in algebra one and two. in english language development courses, again, one of the reasons that we would do this is that we would give these students an opportunity in summer school to potentially take a course that would offer them room during the regular school year to take a course that is actually meeting the a-g requirement. 138 of them received credit. only 14 were d's. and three were f's. so 98% of the students. supervisor campos: speier olague. -- supervisor olague. supervisor olague: i was wondering what the economic breakdown is. whether they're children from families whose parents have college degrees or not. that sort of thing. trying to get a sense of that. >> ok. i can make a note of that and pull that. all right. any other questions before we move on? ok. so you see from the data from previous years of what has happened in previous years in summer school, in 2008 we offered a summer school. 75% of the courses actually earned credit in that summer school. in 2009, it moved up to 82%. of the cou

algebra to geometry. and that student landed in geometry in 11th grade. then that student automatically would not be able to take the early assessment program placement test for -- because they were not enrolled in the appropriate course to take the appropriate test for the c.s.t. so it really is, i think that we as educators and the mathematics teachers in the district are open. we are curious about that discussion. but there are some limit tations -- limitations that are placed on us that really we don't want to -- we really do not want to take an advantage away from a student. because through the bridge to success program, we have been able to work with city college in recent days to accept some of those e.a.p. tests as their placement tests. so we really don't want to give students a disadvantage of not being enrolled in that. so it is a complex issue that really goes beyond us and all of that said, we are open to discussion about that. supervisor kim: and i'm just going to ask a couple of quick quest

in algebra, and you may ask, why is the n lower significantly in algebra? the reason that 2000 is lower in algebra is because when we pass the policy, the new graduation requirements policy, we paved the way for students that had taken algebra one in the eighth grade, actually gain high school credits. and we can do that. and the board of education really -- was moving us forward in that area. and so that is why the number of students that are enrolled in algebra is significantly less. these are students who did not get credit for algebra in high school -- in middle school. and they moved object to high school to take algebra in their ninth grade year. of those 2,000 students, 411 of them had an f. 8% of those were chinese. 39% of those f's were african-american. 30% were latino. 26% english language learners. and 28% special education. so it is really -- this is the reason why the funding that we received from the city last year that we focused on these areas for students that had just completed their first semester of ninth grade. it was very clear to us

how do we get 1000 kids over one year ahead in math competency to take algebra by the eighth grade? they go to the tech museum, the computer history museum, but they also learn actual on algebra, and we see great growth thanks to support from the foundation as well. we have a program that prepares students for biology in the ninth grade. we are also trying to figure out how you create a great programs that keep the kids in gauge, and that is a program. did we try to figure out what are the key practices and how do they bring this together. they are mixing a lot of great things and becoming innovators in the process. if she had been gauged and had all of this come together, she wants to be a veterinarian, and she makes sure her sister is in the program as well. we are going to produce more a small the -- more esmeraldas and steve jobs. we look forward to working with you in the summer. >> thank you. before we move on, i want to recognize supervisors got wiener -- supervisor scott and wiener. it means a lot to have you here. next i am going to invite our next guest, who is a true cham

they need an algebra to bring. i cannot afford it. i am a single mom. i got laid off. i do not have the resources. please invest in resources, so the kids can move on and go to college. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. i see the president of united educators of san francisco. welcome to city hall. thank you for being here. >> my name is dennis kelly. we come here today to support the idea of providing resources for the completion of a-g. a-g is not only

they need an algebra to bring. i cannot afford it. i am a single mom. i got laid off. i do not have the resources. please invest in resources, so the kids can move on and go to college. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. i see the president of united educators of san francisco. welcome to city hall. thank you for being here. >> my name is dennis kelly. we come here today to support the idea of providing resources for the completion of a-g. a-g is not only important for our students. there is more that is important for our students. they should not only have a-g. they should have access to vocational and other course work, so they can choose what they want to do when they get out of school. no one should be limited. when we talk about resources, we need all kinds of resources in the schools. when we talk about credit recovery, we have to make sure we are not talking about a band- aid approach to what is going on. we need to make sure we do not put a computer in the corner and tell some student to type in a lesson, follow a program, and it will be as goo

another example would be a class from a colleague at wells, taught in the context of algebra. students are doing measurements and it is all applied into producing some type of project at the end. i will move on from here. here you see all of our academies and pathways. in addition to tjpa, you see our academies involved in architectural construction and engineering. our engineering academies -- the one at washington is the two- your academy. you also see here an hour tech 21 courses -- our tech 21 courses. what you do not see here is our cooperation with the well-known architectural program. >> if i made? -- if i may? these are projects where you will be a recruiting potential summer interns from? >> yes. director kim: and how do you do that work? how do you recruit students into the program here at tjpa? >> here we have the summer intern program. we have the academy pathway. we are encouraging all our students from the 11th and 12th grade to take part with some kind of internship. we're trying to standardize throughout the district, where students are making sure since they'r

>> all the algebra teachers are standing up and applauding you this morning. >> it's a flawed use of theory. >>> it's a cruel month in april in many areas of the rockies. they are under a very cold weather pattern right now. and it is snowing in denver this morning. yes, the same location that was 85 and sunny just last week. so i-25 there's been some snow near colorado springs down to pueblo. the warm side of the storm and some big thunderstorms this morning. wichita falls got nailed earlier. now just south of oklahoma city. if you are traveling near i-35 in between dallas, fort worth and oklahoma city, that's probably the worst drive. late this afternoon, more thunderstorms. we're kinding in a stormy weather pattern. the typical late afternoon storms. the ohio valley, indianapolis, columbus, all of indiana, ohio, northern kentucky. and then once again, dallas-ft. worth, austin and san antonio. you'll be dodging some strong storms late today. i don't think too many tornadoes. that's good. as far as the forecast goes, it's a cold start in new england. beautiful afternoon. temperature

each year 4 million children enter preschool. 25% will complete algebra. 9% will declare a stem major, only 4.5% will graduate with a stem degree and only 1.7% will graduate with an engineering degree. if you do the math there really quirk it's 60,000 to 70,000 engineers, which is woefully short of what our industry alone needs, let alone all engineering categories. we simply have an insufficient talent pipeline. and without a life cycle approach that not only looks at investing in the front end of that pipeline but engaging student, getting them into success african-american, stem-related engineering career and helping them achieve rotations early so they can expand have and successful life span careers, we will not be success. so it's important we are all here participating in this process. let me give you one data point i think you'll find enjoyable. today we find if you survey young people, it's important to know that 8 4% of american kids in the 11 to 13 age range would rather clean their rooms, eat their vegetables or go to the dentist than do their math homework. now having a c

. >> as part of algebra. >> exactly. joe, you've got the magic wand. they've asked you as a former banking commissioner, as somebody who enforced anti-predatory lending laws and now is working with the a.g.s, they've give. en you a bigger job and it comes with a wand. >> i'll tell you what i was trying to get my friends in north carolina do do before i left. it's an instruction of my former fellow regulators. i would go down and talk to is civic leaderships and say, look, our banks and all banks, but particularly southern banks, have a concentration of real estate generally. and there is a regulatory disfavor, shall we say, in real estate lending. i said to people in various cities, look, sort of to have an idea of have an actual community development plan. look at everything you've got, right? find out the neighborhoods, where are they, what are they, who owns the loans, what's the stuff, and then present to the banks -- and all banks, not just the biggest, your local community banks, everybody -- here is our agreed local idea of what the credit needs

. >> 75 corporations in the silicon valley are helping fund programs like stepping up to algebra. for a month in the summer a thousand under served kids at 30 schools will get help with math skills. >> this is a future work force. so science and math is important to us. >> in san francisco the department of rec and park is expanding the program for kids ages 3-17. and michelle is a mother of two in san francisco. she has relied on essence kids.org as a source. >> i think people register in january. i believe there are many programs, a lot of parks and rec have spaces until the last minute so check it out. don't give up. >> there are a number of web sites that tell paernts what to do to avoid the summer learning loss. just type in brain drain. we have a number of links online. visit abc 7 news.com. click on see it on tv. >> and larry ellison took the stand in the interelectal property deal. ora cell claiming it qused the java software for an droid phone without licensing it first and testified he spoke to google executives about working on a smart phone together and said they consi

talking about ratios, and things that are equivalent to a high school algebra class, which would be very exciting. more than any graph, i think we should look at this picture. this picture, i think, explains everything about the world that was lost in the world that was made. this is a picture in a small shop in the late 19th century. anybody who didn't want to give more credit to their customers. the owner of the shop could very easily relate to this and say no, i will not sell for credit. what is interesting to me about this picture is it is the opposite of what we think today. we think of stores that sell on credit, people who lend credit, they are prosperous. but this teacher is exactly the opposite of that story. if you look at it, you can see a man on the left, who is thin, ragged, hair like mine. the man on the left, -- the fat man on the right, he has sold for cash. look at that. look at those chops. williamsburg would envy those chops. something to behold. but behind their appearances, was a financial practice. this man sold on credit. he might lend money -- not money, the goods

can you do algebra? white take away red equals what? three. [laughs] white take away red... cyan. gives cyan. shall i do that again? yeah. there's your white. now, i'm gonna take the red away from it. watch where my finger is. i'll take the red away. whoops. [laughter] and what's it turned into? cyan. cyan. did you ever wonder why the sea water is a cyan color? it's green and blue. how many people have never wondered that? "so, well, it's cyan--" no, no, no, no, there's a reason why it had to be a cyan. can we have the lights please, ted? sure. -- it turns out that seawater, any kind of water, absorbs, like mad, infrared. in fact, if you take an infrared light and shine it on water, it'll heat up very, very quickly. and it also absorbs a lot of red. so when the sunlight comes down, all the colors, yeah, hits the water. guess what color gets absorbed more than any other. red. no. no, not green. okay. let's try-- let me give you a hint then. begins with r, ends with d. red. yeah, red. good. okay. some people said green. it turns out the red gets absorbed. when the red gets absorbed,

i was a 99% when it came to that, especially in algebra.her students. i'm a pass/fail personally. did you like that? >> greg: i was too old for pass/fail. >> andrea: you never had a pass/fail class? >> greg: never. i was passed out. but never a pass/fail. would you be for spreading the gpa around as it were? >> bob: to get my grade up it would have taken the student body to give me all of their grades. listen, the idea is to equate this with taxes and make more money. you should give more of it away. the gpa don't have anything to do with war or spending money or investment. i get the motion of what you're trying to do but it's silly. of course you couldn't give up your grade. if i gave up my grades -- >> andrea: perfect example. >> eric: of course it is. exactly perfect. >> bob: no, it's not. >> eric: you work hard and earn money and the government wants a piece of it. if you work hard and study hard and the teacher, in this example says i wage a piece of your good grade. >> bob: but the government uses it -- >> eric: for whatever reason w

an example. 75 corporations in the silicon valley are helping to fund programs like stepping up to algebraone month in the summer 1,000 underserved kids at 30 schools in the silicon valley and south bay will get help with their math skills. these have the silicon valley ed foundation. >> it's you're future workforce. math is important to us. >> and the department of rec and park is expanding his summer programs for kids ages 8 to 17. -- 3 to 17. this mother has relied on them for a low cost summer programs. >> people register in january. i believe there are many programs. a lot of the park and rec programs have space up to the last minute. don't give up. check it out. >> there are a number of websites that tell parents what to do to avoid the summer learning loss. just type in "brain drain." now we can also help. we have a number of links online. visit abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. abc7 news. >> lisa argen is here to talk about one heckuva sunday. >> it will be nice out there. still plenty of 70s and 80s with our natural air conditioner surging into parts of the bay right now. >>

in school, they're doing algebra and, we're told, catching up academically.ourishing. learning traditional cambodian dance. and even martial arts. they were proud to show me their new skills. sue taylor has overseen their care. >> the tae kwon do was to gain confidence in themselves so that they can feel like they can have control over their lives. if somebody comes up to them, they know some self-defense. >> it is an amazing transformation. to see that girl, once so frightened, once so battered, to be out there and to be able to perform a traditional cambodian dance on stage. that has got to be pretty rewarding for you. >> that makes the difference, i think. >> the rehabilitation of girls who have been so severely abused is far from simple. >> they come with some drug addictions. they will come with a whole lot of fear. they don't trust people. >> talmadge payne runs the charitable organization caring for the girls. >> you come in with great intentions and tell them you're going to help them, but that's what the last abuser did. that's what the last person t

. >> you got eighth grade algebra call your uncle. it's a simple idea at a charter school, i was at a charter school and i was wanting down the hall and they had these college banners. what is this. we want to tell kids early to go to college. we're putting college banners on every classroom door and on the hallway throughout every school and i want to go in the elementary level. not in high school because i want these kids early on to know illinois, northern illinois, depaul, loyal law, this is in your future. it's in your future, it's expected of you that's why you're here. then you pull back, this education piece compared to a large piece. for a while a lot of our social ills nothing would be better than a family. it's not there. so we all struggle with government is a poor second can get great results. >> rose: you mentioned the private sector, private initiatives. is that a wave of the future in terms of urban life today. >> it's a public private partnership, the bright sector has to be the engine driving this process to create j

interesting to see whether they -- >> my old high school classmate eric schmidt sat behind me in algebrared out he belonged in a different class. testifying today in that big case between google and larry ellison's oracle. what's going on? >> very interesting case. oracle trying to argue that google basically stole parts of java that they shouldn't have. google trying to make the argument java was really supposed to be free anyway. up to this point google has had a pretty difficult time on the stand. andy ruben was up earlier today before eric schmidt. now eric schmidt is up. it's coming out that sun microsystems which oracle bought which created java wasn't always so happy with the way google was using java. difficult road. eric schmidt -- >> worked at java, didn't he? did he work at sun? >> he did at one point. eric schmidt not always the most personable with your average db he has a way of saying things he probably wishes he could take back. it'll be interesting to see how this completely plays out. larry page didn't do himself too many favors on the stand. >> stay with us. we're goin

each year 4 million children enter preschool in the united states. 250 of them will complete algebra in their junior year. ninth term will declare a stem a major. only 4.5% will graduate with a stem degree. only 1.7% will graduate with and an engineering degree. that is woefully short of what our industry alone needs let alone all engineering categories. we simply have an insufficient talents pipeline. without a life cycle approach that looks at investing in the front end, they can expand and grow and have a successful life cycle careers come without that we will not be successful. it is important that we all participate in this process. one good example is a robotics program. let me give you one data point you will find enjoyable. if you serve a young people today, 84% of american kids in the 11-13 age range would rather clean their rooms, eat their vegetables, go to the dentist than do their math homework. having a couple of youngsters a my own, i can vouch for that data. something to consider. one way we get them interested is in programs like first robotics. i know many of you ar

he posted like an algebra tutorial for his cousin across the country and it was help pl to her and heecided that this is something that we should be doing in terms of using digital technology to help with education. now they there are 3,000 videos on the site. bill gates wrote about him. he uses the videos with his kids. and he's doing something very simple, but very powerful. >> people who look at this list as a celebration of high profile and plu shal people. but it's not always people who are influencing in the right way because you have some controversial figures on will like assad and kim jong-un. why did you choose to put them on? >> we would use it if everyone used their influence for the good and we feel like that's not the case. and the president of syria has been a huge driver of news and unfortunately has had a very powerful influence in the middle east this year. so we put him on. but we also want to draw your attention to another syrian on the list who is the political cartoonist who is using his pen to resist the regime. and so that's sort of the plip side flip side of t

with lots of macroeconomics, talking about the ratio and things that are equivalent to a high school algebra class which would be very stunning. more than any graphing we should look at this picture. this picture i think explains everything about the world that was lost and the world of was made. this is a picture that would have gone in a small shop, mediator -- mabey grocery who didn't want to give credit to the customer. the owner of the shop could very easily point to this and say i will not sell for credit. what's interesting about this picture is of course it's the opposite of what we think today. weeding out the stores that sell on credit, people who lend credit are prosperous, but this picture is exactly the opposite of that story. you look at it and you can see a man on the left,, ragged cut his hair like mine. a man consumed by anxiety from his own business. now, the other one, the fat man as we will call him settled for cash. he's busting at the seams. look at that. look at those jobs. they would envy those shops. look at them. something to behold. but behind their appearances was