. >> bill, i want to read you what arne duncan said, the results tell us as a country we are failing to provide children with high quality, well-rounded education, that's why we're putting greater emphasis on art, drama, and music in an emphasis to fix no child left behind. what do you think? >> yeah, well, i think that's fine, except, again, this underscores that you cannot do it from the federal government. you cannot do it with that lever. what happens at the federal government, you can end the no child end behind, you get race to the top, you say the money is there, you emphasize math and reading and you wonder why everyone is making up tests for math and reading because you're tilting the boat to one side. so, a thing can be a national problem without a federal solution, often when the federal government gets involved, it makes things worse. sings the creati since the creation of the department of education, the scores have gotten worse. there are some things the federal government should do and when it comes to history, you know, for one thing we can start with these textbooks.

experts cited various reasons but the education secretary arne duncan said it best.ling to give our children a well rounded education. which may be the understatement of the year. our schools are a mess and have been since the days when we got good teachers on the cheap because teaching was one of the few professions open to women. other opportunities open to women they took them but teacher pay stayed low. there were wonderful exceptions but for the most part we got what we paid for. we've never really faced up to that. we give education lip service but with every budget crunch, it's education that suffers. the latest test underlines just how wrong and dangerous our priorities are. we keep talking about american exceptionalism and how our core strength is american values. but if our students don't know enough history to understand how our values were shaped and who shaped them, don't we risk losing through ignorance what those who came of about us fought and died for? education is among other things our real first line of defense. why don't we have a presidential ca

i think arne duncan had some good ideas, hs open minded, he's creative, i think that's good. i think michelle obama's efforts on obesity have been outstanding. one of my problems with the administration is their allegiance to the labor unions and to teachers unions. i think that's counterproductive to efficiency and i think that allegiance needs to go away if we're going to get to the efficiency level that we need to get to. >> i would say on the flip side of that, when you look at the race to the top, it is very clear that significant changes were made all across the united states of america, specifically in philadelphia in terms of the teachers contract. the kinds of changes tt the teachers and the school district agreed to about a year or so ago were right in the context of race to the top, with much more flexibility and i think that the department is providing the kind of leadership that we maybe have not seen in recent timings from the federal government -- times from the federal government to local school systems in encouraging more accountability, flexibility as well a

arne duncan has come up with plan b, if there's a further delay in the act.ng without the overhaul, 80% of all schools could save failing grades next year. >>> the city of san francisco is teaming up with microsoft to help students perform better in the classroom. tomorrow, mayor ed lee, and the high-tech giant will announce more than a half million dollars in software, and education grants. >>> police in indiana hope a segment on america's most wanted will help them find a missing student. 20-year-old lauren spear has been missing for more than a week. her story was featured on america's most wanted last night. police believe she may have been kidnapped while walking home. dozens have been passing out fliers and canvassing neighborhoods to help find her. >> we've had folks from louisville, we've had folks from illinois. it's been incredible. >> reporter: spear was last seen at a sports bar with friends last friday. surveillance video shows her headed towards her apartment in an alley where her keys and purse were later found. police say they're reviewing new

>> okay >> arne duncan x thank you.ause] >>> to find out more, visit the author website, andreawulf.com >>> what are you reading this summer? book tv wants to know. >> i'm susan collins, senator from. i've always been an avid reader. i usually have a book going here in washington and one in maine as well and the book that is most recently finished reading is scott brown's memoir. he's my colleague, the senator from massachusetts. this truly is an extraordinary book. it's very well for threatened -- well written and gives me insight into why scott brown and his difficult childhood. it's amazing that he has accomplished as much as he has. given what an impoverished and difficult to childhood that he had a. anyone who loves sports will love this book because in some ways coaches and basketball saved scott brown. a book that i am reading right now is michael connelly the fifth witness. this is a series of books that involved a lawyer who is largely practiced his worn out of the back of his car. his lincoln so they are often

secretary arne duncan is prom e promising promis promising to waive parts of the law for states to pushng student achievement, explaining charter schools and overhauling lowest performing schools. it was passed in 2001 and requires states to test students in math and reading and punishes schools which follow short of the objectives set forward by the states. the law labels too many schools as failures but narrows curriculum and waters down standardized testings. we will have to watch and see what happens there. >>> still ahead on today in the bay, nick o'kelly is here with a look at the forecast that is warming up into your workweek. >>> good morning to you, take a live look, a little bit of a gray start too this morning, but a warmup in the distance. by thursday, might need a short-sleeve shirt. >>> this morning arrange east bay woman suspected of selling counter fit passes to the happiest places on earth is in a not so happy place this morning, behind bars. police arrested the woman this weekend after finding fake park passes at her pleasantville home. police say the woman duped sever

meanwhile, president obama's education secretary, arne duncan, is taking matters into his own hands tos the most urgent problems facing us today. i spoke with secretary duncan in his office a short time ago in an exclusive interview. >> mr. secretary, thanks so much for taking the time. you're laying out an expansive agenda. it takes not only finances but a structure, a law that gives you the power to do what you want to do. no child left behind, stuck in a quagmire. you called it a train wreck in slow motion. what is happening now? why on capitol hill can't you get the reauthorization, the funding and the authority you need? >> you probably understand capitol hill better than i do. i'm still learning every day. but in all seriousness folks there are working real hard and i'm optimistic that we will get reauthorization and we'll do it in a bipartisan way, and that's really important to me. my issue is timing. this law is four years overdue. it was written ten years ago, did some good things, but a lot of it is broken now. a lot of it needs to be fixed. we have to get better faster than

to have the federal government work in a coordinated, comprehensive way, so we brought together arne duncan and his team and we will bring promised neighborhood funding to help to transform the schools at the same time that you're transforming public housing and other forms of affordable housing. we heard that, you know, if folks don't feel safe and they can't walk the streets the kids can't be out on the playground because they are afraid for their safety we can't be successful in those communities so we brought the department of justice and the criminal-justice initiative and the funding to get your with our public housing choice neighborhood funding. we've heard that healthcare is a critical need so we brought the hhs to the table to make investment in community health centers along side. all of those pieces are now being brought together in our choice neighborhoods initiative. but i also will seek the truth is that we are not going to transform a million units of public housing with a half-dozen or a dozen grants this year, each year and those grants will be under attack. we are going t

he writes, the main federal law on public education, arne duncan signaled that he would use his executiveuthority to free stage from a lot centerpiece requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. that is what we will be talking about for the first 45 minutes. this edition of the "washington journal," if you want to get involved with the conversation, at the numbers are on the screen. we have a special line for teachers and administrators. we would like to hear from you this morning. if you want to get in touch with us, our meet reggie our e- mail, or if you are following us on twitter, the address is there. more from the article in this " --ing's "new york times the obama administration has been hearing on mounting clamor from state school officials to weigh substantial parts of the lot -- we want to get your thoughts on that. is it time for waivers regarding no child left behind? again, the numbers. teachers and administrators, your number as well. more from the sam dillon article. we will not sit here and do nothing, mr. duncan told reporters on friday in a c

we have brought together arne duncan and his team and we will bring promise neighborhoods funding to help transform schools at the same time you are transforming public housing and other forms of affordable housing. we have heard that if people do not feel safe in the cannot walk the streets, their kids can now be out in the playgrounds because they are afraid for their safety, we cannot be successful in those communities. so we brought the department of justice and their initiatives and funding together with our public housing and choice neighborhoods funding. we of for the health care is a critical need. inre making investments community health centers alongside. all of those pieces are being brought together in our choice neighborhoods initiatives. but the truth is that we will not transform 1 million units of public housing but that doesn't grants this year, and they will be under attack. we will have a tough time finding those this year. we're working in and out -- in our budget to bring private capital into public housing. we believe that there is $25 billion of private capital