takes the entire staff, not just the cafeteria workers to make sure opportunities understand and appreciate healthy habits. >> our students know this is going on. they see the healthy things we do and the physical activity in our schools. school environments. >> this is a major achievement for any school to win. it means they're doing great things with their nutrition education, physical activity and excelling in serving nutritious meals every day for kids. >> reporter: in all, they picked up several awards. i'm bridgett ellison. i'll see you in the morning. getting results in our community, let brigitte know on her facebook page. it's pretty easy. italian luxury automaker maserati is recalling 30,000 cars because of a big problem. >> ginger: it's a big problem. the car can accelerate on its own. this happens when the anchor holding the mat in place on the floor breaks. toyota in 2007. for more information, head to clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. >> matt: such an inconvenienc

of use ds and making up with us along with u.s. digital services officer assigned to the department of education. we are going to explore with them is quite revolution from its roots in the darkness of health care.com 1.0 to the bipartisan victories that is now winning in washington today. please join me in welcoming mikey dickerson, hillary hartley, haley van dyck and lisa gelobter. [applause] >> high, guys. >> hello. >> as you can see the president refused t-shirts understood not in t-shirts and they are not all guys. [applause] in fact this is the most unique panel that we have had tonight for a number of reasons and we are glad to have you here. i'll tell you what. rather than by trying to introduce what each of you does and what you're doing now, why don't you just introduce yourselves briefly. i would like you to add what it was you were doing just before you started doing what you were doing now. mikey, let's start with you. >> i am mikey dickerson. i am the administrator as the color of the u.s. digital service. that is a government word that means manager. [laughter] and right before gat

and raised in southern california area after he completed his education, he worked for the bank of america. the la police department, and the u.s. postal service. he's also served in the military. after completing formation, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1999. he served at st. lawrence and watts in la, and most recently has been working at -- as the champlin and the rector here in san francisco. welcome, father john. >> thank you. good morning >> it is so nice to have you, we have been talking with our viewers about this year of mercy. i was hoping you could talk about what it means to be a missionary of mercy? what is the special role that you and so many others around the world are holding for the church? >> i think, you know, just came to my mind, right now in the midst of so many people of varied ages who are preparing to enter the church, what we are trying to do with them is to heighten insensitivity, and an openness, responsiveness to their place and the significance of their presence, as being a member of the body of christ, the church, what does that mean looking at their life, their relationships, the environme

u.s. house of representatives together. he's from west michigan, and was on the education committee with me. we had great fun causing trouble for the department of education. it was great times. [ applause ] literally, here is what happened. most of these people get elected to congress. you know, they vote and make nice speeches and so on. when the floor work is finished, they head for the golf course or bars in town and things that have sort. i wasn't into that. i made friends with people who took the job seriously and knew we had an important responsibility for our constituency. that's how pete and i became friends. >> there's a great story. one time we let everybody leave town and there were five or six who stayed behind under pete's leadership. we decided to go to the department of education office buildings and walk through the front door and just start meeting people and asking them what they do for a living. started on the first floor and worked our way up the massive empire of a building. get to the top floor where the secretary was. they were in a panic by then because word had gotten out there were a few congressman in the building.

u.s.-mexico border alone. his mother says he left honduras to escape gang violence in 2014. his supporters are now filing a complaint with the department of education because immigration officials have refused to accept school work mailed to the riverside high school student and are not allowing him to use the computer according to his supporters. i spoke with immigration officials yesterday. they said they have not received any mail for the student. >>> north korea fired six short- range projectiles off its coast overnight t came shortly after approved new tougher sanctions on north korea. this comes after a recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. defense officials say it could be missiles, arrest till railroad or rockets. >>> there may be a new lead in the search for flight 370 in malaysia. they say debris that washed ashore in mozambique may belong to the flight. photos appear to show the fixed leading edge of the right hand tail section of the boeing 777. it also matches investigators' theories about where wreckage from the plane would have ended up. an american adventurer, blaine alan gibson, found the wreckage. >> this is airplane d

of travel and trade restrictions. according to the u.s. treasury and commerce departments it will be ease for for americans to travel to cuba for educationalwill be easier for american banks to offer more services, in cuba, and for u.s. business toss operate more freely in the caribbean nation. the new regulations follow earlier round of expanded travel and commerce, between the two nations. >>> an ohio man is wearing his support for donald trump not on his sleeves but on his arm. >> and anthony boredel spent $500 to get trump's lakeness inked on his right arm. he is wearing a suit and laughing. he decided to get the tattoo after seeing reports about supporters, on the east coast, doing the same thing. >> i said i will get a trum tap to and i did it. >> reporter: he also says most people are supportive of his artistic endorsement. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news", hand off, what the makers of self driving cars are doing today to get the futuristic vehicles on the road sooner. >>> your smart phone can give you street directions or find the nearest deli but how helpful is it during a health crisis? researchers put virtual voices such a

u.s. house of representatives together. he's from west michigan and was on the education committee with me and we had great fun causing interesting trouble for the department of education and it was great times. mr. schafer: here's what appened -- most of these people get elected to congress, they vote and they make nice speeches and so on but when the floor work is finished, they head for the golf course or something. things of that sort. i wasn't really into that and i made friends with people who took the job seriously and knew that we had an important responsibility for our constituency. that's how pete and i became friends. one time, everybody left town, but phi or six of us stayed in town and we decided to go to the department of education and start meeting people and asking what they do for a living. started on the first floor, worked our way up a massive empoor of the building. l the way to the top floor where the secretary was, word had gotten out. that's an interesting anecdote but it's a fine state ofment the character of this particular former move congress. he was also chairman of the house intelligence committee and put that same kind of effo

education for girls around the world. >>> and it's now against the law to smoke on an electronic cigarette while you are on an airplane. the u.s. department of transportation just announced a ban on e cigarettes on all flights in and states. officials say it will protect other airline passengers from exposure to air row sol fumes. before this passengers could bring e cigarettes on as carry-ons as long as the devices were not charged on board. >>> special precautions for visitors now in effect this afternoon at inova loudoun hospital and inova alexandria hospital because of the flu. no one with flu symptoms or anyone younger than 16 is now allowed and only two people are allowed to visit a patient at the same time. visitors may be issued masks, asked to wash their hands. there is a rising number of flu cases that have sparked this stricter policy. >>> one of the most visible construction projects in the world is reaching a turning point. work to restore the capitol dome is starting to wrap up. if all goes as planned, crews will start removing the top portion of the scaffolding by the end of the month. that's acrd project, restoration crews re

new figures from the education department showing 19.7% of student loan holders are behind on their payments by a month. while still high it's down from 20%. u.sed to mexico may be coming back. tell donald trump. automotive supplier lear corporation is in talks with uaw to bring jobs back to detroit. >> trade daytona has been front and center in the race for the white house. as the anti-trade rhetoric builds on the campaign trail business leaders and policymakers are arguing that free trade is essential for growth. ♪ >> we continue to feel that free trade and 21st trade policies incredibly important to the u.s. economy and globally as well. >> overall for the macro economy trade is darn good. >> facts don't lie. 95% of the world's population, 85% of the spending power is outside the u.s. >> we got this growth potential, the ability to produce massive amounts of goods and services. who do we sell them to? we have to sell them more than just 5% of the world's population. >> jared bernstein is here with us. we haven't seen him in a while. you're coming on, jared, as senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities. you're also a cnbc c