arne duncan visited a class where he saw some of the math classwork kids are being given.n core relies less on memorization and focuses on problem solving. the new standards caused a lot of controversy around the country from parents who say these teaching methods are just too difficult. the education secretary noted it also requires new teaching techniques from teachers. >> for me, the theme that was most important was to hear how much the teach ers were struggling with this and thinking about it and trying to get better every single day. that's exactly the kind of mindset and skills we are trying to instill in our children. >> this is the first year common core math standards have been fully implemented in san francisco schools. >>> fitness enthusiasts and couch potatoes needing motivation to get fit, get to san francisco's marina green fitness court at webster street saturday at 9:00 in the morning. abc 7 is one of several sponsoring the national fitness campaign fitness court challenge and fund-raiser for the city's rec and park departments. 16 trainers will compete to

the think on education, president and arne duncan have brought a lot. in educationole k-12 is not the central role, but having raced to the top and having visibility, what charter schools have done, how they can be expanded, taking the test data that came out of no child left behind, which really did -- it was bad news, because it showed us how poorly the interest -- intercity was doing, so no child left behind was an advance. now, nobody wanted to deal with all of that bad news. it was, please, stop telling us that. can we set the data source off? so let's find some positive things. let's get behind them. teachers, and in some areas getting kids into more charter schools. positive changes in k-12, and that take leadership. nonpartisan. you recently had a conversation with rand paul. what did you think? >> the idea that we need to be better, that we need to bring higher-quality, that we need to understand what we need to get done. some of these global institutions, including some of the u.n. institutions, are not run as well as we would like area now, t

and i look at some of the metrics of progress, and arne duncan probably talked to you this morning about the fact that we reduced the latino dropout rate by 50% over the last ten years. you look at the aca data, and the uninsurance rate. latinos are the most uninsured of any population. but that's gone down by roughly 20% in the last year. thanks to so many people in this room, thanks to the leadership of president obama, and thanks to so many folks who got out there and got the word out in our communities. we're going to keep doing that under the leadership of secretary burwell as we move forward. that's a real point of pride. you look at poverty reduction. we've had the largest reduction in the past year. one-year reduction in latino poverty rates in the last 15 years. so we're moving in the right direction. at the same time, we all know that we've got a lot of challenges. and we see these challenges. we live these challenges every single day. and what i'd like to do is reflect on, really, three lessons that i have learned over the course of the five years that i've had the privilege o

arne duncan when he released the school discipline guidance earlier this year, one o of the comments he made was, it's not just about fixing the kids. it's about changing the adult behab your. what are the adults doing in the context and the environment of schools? what do we do to both prevent the behavior from occurring in the first place and what do we do to respond to that behavior to ensure that it does not continue to occur? so this coercive cycle is something we don't think a lot about. so let's look at the flip side of that, a more positive reinforcement cycle. so in a school that's engaging in implementing a more positive approach to social, emotional and behavioral sections of a child's development, we see more positive than negative comments. we see a challenging academic curriculum. we see kids engaged in the instruction. we see a safe learning environment, we see opportunities to learn. the work that we've been engaged in with the pbis center of the last 16 years is trying to address this coercive cycle. so how do we deliberately organize school environments to foster mo

the think on education, president and arne duncan have brought a lot. in educationole k-12 is not the central role, but having raced to the top and having visibility, what charter schools have done, how they can be expanded, taking the test data that came out of no child left behind, which really did -- it was bad news, because it showed us how poorly the interest -- intercity was doing, so no child left behind was an advance. now, nobody wanted to deal with all of that bad news. it was, please, stop telling us that. can we set the data source off? so let's find some positive things. let's get behind them. teachers, and in some areas getting kids into more charter schools. positive changes in k-12, and that take leadership. nonpartisan. you recently had a conversation with rand paul. what did you think? >> the idea that we need to be better, that we need to bring higher-quality, that we need to understand what we need to get done. some of these global institutions, including some of the u.n. institutions, are not run as well as we would like area now, t

arne duncan traveled to atlanta for his annual bus tour. him and the first lady came and spoke to us students. they empowered us. they instilled the morals this administration sees for us to move forward. but the day before i toured the atlanta civil rights museum where i heard one of the most profound speeches by dr. martin luther king jr. in this speech he defined himself pep defined how he wanted others to define him. at the end of the day, he just wanted everyone to know he lived a life of servitude. just hearing him and seeing the video, it reminded me, it illuminated in my mind what i want myself to be. i want others to think of me as jonathan hill, the man living the life of servitude. and the guy who did his homework, the guy who put in the hard work. not just for himself but others as well. that's what urban alliance has done for me so i stretch to all current and future employers of urban alliance, to make the crucial impact on a young person's life. we not only ask for you all to be our supervisors but our mentors as well. yes, t

state initiative to begin with the kind of obama my ties the federal government was going to -- arne duncan began to require states to adopt common core if they were going to get any federal assistance. i opposed up, absolutely. the federal government should not be forcing us upon the state. >> moderator: i think stephanie had a follow-up. >> what world do you think the federal government should play in k-12 education? cassidy: is that mine? the government -- it should be the mother of a father that makes billions decisions about the child's education. the government should play a role only if there are federal funds disbursed to the state ideally being in a best practices model. as it turns out the federal government will pick and choose what program to endorse. i think that's wrong. >> moderator: jeremy have the next question and we begin with senator landrieu. >> some of the most contentious issues debate him hell about the federal budget and spending bills. tell us who you believe to be the key federal funding areas for louisiana that need to be protected? also if it comes up for next t

real people and the impact of public policy, whether it is access to health care, whether it is arne duncan'stion, whether it is maria's work in the small business. whenever the context, we have to get out there. and we are getting out there. that is the segue to my second observation about lessons learned in the job that i have had the privilege of doing for the last five years. and that is, it is always most important to get things right. let me tell you what i mean by that. there was a horrific incident when i was heading up the civil rights division in a town called shenandoah, pennsylvania. a young man named luis ramirez, a mexican national, was in the park with his girlfriend and he got murdered by a group of racists simply because of who he was, a mexican national. and there was an understandable outrage in the community. and a call, you need to take action and you need to take action now. i understood that call. at the outset, we disappointed a number of people because we didn't take action that in their judgment was swift enough. i could not tell you why then, but i can tell you why

three weeks ago the united states secretary of education arne duncan traveled to atlanta.oured the atlanta civil rights museum where i heard one of the most profound speeches by reverend dr. martin luther king jr. in this speech he defined himself. he defined how he wanted others to define him. and at the end of the day, he just wanted everyone to know that he lived a life of servitude. just hearing him and seeing the video, it reminded me, it illuminated in my mind what i want in myself. i want others to think of me as jonathan hill, the man living the life of servitude and the guy who did his homework, the guy who put in the hard work not just for himself, but others as well. and that's what urban alliance has done for me. so i stress to all current and future employers of urban alliance interns to be prepared to make the crucial impact on a young person's life. we're not only asking you all to be just our supervisors, but our mentors as well. yes, the paycheck is a pivotal piece of the process -- [laughter] and, yes, we also need support from a great organization. but t

arne duncan when he released the school discipline guidance earlier this year, one of the comments he made was, it's not just about fixing the kids. it's about changing the adult behavior. what are the adults doing in the context and the environment of schools? what do we do to both prevent the behavior from occurring in the first place and what do we do to respond to that behavior to ensure that it does not continue to occur? so this coercive cycle is something we don't think a lot about. so let's look at the flip side of that, a more positive reinforcement cycle. so in a school that's engaging in implementing a more positive approach to social, emotional and behavioral sections of a child's development, we see more positive than negative comments. we see a challenging academic curriculum. we see kids engaged in the instruction. we see a safe learning environment, we see opportunities to learn. the work that we've been engaged in with the pbis center of the last 16 years is trying to address this coercive cycle. so how do we deliberately organize school environments to foster more po

arne duncan when he released the school discipline guidance earlier this year, one o of the comments he made was, it's not just about fixing the kids. it's about changing the adult behab your. what are the adults doing in the context and the environment of schools? what do we do to both prevent the behavior from occurring in the first place and what do we do to respond to that behavior to ensure that it does not continue to occur? so this coercive cycle is something we don't think a lot about. so let's look at the flip side of that, a more positive reinforcement cycle. so in a school that's engaging in implementing a more positive approach to social, emotional and behavioral sections of a child's development, we see more positive than negative comments. we see a challenging academic curriculum. we see kids engaged in the instruction. we see a safe learning environment, we see opportunities to learn. the work that we've been engaged in with the pbis center of the last 16 years is trying to address this coercive cycle. so how do we deliberately organize school environments to foster mo