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going to do go down in history as one of the finest secretaries of education we have ever had, arne duncanw it is great to be here at benjamin banneker high school one of the best high schools not only in washington, d.c. but one of the best high schools in the country. and -- [ applause ] but we have students tuning in from all across america. and so i want to welcome you all to the new school year although i know that many of you have already been in school for a while. i know that here at banker you have been back at school for a few weeks now few weeks now. so everything is just starting to settle in. just like for all your peers all across the country. the fall sports season is under way. musical and marching band routines are starting to shape up, i believe. and your first big tests and projects are probably just around the corner. your circle of friends might be changing a little bit. issues that used to stay confined to hallways and locker rooms are finding their way onto facebook and twitter. some of your families might also be feeling the strain of the economy. this is one of the

and i don't disagree with president obama and arne duncan have done. but at the same time, there is quite a record that no child left behind has accomplished a great deal. it has started the process of setting standards and has brought lots of children up to those standards. but at the same time, let's see if they're not modifications that can be made to make it more acceptable to the states and provide a way for the states to achieve higher standards. >> mrs. powell, when you talk about the whole community and general powell talked about all of the other environmental factors, poverty, american poverty numbers, the latest census numbers are just extraordinary, profound. the poverty rate overall is 15.1%, we're talking about 46 million people in poverty. but the poverty rate for minorities, for black americans, 27.4%. for hispanic americans, it's 26%. and it's only 5. -- excuse me, 9.9% for white americans. >> yep. >> so poverty is an overwhelming problem. obviously the recession has driven more people into poverty. but for minority communities, genera

and it had to do with the education race to the top and the president's education secretary, arne duncan. here's the exchange. there's one person on this stage that is for obama's race to the top. and that is governor romney. being in favor of the obama race to the top, and that is not conservative. >> nice try. let me tell you what i think i do -- one, education has to be held at the local and state level. not at the federal level. we need to get the federal government out of education. >> did governor perry say something that wasn't true? >> i'm not sure exactly what he is saying. i don't support any particular program that he is describing. >> again, susan page, it was i think less than 24 hours earlier he had praised arne duncan. and it goes to what rick perry was trying to do. it seemed like he had a strategy of trying to bring out the flip-flopping charge on mitt romney. and is while he scored on that moment, that was probably the only moment he was able to score on. >> right. you know, you showed earlier in this -- in your program the answer he gave that was clearly prepared about

education secretary arne duncan estimates 0 80% of schools will not meet standards next year. >> actually get the federal government out of the way of innovation. >> reporter: teachers say they feel empowered to return to the classroom with new tools and a renewed sense of purpose. >> it's not the tools that i have or technology, it's my ability to connect with them. >> that's days when you go up and down. this has been an inspirational few days. >> reporter: inspired and driven to help students make the grade. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> now here's your first look at some of the other news going on. a michigan man is relying on surveillance video in his suit against two police officers who escorted him out of a casino. the video shows one cop punched the man in the face, knocking him to the ground where he continues punching him. assault charges initially filed by the officers were later dropped after the prosecutor viewed the tape. >>> in texas firefighters believe a bolt of lightning may be to blame for a brush fire on the site where the 2004 movie "the alamo" was shot. i

look, romney -- you've heard mitt romney say arne duncan did some good things, praising anyone in theama administration is not good. so he's willing to go as close as you can go, and remember last night, provoked about did he think the obama administration was a socialist, he didn't answer -- >> so he's not willing to get in the barrel and do what they want like, for example, he will not say -- he will not say he's a socialist. he will not say, i, mitt romney, am a tea partier either. he's very careful not to ruin himself for the general. here he is. let's listen to rick perry, given a chance, receiving a round of boos for defending his position on educational opportunities in texas for those children, get this, of illegal immigrants. >> if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there, by no fault of their own, i don't think you have a heart. this was a state issue, texans voted on it, and i still support it greatly. >> senator santorum -- >> you heard that, alex, it began as some whoops, some success for

first of all, my outstanding secretary of education arne duncan is in the house.pal of ft. hayes metropolitan education is here! and the mayor of the great city of columbus, michael coleman is in the house! it is a great honor to be here at ft. hayes, one of the best high schools in ohio. i want to thank tom for that introduction. he just gave me a quick tour, and let me just say these buildings look great. he did a good job. i wouldn't mind taking a few classes here. you've got computers in every classroom, got state-of-the-art graphic design and science labs, new media center, music rooms. and when you combine that with outstanding teachers and a challenging curriculum, you've got the foundation for what you need to learn and graduate and compete in this 21st century economy. so ft. hayes, i'm here to talk about exactly that, about the economy. i came to talk about how we can get to a place where we're creating good middle class jobs again, jobs that pay well, jobs that offer economic security, and the renovation of ft. hayes is a great example of where tloez jo

after less than 1% of what we spend on education each year, race to the top, under arne duncan's leadershiphas led states across the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning. and, by the way, these standards that we are talking about -- these high standards that we are talking about were not developed here in washington. they were developed by republican and democratic governors throughout the country, essentially as a peer group, a peer review system where everybody treated best practices and said here's what seems to work, and let's hold all of our schools to these high standards. and since that race to the top has been launched we've seen what's possible when reform isn't just a top-down mandate, but the work of local teachers and principals and school boards and committees working together to develop better standards. >> this is why in my state of the union address this year i said that congress should reform the note child left behind a wall based on the principles that have guided race to the top. and i want to say the goals behind no child left behind were admiral b

arne duncan, the secretary of education ramped things up, got a lot of states to commit themselves tolevels of accountability, higher standards. what was happening was no child left behind was dragging all of us behind. now being able to get a waiver and become aggressive how we measure student improvement and growth and hold ourselves accountable is continuing to move forward. >> governor fallin, i want to pick up on something you said you were worried about an unfunded million date but at the same time you want accountability, standards put in place. how do you walk that line if you're the federal government, forcing accountability but making sure you don't stick states with the bill. >> give us flexibility. that's one of the things we think we could look at with possibility of waivers, flexibility how we spend title money that comes down to the states. one of the areas unfunded, i iba funding that comes in. we only get 36% of the money we need to pick up that program. the state has to pick up the rest of the costs and there are areas of flexibility we'd like to see like growth mode

. >> reporter: education secretary arne duncan says the u.s.china and many other countries. but he questions for how long. >> other countries are innovative. they are investing. they're not scaling back opportunity. they are increasing opportunity in leaps and bounds. and the jobs of the future are going to go to the countries that are producing the knowledge workers who can succeed in the globally competitive economy. >> they are offering full scholarships to talented students in exchange for a ten-year commitment to teaching in china. >> reporter: the one thing the u.s. is doing that china isn't is trying to educate every single student. chinese teachers were shocked that shearer learned sign language to teach deaf students chemistry. >> we are taking on a task that i'm not sure other countries are in terms of diversity. >> reporter: her international trips are paid for by people to people ambassadors, a global education travel group. next month, the maryland chemistry teacher will travel to japan to study its education system. shearer says i

it is likely we will see arne duncan at today's event. this is live coverage on c-span. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] >> benjamin banneker middle school provides a rigorous academic for college. president obama will speak at his third annual back-to-school speech. [no audio] [no audio] >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president of the datasets, please welcome student government association president, john a owens. [applause] >> good afternoon, special guests, faculty members, and my fellow students. i am the student government president and a proud member of the class of 2012 at benjamin banneker academic high school. i am privileged to be here today, welcoming our nation's president, barack obama. we are very proud that the president chose benjamin banneker as a venue for his third annual back-to-school speech. benjamin banneker is one of the top public schools in the district of columbia, celebrating our 30th year anniversary as a magnet school, having maintain 100% graduation rate and college acceptance rate. [applause] as benjamin banneker achievers, acad

i think that the president -- i think the secretary of education arne duncan is doing a good thing by saying we should insist teachers get evaluated and schools -- and teachers that are not successful are removed from the classroom. those ideas by secretary duncan is better than what the president did which is cutting off school choice in the washington, d.c. schools. let's give us a full chance to talk buy it. >> congresswoman bachmann? >> we need do an education that has always worked local control with parents pwhaeufpl doesn't work is what we see happen now. i'm a mom five biological kids we've raised 23 foster children. the reason why i got involved in politics was because of the concern i had about our foster children and the education they were getting. i would pass the mother of all repeal bills on education. i would take the entire federal education law, repeal it. then go over to the department of education, turn off the lies, lock the door and i would spend -- off the lights, lock the door and i would send all the money back to the states. >> mr. cain? >> a lot of good idea

i think that the president -- i think the secretary of education arne duncan is doing a good thing bying we should insist teachers get evaluated and schools -- and teachers that are not successful are removed from the classroom. those ideas by secretary duncan is better than what the president did which is cutting off school choice in the washington, d.c. schools. let's give us a full chance to talk buy it. >> congresswoman bachmann? >> we need do an education that has always worked local control with parents pwhaeufpl doesn't work is what we see happen now. i'm a mom five biological kids we've raised 23 foster children. the reason why i got involved in politics was because of the concern i had about our foster children and the education they were getting. i would pass the mother of all repeal bills on education. i would take the entire federal education law, repeal it. then go over to the department of education, turn off the lies, lock the door and i would spend -- off the lights, lock the door and i would send all the money back to the states. >> mr. cain? >> a lot of good ideas, i

despite that effort, education secretary arne duncan has warned that more than 80% of the nation's schoolsk being labeled failures under the law by 2014. so, the president today announced waivers for states if they offer their own plans that meet federal standards. >> we can't let another generation of young people fall behind because we didn't have the courage to recognize what doesn't work, admit it, and replace it with something that does. >> reporter: mr. obama insisted he is not weakening the law, but helping states set higher standards. and he said congressional delay in addressing the issue had forced his hand. >> our kids only get one shot at a decent education and they cannot afford to wait any longer. so given that congress cannot act, i am acting. >> reporter: as many as 45 states are expected to start receiving the waivers, early next year. >> suarez: and we explore what those changes mean for schools and students. for that, jeffrey brown spoke with a school superintendent and education advocate after the president's plan was announced, but before he delivered his speech. >> br

look, romney -- you've heard mitt romney say arne duncan did some good things, praising anyone in thema administration is not good. so he's willing to go as close as you can go, and remember last night, provoked about did he think the obama administration was a socialist, he didn't answer -- >> so he's not willing to get in the barrel and do what they want him to, like, for example, he will not say -- he will not say he's a socialist. he will not say, i, mitt romney, am a tea partier either. he's very careful not to ruin himself for the general. here he is. let's listen to rick perry, given a chance, receiving a round of boos for defending his position on educational opportunities in texas for those children, get this, of illegal immigrants. >> if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there, by no fault of their own, i don't think you have a heart. this was a state issue, texans voted on it, and i still support it greatly. >> senator santorum -- >> you heard that, alex, it began as some whoops, some succe

arne duncan we're told, the education secretary, was left behind, in case we are faced with some sort of national emergency. there you see the president shaking hands with the vice president and the speaker of the house. the president getting ready to deliver his address. he presents the formal text of that speech to the two leaders up there, and let's listen in as the president gets ready to deliver this speech. this is a very warm, nice reception for the president of the united states. he will be introduced by the speaker and then the president will speak. let's just listen a little bit to the sights and watch the sights and listen to the sounds of the u.s. congress. >> members of congress, i have a high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. >> thank you. thank you! thank you. thank you. thank you so much. everyone please have a seat. thank you. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, and fellow americans, tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country. we continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions

arne duncan we're told, the education secretary, was left behind, in case we are faced with some sort of national emergency. there you see the president shaking hands with the vice president and the speaker of the house. the president getting ready to deliver his address. he presents the formal text of that speech to the two leaders up there, and let's listen in as the president gets ready to deliver this speech. this is a very warm, nice reception for the president of the united states. he will be introduced by the speaker, and then the president will speak. let's just listen a little bit to the -- watch the sights and listen to the sounds of the u.s. congress. [ applause ] >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. >> thank you. thank you! thank you. thank you. thank you so much. everyone please have a seat. thank you. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, and fellow americans, tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country. we continue to face an economic crisis that has left m

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race to the top, i think, is very well conceived, and i think it's because arne duncan was a school superintendent. i don't think this is rocket science. i think the guy had actually been out there in schools, knew how it was doing and what was going on, and i like it. >> probably didn't hurt that his mom was an educator too. i know you're fond of the kip program. love it or hate it, no one forgets the first time they walk into a kip classroom. added to that, you're a musician. you must have thought you'd died and gone to heaven when he first with witnessed kip in action. >> well, i like the charter school idea, because a lot of people have forgotten this, but i remember when i was -- this weekend will mark the 20th anniversary of when i started my campaign for president. we're going to celebrate down in little rock. i can't believe that. i used to be the youngest person doing whatever i was doing. one day i woke up and i was the oldest man in every room. i have no idea how it happened. but anyway, there was one charter school in the country in minnesota. and only two states had even authorized th

arne duncan, we're told, the education secretary, was left behind, god forbid, in case of some sort of national emergency. there you see the president shaking hands with the vice president and the speaker of the house. the president getting ready to deliver his address. he presents the formal text of that speech to the two leaders up there, and let's listen in as the president gets ready to deliver this speech. this is a very warm, nice reception for the president of the united states. >> thank you. >> he will be introduced by the speaker, and then the president will speak. let's just listen a little bit and watch the sights and listen to the sounds of the u.s. congress. >> members of congress, i have a high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. >> thank you. thank you! thank you. thank you. thank you so much. everyone please have a seat. thank you. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, and fellow americans, tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country. we continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions

in public schools all across the united states because president obama and education secretary arne duncane going to announce sweeping changes to president bush's no child left behind policy that effectively ends this initiative. just to set the stage and remind people what this policy was, it's a nine-year-old policy implemented in 2002. the goal was to end the achievement gap. critics said it hasn't worked. that was a test score-based remedy was the idea, that schools would have to perform to a certain standard, would have to get kids proficient in reading and math with a cutoff date of 2014 and then after that there would have been consequences for schools that were under performing, consequences that could include firing teachers. so some critics, a lot of critics, especially at the state level have said this is a one size fits all thing, that it hasn't worked out, that they have been seeing teachers teaching to the tests and teaching to the standards and not really teaching kids and getting them proficient in the way they should. so what the president and what secretary duncan are goi

. >> we will talk about the waivers in a second, but i did speak to secretary of education arne duncan to run the chicago public schools, and this is what he told me. >> when i ran the chicago public schools, i had to come to this building and go to my conference room and beg the government and the department of education to tutor my children after school. 25,000 people wanted to have additional tutoring and work harder and washington did not want to give me that flexibility, and it made no sense. >> michelle, i don't know if you can empathize, because you ran the d.c. public schools from a chancellor perspective, and will it give folks more flexibility at the state and local level, and is that a good thing? >> well, again, it really does vary from the situation to situation, and in some ways the accountability structure that "no child left behind" in place gave us the cover that we needed to be able to implement really aggressive reforms at the school level. you know, it said if a school is failing that you have to implement one of four restructuring options, and those were really agg

first of all, my outstanding secretary of education, arne duncan, is in the house. superintendant of columbus city schools, dr. gene t. harris, is here. the principal of fort hayes metropolitan education center, milton ruffin, is here. and the mayor of the great city of columbus, michael coleman, is in the house. it is a great honor to be here at fort hayes - one of the best high schools in ohio. i want to thank tom for that introduction. he just gave me a quick tour, and let me just say, these buildings look great. he did a good job. i wouldn't mind taking a few classes here. you've got computers in every classroom, got state-of-the-art graphic design and science labs, new media center, music rooms. and when you combine that with outstanding teachers and a challenging curriculum, you've got the foundation for what you need to learn and graduate, and compete in this 21st century economy. [applause] so, fort hayes, i'm here to talk about exactly that -- about the economy. i came to talk about how we can get to a place where we're creating good, middle-class jobs agai

have been worked out in concert with president obama and with his excellent education secretary arne duncan, as well as with democratic senators here and with republican and democratic colleagues in the house. in other words, we have made a lot of progress. in the senate, my judgment is we're not far from agreement on a bipartisan bill, with most of the differences of opinion centering around what i would characterize -- the presiding officer: the senator's five minutes has expired. mr. alexander: i ask for two more minutes. characterizing as including provision which is would create a national school board. mr. president, we on the republican side want to continue to work with our colleagues across the aisle in the house. our purpose in offering our ideas today is to spur progress so we can enact a bill before the end of the year. the house of representatives has enacted its first bill to fix no child left behind. it would expand charter schools. it's like the charter school bill that senator kirk will introduce today. the president has given us his blueprint. he has met with us. the secre

race to the top and all of the new programs that have been introduced by secretary of education arne duncan at the request of the president obama is thinking out of the box. i studied education for nearly 40 years. i serve on the education committee now for 15 years and the chairman of a subcommittee. i've been to china three times and each of the five years every five years i've gone i've asked the question of the ministers of education and the professor and the students what is the secret to your success of 97% of the kindergartners a graduating from high school? in india, china, finland 97% graduate compared to our miserable graduation rate. the answer is very simple they said. this is the formula early reading plus writing equals success in school. by the time the children are 3-years-old, they can read. if you say they can't, you are wrong. they can. by the time they are 4-years-old, they are on i computer to write what they've read and that is why they can proceed and a graduate from high school and go on to college degree was in to these statistics. in a china 80% of the high school

race to the top and all of the new programs that have been introduced by secretary of education arne duncanst of the president obama is thinking out of the box. i have served in education for nearly 40 years. i serve on the education committee now for 15 years and, serve on committee of higher ed. i've been to china three to five times, each of the three to five years i've gone i asked ministers of education and the professors and students what is the secret to your success of 97% the kindergarteners graduating from high school? in india, in china, in finland, and all those countries, 97% graduate compared to our miserable graduation rate. the answer is very simple. they said. this is the formula. early reading, plus writing, equals success in school. by the time those children are three years old, they can read. and if you say they can't, you're wrong. they can. by the time they're 4 years old, they're pecking on a computer to write what they read. and that's why they can proceed and graduate from high school and go on to college. listen to these statistics. in china, 80% the high school g

race to the top and all of the new program that have been introduced by secretary of education arne duncane request of president obama, is thinking out of the box. i have served in education nearly 40 years. i serve on the education committee now 50 years on the committee for higher ed. i have been to china three times. each of the five years, every time i have gone, i have ask questions of the ministers of education, professors, students, what is the secret to your success of 97% of kindergartners graduating from high school? in india, china, finland, all those other countries, 97% graduate compared to our miserable graduation rate. the answer is simple, they say. this is the formula. early reading plus writing equal success in school. by the time those children are 3 years old, they can read. if you say they cannot, you are wrong. by the time they are four years old, they are on a computer, writing what they read. that is why they can proceed and graduate from high school, and go on to college. in china, 80% of their high school graduates go to college. in south korea, 90% go to college.