secretary of education arne duncan. [ applause ] >> good morning. reba, thank you so much for that kind introduction. target's been a fantastic, fantastic partner. they absolutely walk the walk. i appreciate everything you're doing to change children's lives around the country. i also want to give a quick shout taught to bob belfanz and john bridgeland. this morning i want to provide a preliminary progress report on our school improvement grants or what's known as our sig program. it cbs news to accelerate achievement in our nation's lowest performer 5% of schools. our federal grant supports schools, leaders, teachers, unions and local partners in the community to undertake this challenging work. we're seeing some very encouraging signs of progress in this first year of data from our sig schools, which actually few experts anticipated. but before i talk about that data, i want to put in context what we're seeing. the starting premise for the sig program is unfortunately painfully self-evident. the united states simply cannot meaningfully boost gradu

speakers included education secretary arne duncan who moderated the discussion on school improvement grants. also remarks by white house director gene sperling. from washington, d.c., this is about two hours, thirty minutes. >>> good morning. it is a pleasure to see all of you here and i am so proud and happy to welcome you. on behalf of the entire board of america's promise alliance and more than our 400 national partners, welcome to the grad nation summit. there are attendees here from nearly all 50 states. and you've all come together. i would like to say a special word to our youth leaders who have joined us. you are the reason we are here. and you are a big part of the solution. we cannot do it without you. and before i go any further, i would like to thank the sponsors of this wonderful program, our state farm, which serves as the presenting sponsor of the grad nation campaign. our premier sponsors, at&t, target, and the bill and melinda gates foundation. our signature sponsors, apollo group, casey family programs, the corporation for public broadcasting, ford foundation, ford

. >>> education secretary arne duncan on racial disparities and how schools punish misbehaving students. followed by transportation security administrator john pistole taking questions at the national press club. then from the national governors association, a look at efforts to promote entrepreneurship and job creation. >> this is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas, to the rebuilding of our own nation. america must be restored to her proper role in the world. but we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves. >> c-span.org/thecontenders. >>> i hope that as we move forward in this world, there are a number of problems that we have to resolve. problems with genocide in darfur. problems with a growing people's republic of china. a growing problem with iran. we have a lot of problems to deal with. i think diplomatic solutions are going to have to be the answer in the future as we start to deal with the problems coming. >> congressman donald paine, who passed away this week, was the first african-american to serve the house from new jersey

and an -- and obviously you just got to see our commitment in action and seeing arne duncan and all that he's done. so i thank them, i thank all of you. you're going to hear from a lot of people. i'm going to try to make five points quick and let you move on. number one, the focus on how education and the challenge of preventing dropouts but beyond preventing dropouts, having higher aspirations, higher achievement, higher graduation rates, higher accomplishment is absolutely critical to our economy and our economic growth. now, there is a degree and with that is just common sense. i'm just talking about the, you know, the basketball playoffs. if you look at any team, any team is stronger, everybody is stronger when everyone on that team is at their highest performance and contributing. of course, if you have an economy where women are not contributing as much, are not allowed to contribute as much, are not allowed to rise, when you have an economy where some people are too many people are dropping out of high school, never getting the chance to get the skills to compete, that isn't just

arne duncan was quoted today saying this is really about self-analysis. he was suggesting administrators and teachers look in the mirror to see the good, bad and ugly. >> of course they should. of course data are valuable for people running schools and school systems. some of this is not within the control of the schools. some of the kids who are being disciplined are coming from troubled homes and troubled neighborhoods and bringing a host of problems with them into the school. the school which actually occupies a very small fraction of their lives school cannot solve all by itself. i don't want to lay the entire burden here on schools. there's larger societal issues here too. you can look at criminal incarceration rates in the justice system too and see similar disparities. but some people do commit crimes. just similarly some kids don't behave well in school. >> brown: you're referring to disparities that go beyond the punishment question. >> way beyond the punishment question. they also go to the academic achievement question as chris edley was saying

and education secretary arne duncan. in a few minutes we will be joined by the superintendent from all of these school districts to talk about how they are dealing with the bureaucratic and hierarchical problems some of them have inherited as well. education is at the forefront of all of the problems we face in the nation. every social and political problem comes together at the crossroads of our school system. it is the core of the crisis of unemployment and wagging behind in global competitiveness. today's conversation will address how each of our mayors are addressing these challenges and what their successes are and what they're continuing challenges are. this is a work in progress so we are going to address all of that. we are looking forward to a thoughtful conversation to engage you in questions and answers as well as the superintendent very shortly. first you, mayor villaraigosa. you, unlike mayor bloomberg and mayor emanuel inherited a system where you do not have political control. how do you work around that c

that's what arne duncan was saying. they come to school unprepared when they're first beginning, because they don't know. they've never been read to or they haven't been forced to read. it's more of a social issue, and they say, well, what are we doing to prepare these kids as a government? host: is anything working there in detroit? caller: yeah, i think this new emergency financial manager is fantastic for the state of michigan. the way the government looks at it, if you knew governor snyder, he's a c.p.a., he's an attorney with an m.b.a., so he kind of looks at it from a business perspective and says, you know, what's working and what isn't working, and what can we do in these failing cities to make sure that their school board works, that they're financially sound, so that we can kind of restructure them so they can be successful in the future. host: this is mike freeman off of twitter, who adds this, it may have been worth it to get him out of teacher's hair, too much management, he adds, justifies existence by inv

they're joining education secretary arne duncan for a forum on education. it's a subject president obama made a priority while addressing the nation's governors earlier this week. >> we've all faced some stark choices over the past several years, but that is no excuse to lose sight of what matters most. and the fact is that too many states are making cuts to education that i believe are simply too big. >> i'm calling on all of you, invest more in education. invest more in our children and in our future. >> los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa will be at today's educational summit with the chicago mayor and the new york mayor, michael bloomberg, and the panel will be moderated by my friend, andrea mitchell. mr. mayor, welcome. >> great to be on the show with you, in person. >> it's good to have you out here in person. and we'll talk about the dodgers in a minute. but i want to go through, this is a stunning stat. the three districts combined. l.a., chicago, and new york, 2.5 million students, 77% of them are poor. this is your challenge, this is, i take it

-- seeing none arne duncan -- seeing arne duncan.ill try to make five points quick and let you move on. number one, a focus on how education and the challenge of preventing dropouts, but beyond preventing dropouts, having higher aspirations, higher achievement, higher graduation rates, higher accomplishment is absolutely critical to our economy and our economic growth. now, there is a degree, and with that, it is just common sense. i am just talking about the basketball playoffs. if you look at any team, any team is stronger, everyone is stronger when everyone on that team is at their highest performance and contributing. of course, if you have an economy where women are not contributing as much, are not allowed to contribute, when you have an economy where too many people are dropping out of high school, never getting the chance to get the skills to compete, that is not just about the interests of those individuals, though that is crucial. it is about whether you have an economy that is at full strength. now, you have seen the studi

then arne duncan on racial disparities and how schools punish misbehaving students. >>> i hope that as we move forward in this world, there are a number of problems that we have to resolve. problem of genocide in darfur. a growing problem with iran. we have a lot of problems to deal with. i think diplomatic solutions will be the answer in the future as we start to deal with the problems coming. >> congress member donald payne who passed away this week, was a former head of the congressional black caucus and served on house committees on education and foreign affairs. watch his videos online at the c-span video library. >>> the military's northern and southern commands oversee u.s. military operations in the u.s. hemisphere. we look at the 2013 budget and what it means for the northern and southern commands. that hearing will be live on c-span 3. >>> last year, general motors reported its large effort profit ever. $7.6 billion. just three years after receiving a financial rescue package from the government. gm's ceo dan akerson spoke about the future of the auto industry last week at th

i knew about jeremy before you did or everybody else did, because, you know, arne duncan, my secretaryucation was captain of the harvard team. >> are you taking credit for lin sanity? it feels like you are. >> i can't take credit for it, but i'm just saying i was there early. >> we are talking a little bit also about throwing out the first pitch at games. president obama talked about how difficult that is with a flak jacket on. here's his effort at the 2009 all-star game in st. louis reminding us just how difficult it is. maybe we don't have the video. how about former president george w. bush throwing out the president. here's the president, mom jeans on, floats one low. this is how it's done. and in the interview, president obama gave props to president george w. bush at the 2001 world series a couple weeks after 9/11. george w. bush threw one right down the gut with the flak jacket on. some other sports will ferrell has taken on perhaps the biggest challenge of his career, staring as a guy named armando alvarez in the movie "casa de padre" where he speaks entirely in spanish. to pro

. >>> education secretary arne duncan next on school improvement grants and efforts being made to increase high school graduation rates. he spoke earlier this week at the america's promise alliance for 45 minutes. >> thank you so much for the kind introduction. target has been a fantastic partner. they absolutely walk the walk. i appreciate everything you are doing to change children's lives around the country. i want to give a quick shoutout to bob bellfans and john bridge land for groundbreaking work over the years to promote solutions to the high school dropout crisis. please give bob and john a big round of ala

secretary arne duncan joined two years ago.r us here when he said that education is the most pressing issue facing america and has worked tirelessly for that issue. thank you so much for all you're doing to help this country return to global leadership and for being here today. >> good morning. thank you so much for that kind introduction. target has been a fantastic partner. they absolutely walk the walk. i appreciate everything you are doing to change children's lives around the country. i want to give a quick shoutout to bob bellfans and john bridge for their ground breaking work over the years to identify and promote solutions to the high school dropout crisis. please give bob and john a big round of applause. this morning i want to provide a preliminary progress report on the school improvement grants. as all of you know sig seeks to accelerate achievement in the lowest performing 5% of schools through far-reaching interventions. the federal grant supports schools, leaders, teachers, unions, and local partners in the commu

education secretary arne duncan is joined by rus lynn ali and others hosted at howard university in washington, d.c. >> on behalf of howard university, we'd like to welcome all of our friends and visitors with us today. our congressional representatives, members of the department of education, the secretary, and assistant secretary, and all other people who believe in the mission of higher education and its relationship with k-12. i also have an opportunity to acknowledge one of my colleagues, president pat mcguire. we're so glad you can be here. everyone knows of trinity's work in teacher preparation and the valuable service they contribute to our entire community. it is my pleasure to welcome secretary duncan and assistant secretary ali. you all know them by reputation and achievements. i am excited they are here today and have come for a very important occasion, very important kind of announcement. in his confirmation address and i was doing a little background work in preparation for the secretary being here secretary duncan called education and i quote the most pressing issue facing ameri

today arne duncan, education secretary, announcing new details to make sure that these grants can improve the high school graduation rate and improve schools overall. part of the america's promise alliance, a forum that took place here in washington, d.c. >> what are the ingredients? what are the secrets to this success? in the program we're seeing schools that boost student achievement tend to share at least two common elements. first, they have a new dynamic leader who is deeply committed to the students and to the surrounding community. i'm talking about extraordinary principals like roy sandoval who works on a high school on an indian reservation 200 miles northeast of arizona. every monday morning he gets up early and drives 2 1/2 hours to his school. all week long he lives on the reservation before driving 2 1/2 hours back to his family for the weekend. the second thing that turnaround schools have in common is that they have teachers and adults who share relentless focus on improving instruction, both through collaboration and through the use of data. all four of the sig models giv

then, arne duncan on how students punish misbehaving students. that's followed by john pistole taking questions. and then, an etffort at looking to promote job creation. >>> our ancestors came across the ocean in sailing ships you wouldn't go across a lake in. when they arrived, there was nothing here. they built their tiny little cabins. and they did it with neighbors helping one although, not federal grants. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the do to our website, c-span.org/the con tenders, to see video of those who had a lasting impajt on american politics. >> this is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas, to the rebuilding of our own nation. america must be restored to her proper role in the world. but we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves. >> c-span.org/the contenders. >>> this is c-span 3, with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on a

. >>> at howard university today, the remarks by the education secretary arne duncan on racial disparities. it points out that black students, especially boys, face harsher discipline in schools than other students. this is according to data from the department of education. although black students make up 18 to 20% of those enrolled in schools sampled, they account for 35% or more of those suspended, 46% of those suspended more than once and nearly 40% of all expulsions. this is from the civil rights data collection from 2009 to 2010 gathered by the department of education. here is more on the issue with secretary duncan. >> the support talks about three different subjects. teachers, access to rigor and discipline. first one, teachers. in fact, through the second round the data collected in the 2009/2010 school year, teachers were paid on average $2,200 less per year than colleagues in other schools because they are younger and less experienced. they vary by district. in new york, the discrepancy in high schools is more than $8,000. in philadelphia, the number is greater. we have some wor

. >> here in washington, d.c., education secretary arne duncan participating in a forum sponsored by america's promise alliance. it's called the grad nation campaign. this by the way was launched two years ago in 2010 by america's promise alliance working towards two key goals by 2020. a national graduation rate of 90% and a college graduation rate of 60%. that would be up from 30% today. by the way, how are the states doing? as we said earlier, tennessee and new york with some double digit gains in the overall high school graduation rate. joined by alabama, florida, georgia, kentucky, massachusetts, missouri, north carolina, south carolina, texas and wisconsin. the ten states whose graduation rates have worsened over the last eight to ten years, arizona, arkansas, california, connecticut, nebraska, nevada, new jersey, new mexico, rhode island and utah. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. >>> in some other news today, on wall street the dow closed up six. the final numbers, 13,239. nasdaq was up 23. s&p was up five. apple saying today it has no plans to bring its more than $6

and he echoed some things that arne duncan said a few weeks ago.-old, there's a $100,000 a year job out there, if you're a teacher, he said pay them $200,000. we have tax revenue that we're spending on other things that could be spent on teachers to make it as prestigious a position as it should be. why can't we given the amount of money that exists in government coffers to spend on things that people don't think it should be spent on. can you pay a teacher $100,000 a year right out of college? >> first of all, that's the premise, right? that we pay -- we spend more in new jersey more than any state in america. we average $17,700 per pupil, and in the major city we're spending $24,000 plus. it's not a resource issue. i think from our perspective is, we want accountability in return for that. so i want to pay the better teacher the better achieving teacher, i want to pay them more. i have no problem paying them that kind of money, but i also want the liberty to have the superintendents and principals to say when a teacher's not performing, we have a

by the way, there is a chicago export named arne duncan who is doing unbelievable work at a national level. [applause] he understand, as i understand, that it starts with the man or woman at the front of the classroom. a good teacher can increase the lifetime earnings of a classroom by over $250,000. so, i do not want to hear washington either defend the status quo or spend all their time bashing teachers. we have been talking about giving schools at the resources they need to hire good teachers and keep them and reward the best ones and provide schools the flexibility to teach with passion. and, replacing teachers who are not helping our kids. [applause] that is what i believe. [applause] when kids do graduate, the biggest challenge they are facing is how to afford a college education. we have more tuition debt than credit card debt. this congress has to pay attention because in july, student loan interest rates are scheduled to double if we do not do anything about it. we have got to focus on how we make sure our kids can get good value, that they're making informed choices, and th

. >>> arne duncan is at it again. don't get me wrong, i know he means well.lking about save willing kids. but from where i sit, the plan he has simply won't get it done. take a look at what the secretaries of education said yesterday at washington at a roundtable led by nbc's own andrea mitchell. >> the vast majority of children in these three school districts are poor. the vast majority come from the minority community, black, latino. these are the kmuntds where we have high high school dropout rates. these communities are destined to remain poor. their families, the entire communities the only way to end the cycles of poverty is get dropout rates to zero. they have to graduate in some form of higher education. >> it sounds right, but i just can't believe the only way to end cycles of poverty is to get dropout rates to zero. yes, dropout rates have got to go down, but quick-fix band-aid reforms are not the answer. remember the dry triumph of no d left behind? me either. people are opting out of that by the minute it seems. 26 nor states and washington, d.c.

arne duncan tipped him off to lin while he was still playing at harvard and he's been following him sincehe full interview will be posted online today. there you go. >>> today you can enter to get chance to attend one of the white house's traditional holiday events at 10:00 this morning. these pictures are wonderful. the lottery opens for this year's white house easter egg roll. go to recreation.gov to enter. it will be the theme "let's go, let's play, let's move." more than 35,000 people are expected to attend. what a pretty yellow dress. >> very cute. i love it. i know a lot of people can't wait to break out their pretty yellow dresses. not you. >> i'm going to keep mine packed away. >> tom, we might see yellow dresses today. >> save that for your retirement. >> yeah. then they'll know it's me. >> good morning. it is going to feel like springtime today. you might want to break out your spring dress. we'll be warming into the 60s by later this afternoon. right now around the region, it's chilly though. we're in the 40s in montgomery county. it's in the low 50s in much of fairfax and arli

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. >>> education secretary arne duncan said a new report proves the country needs to do more to close education gaps between white and minority students. the report shows in the 2009 school year, more than 70% of the kids arrested for school- related offenses were hispanic or african-american. and black students were more than three times likely to be suspended or expelled and teacher at largely minority schools, get paid 2200 less than teacher at mostly white schools, partly because they less experienced. >> and if we're serious about not just talking about the achievement gap and doing something about it, we have to close what we call the opportunity gap. >> secretary duncan said the way to do that is to make sure that experience and talented teachers have good reason to work in schools that serve minorities, make sure minorities service high schools and offer tougher classes for advanced kids and make sure discipline is clear and enforced in every school so that students can learn. >>> opening statements got underway in the wrongful death trial stemming from the virginia tech mag m

angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa and chicago mayor rahm emanuel our jafa education secretary arne duncan. this hour-long event was moderated by andrea mitchell. >> good morning. i'm neal, president of american university. secretary duncan, mayors, andrea mitchell, welcome to america university. and it is very important discussion, education now, cities in the forefront of educational reform. i'd like to think you picked the right university to host this very important event. american university has for decades to our school of education teaching and help provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development education for the teachers of washington, d.c. in all eight of our warts. the cities represent the education of 2.5 million students. some of them facing some of the greatest personal challenges one can imagine, but they also represent some of our best and our brightest. i wish this morning a fruitful and engaging and a stimulating panel, and once again welcome all of our distinguished guests to this very special event. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank yo

education secretary arne duncan will talk more about this study during an event at howard university later on today. >> i'm still reeling from that story about the mother. the mother will stop at nothing to protect her children. >> i know. >> still ahead here on fox 5 morning news, driving in d.c. can be a real challenge. >>> but some roads are worse than others. we know that. which ones are on the top of the new list? >> first, another taste of string is on the way here. just take a look at the sky. you can see how beautiful it is out there. don't let it fool you though. it is still a little cool out there. tucker will have your full forecast when fox 5 morning news continues. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >>> it is tuesday morning. it is 6:16. a live look outside at 459 at the american legion bridge area. traffic seems to be moving okay. but we'll get a check with julie wright in just a moment. >> you like the beat to

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please join me in welcoming arne duncan. [applause] >> good morning.nk you so much for that kind introduction. target's been a fantastic, fantastic partner. they absolutely walk the walk. i appreciate everything you're doing to change children's lives around the country. i also want to give a quick shout out to bob belfanz and john bridgeland. to identify and promote solutions. please give them a round of applause. [applause] this morning i want to provide a preliminary progress report on our school improvement grants or what's known as our sig program. it seeks to accelerate the achievement in the schools. leaders, teachers, unions, and local partners in the community undertake this challenging work. we are seeing some encouraging signs of progress in this first year of data from are six schools, which few anticipated. before i talk about that data, i want to put in context what we are seeing. the starting premise for the program is self-evident. the united states cannot meaningfully boost graduation rates and promise education without ending the cycl

or everybody else did because arne duncan was captain of the harvard team.gon. >> are you taking credit for linsanity? >> i can't take credit for it but i'm just saying i was there early. >> who knew the president had scouting skills? but it wasn't all basketball talk. he's got a tough job. but who really knew what really stresses him out. >> you've thrown the first pitch in front of 60,000 people. you are obviously wearing a big bulletproof vest under your suit. all these people staring at you. >> i give credit. when i think about george bush and the pitch he threw -- >> after 9/11. >> unbelievable pitch. >> right down the middle. >> right down the middle. huge credit for that. >> all right. i agree. it was a great pitch. but the biggest news of all was a special prediction about his hometown chicago bulls. >> how many times have you envisioned welcoming the world champion chicago bulls to the white house? >> every year. and it hasn't happened yet. but it will happen. >> it will happen. >> i've got another five years here and -- >> you are guaranteeing that

education secretary arne duncan says some school officials might not be aware of the uneven discipline. >>> and we are enjoying sunshine today but chilly temperatures out there now. we want spring temperatures back, tom. >> yeah. flowers are up and the daffodils were closed up this morning. it was down to nearly 20 degrees right around dawn and now we are warming up with that strong march sun. but still quite a chill in the air. here is a live picture from the city camera showing the monuments under a blue sky and the blue waters of the potomac river reflecting that blue sky. right now it is chilly 40 degrees at reagan national with just a very light breeze. on the mall at the air and space museum this is what it looked like in front of the newseum. this photo was taken by one of my twitter followers. isabelle. she works at the air and space museum. what a great place to work. this is a picture of the sculpture in front of the museum called continuum. you probably noticed it if you have been at the air and space museum. look at the gorgeous blue sky. right over the mall in washington.

he says that education secretary arne duncan tipped him off to lin while lin was still playing at harvardas been following him ever since. full interview posted online. >>> today you can enter for the chance to attend one of the white house's traditional holiday events. the lottery opened for this year's white house easter egg roll at 10:00 this morning. go to recreation.gov between today and monday to enter. this year's roll will be monday, april 9 with the theme let's go, let's play, let's move. more than 35,000 people are expected to attend. >>> it is now 11:43. keys to becoming a tourist right here in your own city. plus, what happens today that some are calling privacy doomsd [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for an incredible price: just $89.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. it's an amazing deal, but it's for a limited time only. so don't wait. want to save even more? call right now and we'll add a special bonus: $300 back. unli

arne duncan, my secretary of education is from harvard. for harvard, but it's too much of a stretch. >> so who do you think will take it all, mr. president? >> national title game is going to be kentucky versus tar heels. i am going with north carolina. they're an older team, more experienced team, and since they won it for me the last time i picked them, hopefully i'll be able to get a little redemption for the last two years. i was doing great through the first round. and it was all downhill from there. >> we'll see how yo do, mr. president. you won't have to compete against willard