algebra. >> didn't you take it as a freshman in high school. >> yeah.lgebra 2. and eventually the last year you had calculus. there you go. let's go out and take a look at what we have now at the bay bridge. i want to show you that traffic is going to be backed up at the toll plaza just a little bit here. it seems to be getting slightly better as you come up toward the pay gates. no major issues on the bridge. but there is a backup at the toll plaza. san francisco, we have slow traffic on northbound 101 coming up toward the lower deck of the bay bridge. and getting on to the east bay. so if you drive from san francisco to the east bay, it does look a lot like an afternoon commute on northbound 101. as you can see for yourself. give yourself plenty of time getting out from san francisco to oakland. it is normally not that slow. if you want to use the san mateo bridge to get over to the east bay, that looks okay. westbound looks crowded from hayward to the middle of the span. dumbarton bridge is also slow getting to east palo alto. it is 8:18. today's wea

. >>> cal state is dropping the requirement that students take algebra to complete their degrees. starting in the fall of 2018, students will have to complete a math requirement but will not have to take algebra. we made this report our question of the day, should cal state drop albgebra as a requirement. 32% say yes, 68 say no, dawn tweeted, degrees are supposed to be hard to get. make it easy to graduate devalues the degree and weakens the ability to succeed. >> another person said algebra was fun to learn but i have never used it in the world. >> another person said lets get rid of trigonometry. >> thank you for responding. coming up on mornings on 2, for the first time, a woman has been elected commander of the disabled american veterans and she from the bay area, we talk with her live about her mission to help all of those that served our country >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break >>> welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day. >>> we have the commander of the american veterans organizatio

>>> new at 11:00, california state university is dropping a requirement that undergraduates take algebra to complete their degrees. right now, students that don't major in math or science have to fulfill a math requirement with intermediate algebras a prerequisite. however, starting in fall semester next year, students will still have to fill a math requirement but they won't have to take algebra to do it. the change is meant to increase graduation rates across the csu system. >>> a chancellor has taken at uc davis following the resignation of linda katahe. he is formally the dean of engineering at georgia tech. may has been a target of student process for his salary. but student protests are healthy, and he was a protestor himself. >> my issue is not to be defensive. my nature is to look forward, and hopefully i can turn the page. >> former chancellor will return to the university to teach one class and with the same salary she earned at chancellor. >>> a show of community across the bay area. hundreds of block parties for national night out. it's an annual event aiming to put first res

no more algebra. a new policy will allow students to take courses other than intermediate algebra to satisfy general math requirements. the new rule starts in the fall of 2018 for students not majoring in math or science related fields. proponents say college level algebra is the biggest berea for earning a degree. >> kanye west claims the insu r insurers have not paid him the nearly $10 million he's due. he canceled several scheduled concerts last year. first, he cancelled after his wife was robbed. later, he canceled the remainder of his tour after he was put in the hospital for undisclosed reasons. >> the silicon valley business journal says the number came to light in a federal ruling allowing more plaintiffs to join the class action lawsuit. the people suing claimed google denied them jobs for which they were qualified because of their age. google denies that. the company says it has strong policies against discrimination of any kind, including age. >> start getting the office pools ready because

no more algebra.olicy will allow students to take courses other than intermediate algebra to satisfy general education math requirements. the new rule starts in the fall of next year for students who are not majoring in math or science related fields. proponents say college level algebra is the biggest barrier for students in earning a degree. >>> new details in an age discrimination lawsuit against google. 269 people are now a part of this. the silicon valley business journal says the number came to light in a federal ruling allowing more plaintiffs to join the class action lawsuit. the people suing claims google denied them jobs for which they're qualified because of their age. google denies this. the company says it has strong policies against discrimination of any kind. >> as many of you prepare for another hot day here in the bay area, we have an important parenting alert about the dangers of indoor heat stroke. a mom's warning is getting a whole lot of attention after she posted this photo revea

. >>> cal state university is dropping a requirement that students take algebra to complete their degrees. students who don't major in math or science have to fulfill a math requirement. starting in the fall of 2018, students will still have to fulfill a math requirement, but they won't have to take algebra. that change is assigned to increase graduation rates across the csu system. >>> the council approved phase i of a construction project on what is considered the last largest undeveloped parcel of land in town. the south 40 development is across 44 acres across 85 and 17. phase i calls for construction in the southern half of the year. they'll be 66,000 feet of retail space and 320 housing units. the bay area -- three council members voted for the proposal. one voted against it and another obtained. there's concern the project won't provide enough housing for low income seniors. >>> time is 4:37. a sperm whale recovering at sea world san diego. marine mammal expert was taking care of it. it was rescued from a san diego beach. bystanders help the young well. it was stranded until the ex

. >>> it is now 5:39, cal state university dropping a requirement that students take algebra to complete degrees. right now students that don't major in math or science still have to fulfill a math requirement with intermediate algebra was a presecond receipt. beginning in the fall of 2018 students will still have to complete a math requirement, but they won't have to take algebra. the change is meant to increase the graduation rate jason sunderland cross the csu system. >>> right now it's 5:40, still ahead, california law takes guns away from people with restraining orders. its purpose is to protect families, but coming up at 6:00 well will tell you how effective that law might be. >>> keeping your power bill down, some tips for reducing costs as the heat of the summer continues to hit many bay area communities. >>> if you are getting on the roads soon, you will see that traffic is going to be okay. this is a look at the san mateo bridge, not a bad commute heading out to the highrise. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fee

no more algebra.uld allow students to take courses other than intermediate algebra to satisfy general education math requirements. the new rule starts in the fall of next year for students who are not majoring in math or science related fields. proponents say college level algebra is the biggest barrier for students in earning a degree. >> new details in an age discrimination lawsuit against google. 269 people are now a part of it. the silicon valley business journal says that number came to light in a federal ruling that allowed more plaintiffs to join the class action lawsuit. the people suing claim that google denied them jobs for which they were qualified because of their age. google denies it. the company says it has strong policies against discrimination of any kind, including age. >>> we have new details surrounding amazon's plan to expand in the bay area. we reported last month that the online giant is renting 180,000 square feet of office space on market street in san francisco. this follows

to -- the algebra 2 test. most educators are not saying, get me out of those expectations. they are just saying, we have to work harder. jon, did you get the opportunity earlier to discuss what you are learning in new orleans about structuring some of these programs? jon: new orleans has probably embraced school choice reforms more than any city in the country. it is sort of growing out of the horror that is hurricane katrina. they have essentially an all charter school system. i spent the last couple of years in new orleans. one thing that they are doing very well down there now is understanding the kind of infrastructure that you have to build around a school choice system to make it work. this isn't where you just turn on choice and everything works really well. they've given it a lot of thought to the system they have set up in terms of giving people the help and support they need to get to school. new orleans is certainly not alone here, but parents have a single application they fill out to apply to all

they could disband the algebra department? >> but look where it got you. >> i know, reading was not good for my health in english class. studying spanish wasn't either. but we want the kids to be safe and happy. let's get you out the door and show you what we're talking about. >> i was watching a crash here earlier. route 1, but it's all clear. everything looks good. bill, what's going on over there in the weather center? >> beautiful weather. study this picture. look at the sun coming up. gorgeous view this morning. clear skies and even though we'll see a lot of -- don't look at the sun. >> don't look at it ever. >> wear those glasses. >> it's going to be a beautiful day. i've got your neighborhood forecast just ahead. >>> also ahead, we have a winner. yep, one winner. someone hit the powerball jackpot. straight ahead, the search for the lucky ticket holder an get your tickets ready because there are a lot of million dollar winners. >>> and a unique purpose for a broken and unwanted crayon. how these volunteers are repurposin

so if you can figure out a way while they are learning well enough that they can take the algebra test at the end or the geometry test or whatever it is, i'm mixing up my math subjects now. that is a success story. schools put a lot of effort into that on how do i put the geometry through the welding so the welding so you can come out really now in the geometry and how do i teach the english through the aerospace that that you really can come out and pass those tests. that is hard work. you are reinventing your curriculum, really. the schools that do well is the ticket to success in making schools that do it well, were you really feel like they are getting interested assistants, and schools were at kind of a gimmick. i won't name the schools are the particular gimmicks that would stand out, but where you have some clever thing that sounds like english or music or something and it's not. that is in no way, location, location, location. employer is the hard part about it to the second hard part is integrating of the curriculum. the key to making it is not hacking. >> very good at what ca

in indiana, high school students have to pass a basic algebra 1, english 10, and biology 1 test. but, the high school requirements to get the diploma is 40 high school credits. we only test three credits. what about the other 37? do we know anything that is happening in those classrooms where the 37 other credits are being taught. the reality is we don't. ,and so, we look at what we look ct and we look at ap and ib tests. we rely a great deal and i am a practitioner now and we rely in awful -- an awful lot on high school teachers who are not showing any kind of standardized test results of any sort to prepare students for college or a cte program. that is a huge risk in my opinion. we don't really know what is going on. i will tell you, honestly, i've walked into an 11th grade class before and seen fourth-grade standards being taught. everybody was eating it up. they loved it. but fourth-grade standards in , 11th grade? no. -- ifs why, i must say you are going to graduate from our high school, i'd much rather see you graduate with a whole bunch of college credits that i can doubl

now i will have to do honors algebra ii at the high school. >> but you haven't done quantum physics. >> not yet. >> we are almost out of time. it is fantastic to talk to you young men. continue on your road and achieve your goals. amen? >> yes. >> excellent. thank you for being with us. we had a great day with the scouts and their leaders, the executives that were with us. we thank the parents for bringing them. we hope you are inspired by this program. we hope you were informed and we hope it motivates you to go and recruit scouts and to be active in the leadership that you are involved in. thank you. this morning... art, gala events... even some tech. but first... som the name of a hit >>> welcome to bay sunday. so many good things are happening. art, gala events, even some tech. first, something rotten. that's how we are starting. that's the name of a hit broadway musical in san francisco. here to tell us about it is one of the stars adam pascal. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> good to have you with us. this musical focuses on shakespeare and some of the characters in his sha

spend a lot of time caring for her sifter with down syndrome, they were not able to help her with her algebra, that is where her mentor came in. >> we would look at youtube videos, they all taught me a different way, the way my mentor taught me was easier. reporter: pour for youth, has helped more than 450 kids, since then more than half of the at risk students have gone on to college. >> i fell i would be in jail, or just do nothing with high life. reporter: 19-year-old luis robles admits he was in the road to nowhere after hisher got deported, he spent countless hours at detention at school, until his mentor showed him another way forward, now he is in college, and wants to pursue film and social work. reporter: what kind of an impact has this program made on you and your daughter's last. >> she got into college. reporter: single mom margarita davis could not be more proud of her daughter key awh kia, who iw studying to be a nurse. she credits her mentor. >> being in the program pushed me that i could do more than i thought i could do, and i can go as far as i want. reporter: pour for youth

software trainer at tablo, get your kids ready you kids up there, take advanced courses early on, algebrain the eighth grade and try to track that through and high-tech high schools if you can or regular high schools that have advanced courses and make the career choices yours. if you don't get the courses in place you're not going to have as many choices. whether you pursue these kinds of careers you're talking about or not at least you have the opportunity to make the decisions. odysseys in mind was another another great critical thinking in elementary school. my kids did junior achievement and i taught junior achievement, and how do you start a business, what's marketing, what kind of budget do you want to set? which also. ron: first -- and also, first robotics does, too. and just to see what those kids have to do at first. my son did first. and my youngest is an engineer, he did pursue engineering, he went to-- i have to throw out a callout for scouts because he's an eagle scout and to be an eagle scout, you have to design a project and defend that project, how you're going to carry i

if you take algebra in the and then ap courses you have choices when you choose your college path and career path. let those choices be yours. the other is to get involved in stem extra curricula alreadies with talk about the challenger center and odyssey of the mind and robotics. do at -- do as men as you can. plus do sports. i don't say decent do sport mitchell kidding were in sports every season. so balance that out. seek out internships, apprenticeships go on informational interviews, talk to business people or folks at nasa about their jobs and they're career path and how they get to where they are. can't encourage you enough to go out and try to get even if it's unpaid, opportunities in the business community to learn about how business works. it helps you with your schooling down the road. build those leadership skills, et cetera. but at the end i just want you to have fun in life. have balance in your life. work hard and play hard. that was my father's mantra and i i've kind of picked that up, so die both. have a real balance in my life and i think that's important. you'll mak

if you said to me i'm going teach your kids that instead of learning algebra, i'd say stop patronizinghildren and second, just teach them math. nothing in that program is going to help them get ahead in life. i'd feel like you're short-changing my kids if you proposed that to them. >> we don't want to short-change kids. we have to teach them situations to use mathematics so they can transfer the knowledge they learn in a sterile environment so that people stop saying i hate math. we want to change that percepti perception. we want it to be the ticket for their future, not a barrier to learning. so when you translate all of that, the bottom line is we want them to use mathematics to improve their lives and future. i'm still planning to teach them mathematics. they still have to know facts. we don't watch them to teach around learn facts in isolation and not understand where to put it. what it's going to do for them and the use they would have for it. >> tucker: so a lot of poor school districts have terrible math scores. i think detroit eighth graders something like 7% are passing profi

if you said to me i'm going to teach your kid that instead of learning algebra, i would say stop patronizingad and teach them math because nothing that paragraph them get aheadp in life. i would feel like you are shortchanging my kids if you proposed that. >>em we don't want to shortchane kids but we've got to be able to teach them situations where they can use their mathematics so they can transfer the knowledge they learn in a sterile environment so people stop saying i hate math. wanted change that perception. we wanted to be the ticket to their future, not something that provides a barrier to their learning. so when you translate all of that, the bottom line is we want them to be able to use mathematics to improve their lives and their future. but i am still planning to teach them mathematics. and they still have to know facts. we just don't want them to teach and learn facts in isolation. and not understand where to putt it in what it's going to do for them and the use they would have for it. >> tucker: and a lot of poor school districts l have terrible math scores. i think detroit eigh

one big difference, intermediate algebra will no longer be a prerec wit sit. >>> bill gates is investigatingroduct that could help with a worldwide food shortage. taking part in the fund-raising. the people behind the efforts say its products could provide more food while saving animals. >>> there's a recall effecting nearly 275,000 iphone cases. take a look. the cases contain glitter. it's suspended in liquid. they're reports that the cases are leaking and they're causing burns and irritating peoples skins. the company that makes the cases check today see if you're iphone case is impact the on the company's website. >>> mike, check your glitter case. >> good so far. >> as long as your selfie light is still illuminating. >> it's going to be hot today. everyone's like almost when with will this heat break. well, it takes a while and then we're going to add in some humidity. as we take a live look outside from tiburon it's all clear. you can see the high clouds and low clouds as well. 62 degrees. it looks gorgeous with all those colors in the sky and some of those clouds that we don't normally

was her way to ensure that the students were receiving equal opportunities through having access to algebra classes and things like that. she also instituted a citywide testing program. purpose was so educators could assess their own students and go back in and see what needed to be re-taught instead of what we have now. she established new graduation requirements. she consistently balanced the budget, she achieved that in her first year. she maintained that for 11 years. that because in the 1970's and 1980's teacher strikes were so severe in philadelphia will did not start until september. the contract was not agreed upon so students were then out of school again well into february. the fact that she was able to have 11 years with no strike was huge. not everybody loves her. [laughter] our leadership gave some people pause. some say she was to bureaucratic. she lacked transparency that there was policy in month and -- policy implementation that was one of the holes in her resume. developera curriculum , she had never been a principal. she also said she did not understand what pressure she

public middle school will offer additional algebra and stem courses such as engineering and computer steve, over to you. >> ♪ >> al thank you very much. time for the morning line. we'll go back to not the best night for the nationals. the team's only offense coming in the third and then it was all astros unfortunately and jackson didn't do too bad. he got the start allowed two runs in six innings. the bullpen gave up some home runs and it was a six-one final. shawn kelley with a rough last inning there. the astros had lost nine in a row to washington before last night but let's keep in mind this is not the astros' team of the past. this team really good. the rubber match tonight. stephen strasburg will be on the mound. >>> update on max scherzer by the way. he got some throwing in before last night's game but dusty baker says let's give him another couple days. he's not going to be ready to rejoin the rotation tomorrow as the team hoped. scherzer battling a sore neck. hopefully he's back on the mound soon. home game for d.c. united playing one of the to that to tt offices in mls that

and children of color are disproportionately likely to attend schools where you cannot even take algebraemistry. schools whereve you cannot even take those courses. we know that low income students and lesslikely to pass likely to have access to ap classes and will enrollment opportunities. we can do something about that. our work has to be about the academic core. sometimes, it is small things. i think about louisiana. it has a project where they are fafsa part make the of their graduation requirements. students can opt out. families have to sign a form. it is a form that says -- do you know that billions of dollars are available. leaving moneyy be on the table that your child could use for college. .hey saw a dramatic increase they have already seen a dramatic increase in fafsa completion. young people understand there is money available for them. .ell grants, scholarships money available to them to go on to college. are shifting their aspirations about college. that is something we can do in every one of our high schools. who has completed the fafsa. have they done it on time? do they

married now, she's a software trainer, get your kids ready, take those advanced courses early on, algebra in the eighth grade, tried to get into high-tech high schools were just regular high schools i have advanced courses. make the career choice is yours. if you don't get the courses in place, then you're not going to have as many choices. whether you pursue these kinds of careers were talking about are not, at least you have the opportunity to make those decisions. critical thinking in elementary school, i think that's another great program. my kids did junior achievement. i taught junior achievement. that's about starting a business. how do you start a business, what's the marketing, what kind of budget you want to set. also robotics, first robotics is another program. just to see what those kids have to do, my son did first. my youngest is an engineer. i have to throw out all out for scouts because he's an eagle scout, and to be an eagle scout you have to design the project and defend that project, how are you going to carry it out. fifty do that in front of a group of adults. this is

exposed to different things, but take there is advanced math and science courses really on to take algebrain eighth grade and take ap courses and then you have choices when you choose your college path and career path and let those traces the worst. the others to get involved in stem extracurricular, challenger center and odyssey and first robotics with a number of them. do as many as you can. plus, sports. my kids were in sports. every season they were in a different sport, all three of them. balance that out. seek out internships, apprenticeships, go on informational interviews you older high school kids. talk to business people or folks at nasa about their jobs and career path and how they got to where they are. i really can encourage enough to go out and try to get even if it's unpaid opportunities in the business community to learn about how business works. it helps you with schooling down the road. burba's leadership skills etc. at the end i just want you to have fun in life are balance in your life. work hard and play hard with my father's mantra and i have kind of picked that up, s

alan: parece examen de Álgebra! harry: tienes que darle los ajustes necesarios.enemos esa voz con la que vives luchando. o estÁs perdiendo la batalla con tus propios pensamiento o la estÁs ganando. karla: hay que compartir esa voz, no? regil: hay que aprender a manejarla. , les presento a mi voz, buenos dÍas, levantate. >>no, es muy temprano. regil: vamos a hacer gimnasia. >> no, que lo hagan los de "despierta amÉrica". regil: no tenemos que levantar, superarnos. >> dices pura tontera y luego te la crees, no quiero mÁs! regil: yo tampoco te quiero. es lo que pasa. karla: en lugar de hacer caso al que nos dice:" lÁnzate, tÚ puedes". regil: tienes que hacer que esa voz sea tu aliada. es como un niÑo que no educas, es un desastre. alan: me encantan los temas de regil. tambiÉn me encantan las noticias. quÉ dice tu voz interna? satcha: dice muchas cosas. unos dÍas positivas y otras no tan positivas. quÉ bueno que esté con nosotros marco antonio regil para que pongas esas voces internas en perspectiva. les cuento esto en las noticias: recibir informaciÓn sobre los esfu

alan: parece examen de Álgebra! harry: tienes que darle los ajustes necesarios.e levantar, superarnos. >> dices pura tontera y luego te la crees, no quiero mÁs! regil: yo tampoco te quiero. es lo que pasa. karla: en lugar de hacer caso al que nos dice:" lÁnzate, tÚ puedes". regil: tienes que hacer que esa voz sea tu aliada. es como un niÑo que no educas, es un desastre. alan: me encantan los temas de regil. tambiÉn me encantan las noticias. quÉ dice tu voz interna? satcha: dice muchas cosas. unos dÍas positivas y otras no tan positivas. quÉ bueno que esté con nosotros marco antonio regil para que pongas esas voces internas en perspectiva. les cuento esto en las noticias: recibir informaciÓn sobre los esfuerzos de la patrulla fronteriza y la necesidad de mÁs financiamiento para los indocumentados, serÍa el principal objetivo de la visita que trump venÍa serÁ la frontera con mÉxico como parte su primer viaje a arizona. promesa de construir un muro para detener la inmigraciÓn se ha visto frenada por la demora del congreso. familiares de 10 marinos desaparecidos tras