meeting with education secretary arnie duncan to discuss the way forward. (sot / arnie duncan - education secretary :xx - :xx) "tba" under a new plan, the president is recommending schools use no more than... ((-- graphic --)) ... 2 percent of classroom time for standardized tests, that the tests enhance teaching and learning and provide a clearer picture of how students are performing. (sot / pres. obama) "learning is about so much more than filling in the right bubble." "we're going to work with states, school districts, teachers and parents to make sure that we are not obsessing about testing." according to a recent study.. students in big city public schools currently take, on average, about 112 mandatory standardized tests between pre-k and high school graduation. while the goal of standardized testing is accountability... many agree it has gone too far....and is often redundant. (sot / june atkinson - nc state superintendent :xx - :xx) "it is important that we have accountability and testing but we need to make sure that helps the teacher and the stud

. >> secretary arnie duncan, thank you very much.se]. >> we are live now at the white house state dining room where president obama is a scheduled to make an official announcement that education secretary arnie duncan will step down in december after seven years in the obama administration. secretary duncan says in a letter to staff he's returning to chicago to live with his family. the letter was obtained by the associated press and confirmed by a white house official today. the president is expected to make that announcement and take some questions from reporters. arnie duncan is one of two original cabinet appointments by president obama that is still in the position. you are secretary tom ville sack is other. readers reported this afternoon that president obama has picked john b king junior who currently access duncan's deputy to replace him. again, we expect to hear from the president at the white house in a few moments, live coverage on c-span 2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> w

secretary education arnie duncan is stepping down. duncan one of obama's original cabinet members.ed as education secretary for nearly seven years and even shares the president's hometown of chicago. president obama says duncan is moving back to chicago to be with his family. duncan will leave his post in december. the president is asking deputy secretary john king to replace arnie duncan. >>> two of the world's biggest food and beverage companies are asking fifa's president to step down. a weeing a swiss authorities placed seth bladder under criminal investigation it's all tied to corruption scandals within the fee at a world cup organization. well tonight both mcdonald's and coca-cola say it's in their best interest if he walked away. lawyers have already said he has no intentions of giving up his position. mcdonald's is a world cup sponsor and coke is a marketing partner for fifa. anheuser-busch and visa among the other companies calling for his resignation. >> cargo ship caught in the path of hurricane joaquin is suddenly missing. the desperate search on the high seas next. >>

. >>> arnie duncan is stepping down and heading back to chicago. he's leaving in december. he's one of the few original members of president barack obama's cabinet still in office. he had selected john w. king, jr., to replace duncan. >>> coming up, we take a look at what's behind the rising interest in stockgate. a popular alcoholic drink from japan. >> but first, why the international community is coming down on russia as they try to bring stability in syria. >> and coppers tracking the >>> russia's defense ministry just released this video on an airstrike in syria. eight countries, including the united states are expressing concern over russia's military actions. it's believed going after isis will only fuel radicalism and strengthen the president's regime. >>> investigators are trying to get to the bottom of a deadly shooting outside a police station in sidney. >> two people killed, one was a civilian. the other was an unidentified gunman. neighbors living nearby were locked out of their homes for hours while police investigated the shooing. >> i can e see a few -- shoo

the president and education secretary arnie duncan planned an oval office meeting tomorrow to sit downh teachers and school officials who are working to reduce test time. >> and, oh, i know you probably love this woman. legendary actress maureen o'hara pass away at 95 years old. >>> have the big exclusives a the top of the hour. right now "inside politics." >>> hillary clinton keeps cool before the ben gghazi committee >> i'm sorry it doesn't fit your narrative, congressman, i can only tell you the facts. >> unfortunately i believe we're out of time. >> a florida fight brewing. trump stomps on rubio and bush's home turf. >> here is a guy that wants to run our country and he can't run husband own campaign. >> new polls show a new leader in iowa. "inside politics" the

and arnie duncan was part of a discussion at the national press club at the effectiveness on standardized testing. part of the event included new data conducted by the council of the great city of schools. this is one hour. >> i am the executive director and i want to thank you very much for being here this monday morning. we are going to go ahead and get started because i am sorry to say i can say that we will begin wrapping up this conference at about 10:30 p.m. we have been asked to meet with the president on this report at 11:00 o'clock. so we will have to end early here so we can get over there in time. we will end this and look around at 10:30 p.m. i apologize for that. i would also like to thank our panelists in our moderator for being here today and we will introduce everybody shortly. it looks like the last two are coming in now. i want to thank the research council. they include ray hart, amanda corcoran and liz and others. will you stand so everyone can see you? thank you. [applause] thank you so much. we are here this morning to talk about a new report from the council called

but arnie duncan, long-time education secretary and reformer i think can be generally called in thatll be departing and then the white house made it known, the president will open to questions and answers after that. chris matthews in the washington bureau watching along with us. chris, first to the business at hand today before we get to the oregon mass casualty event and that is the tenure of arne duncan at secretary of education. >> yes. i think he represent it is president's thinking. he is a real reformer. he would like to see a real change in the way we finance schools, of course. we know that the way that he finance local public education is locally with the property tax and a great different shl between wealthier areas of beverly hills, for example, chevy chase or something like that and no money for quality education and like to shift it the another system and also been much more radical saying we have to spend more money on schools and a lot less on prisons and probably save some money on incarceration and use it to keep kids going towards success in their education. so i t

. >> the white house confirmed today, after nearly seven years that arnie duncan is going to step down from the board of education in november. president obama has nominated john king to be acting secretary. >> the vatican is trying to clarify the controversy surrounding kim davis. davis became famous, of course after being jailed for refusing to issue marriage license to same-sex couples. they said the pope met with dozens of people in the u.s. and the meeting should not be seen >> the mayors are at odds on how to close the budget. they are refusing to pay its fair share, about $3 billion, the governor said they are willing to pay another 8 million to fill the gap but the mayor said the city already pays more than enough. >> the individual who crashed a thrown drone at the u.s. open will not face charges. if he's days out of trouble, the >> why he pulled a gun on an eight-year-old boy. >> it's not just about being the first to get their hands on the food, some new yorkers are lining up for chick-fil-a's big >> this you can't tell. make your mornings fun. good day new york. >> it's all

. >>> education secretary arnie duncan is stepping down in december. he announced plans in an internal e-mail to his staff today. he has served the obama administration since 2009. now it's time to return to chicago and be with his family. president obama has selected deputy secretary of education john king junior to take over. >>> tracking some heavy rain across the area. extends north but you know that at longhorn, steak is all you need. its not all you get. longhorn' s great american steak dinner for $12.99. perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. plus, an appetizer, all with fresh salad and unlimited bread. the great american steak dinner, for $12.99. tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse. you can' t fake steak. steakhouse burger, or any steakhouse lunch >> new questions about this suspicious fire that burned a winery to the ground. >> our michael hen rick has the logs and also spoke with the winery owner. >> two and a half pages of call logs from the charleston police showed what the owner believed all along. the firefighters response

we'll take it live, arnie duncan just got there, he is talking about how he is saying good-bye in decembery. we'll take you to washington d.c. coming you, "countdown to the closing bell" live from floor the new york stock exchange coming right back, stay tuned. liz: we go back to washington dc, and president obama. >> all ofure here to celebrate arnie and john, you are lucky enough to sit new a press conference with me, make you yourself comfortable. i warn the kids ahead of time, i said try not to look completely bored. i'm going to take a couple questions but first, a few additional pieces of business, we learn today that our businesses created 118,000 new jobs in september, which means that we had 67 straight months of job creation, 13.2 million new jobs in all. and in an. an unemployment rate fell from high of 10% to 5.1%. the long-term trends are good news, particularly for every american waking up each morning head to a new job. but we would do better if we didn't have to keep on dealing with unnecessary crises in congress every few months. this is important right now. because althou

education secretary arnie duncan is leaving in december after seven years on the job.hington with president observing as chicago's school chief. i amgs learned from personal experience how hard it is to be away from your family on a susta sustained basis. >> the president has tapped john king, jr., to replace duncan. >> the vatican is distancing pope francis from kim davis, the kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue same-sex licenses. today, the vatican saying shefts one of the dozens of people that the pope greeted. davis' lawyer says the audience lasted ten minutes and was just between them. also now saying the pope was with a gay man from argentina and his parter in, as well. >> five are recovering from injuries and severe tush lance today ch the flight was heading from the states to grananda or rather to the states when it hit the bad air, throwing passengers from their seats. the plane landed without further incident. experts say this should serve as another reminder that passengers really need to keep their seat bullets buckled at all times. >> com

. >>> arnie duncan is one of president obama's original cabinet members, serving for nearly seven years john king is likely to be nominated to replace duncan who is moving back to chicago to be with his family. >> reporter: he has done more to bring in their system more than anybody else. the president named a senior member to replace him. >> they will decide if they should use the rebels, coming under attacks in recent days. joe waldman has more now from washington. >> the u.s.-lead coalition would immediately stop their attacks, saying that their offensive is strengthening the syrian president for their brutal regime by targeting the so-called moderate rebels, rather than hitting the isis fighters. they had their first conversation with russia officials about the possibility of an unintended confrontation. and their war planes battle the rebels, everything that could be done that would be the positive. that right now what we're seeing is the russian strikes, where they were not operating, causing the concern. >> reporter: they may also be on the ground in particular, piling on the oba

. >> education secretary arnie duncan will step down. he pushed a number of reforms including the common core curriculum overhaul and the race to the stop that allowed states to compete for federal grants. duncan said that he'll return to live in chicago with his family. >> finally just to my family. i love this work. i love this team. i love the president. i love the chance to serve. the only thing i love more is you guys. i can't wait to come home and see a couple more track meets and coach ryan a little bit, and maybe have a few more dinners and go to a movie some day. >> america is going to be better off for what he has done. it's going to be more competitive and prosperous and more upwardly mobile. it's a record that i truly believe no other education secretary to match. >> the president nominated john king as the future education secretary. >>> the country of niger has the highest rate of child marriages in the world. up next, the move to keep african young girls at home. >>> also a film-making legend who quietly blends in to the n

secretary of education arnie duncan is leaving. stepping down in december. president obama announced that john king, jr. the current deputy education secretary will replace duncan. king said, as new york state education commissioner, he said his teachers in brooklyn were a source of inspiration and strength. >> teachers, new york city public school teachers, are the reason that i'm alive. they are the reason that i became a teacher. they are the reason i'm standing here today. those teachers creating -- created amazing educational experiences. but also gave me hope about what is possible. >> king will not have to undergo the congressional confirmation process because he is serving as acting secretary. >>> no word on what caused a u.s. military transport plane crash in afghanistan killing at least 11 people. this happened as the plane was approaching the jalalabad airport just after midnight. military officials say the six airmen and five civilians on board were all killed. unknown number of people on the killed -- on the ground were hurt or killed. the u.s.

. >>> john king will become the acting education secretary when arnie duncan steps down. happening in december. duncan's wife and kids moved back to chicago a few months ago, so he decided to leave the job. duncan's one of the longest running education secretaries in u.s. history. before, he was a deputy education secretary, john king was new york state education commissioner. >> >>> more than two years away, but it looks like the race for virginia's next governor is already heating up. the washington post is reporting ed gillespie, the former white house advisor and republican senate nominee plans to run in 2017. and no official word yet from gillespie's camp. right now lieutenant governor ralph is the only candidate running on the democratic side. >>> yikes. >> did we scare you? this is the first weekend the haunted house is open at paxton mannor in leesburg. it's in its sixth year. it raises money to benefit paxton campus of school of people with disabilities. >> there's nothing like this. this is actually inside an old manor. most other haunts are hayrides and haunted

he announceed arnie duncan the secretary of education is stepping down. he is talking about syria at the moment. let's listen in. president obama: that is not good for anybody. in terms of our support for the opposition groups inside of syria, i made clear early on that the united states couldn't inpose a military -- impose a military impact on syria either. but we need to be engaged moderate inside of syria because eventually syria will fall. assad regime will fall. we have to have somebody we are working with that we can help pick up the pieces and stitch back together a cohesive country. so we will continue to support that. alison: there, of course, president obama. if you would like to continue to listen in on the press conference the entire thing is on our sister station newschannel8. another big story. jesse matthew will spend the rest of his life behind bars. he was sentenced to three life stense terms for -- life sentence for sexual assault. we will have a live report at 5:00 with more. the defense department says ten americans were among the 14 p

secretary of education arnie duncan is stepping down. duncan is one of obama's original cabinet members. he served as education secretary for nearly seven years. and he even shares the president's hometown of chicago. mr. obama says duncan is moving back there to be with his family after getting a lot done as education secretary. >> near every state in america has raced standards for teaching and learning and expectations for what our kids can learn. and our heightened school graduation rate at an all time high. we've helped millions more families afford college. and more americans are graduating from college than ever before. >> duncan will leave his post in december much the president is asking deputy secretary john king to replace duncan. >>> wet weather is being blamed for creating a massive sink hole in south carolina. take look. the washed out road in the northern part of the state. emergency crews say is a man barely escaped his vehicle after crashing into the hole. luckily he managed to get out and cling to a tree before he was e

of the stimulus package he was looking for shuttle ready projects, and secretary of education arnie duncan said he had one on hand which was to put some of the stimulus money into the common core. that created what was called a race to the top which was a type of piÑata that states could swing at, if they hit it they've got a lot of money. states were desperate for money and suddenly within a matter of two months we had states officially signing onto the common core k - 12k-12 state standards. the trouble was, there were not such standards. they were still conceptual, the project of creating them was underway even as the states were saying we are ready to adopt them. the mess we're in right now largely flows from that moment in 2009 and 2010 when states rushed into adopt, court without knowing what they were getting into in hopes that this would mean a lot more money. some of the states at some money but now we know the cost of implementing the common core far outspend what the federal government was willing to put into it. common core came with a whole lot of promises, i can run through s

the stimulus package he was looking for shovel-ready projects and the secretary of education, arnie duncan said he had one on hand and that was let's put some of the stum -- stimulus money into the common core. the states were desperate for money and within a matter of a few months we had states officially signing on to the common core k-12 state standards. the trouble was there were no such standards. they had not been written, they were conceptual and the project of creating them was underway even as the states were saying we are ready to adopt them. the mess we are in flows from that moment in 2009 and 2010 when the states rushed in to adopt common core without knowing what they were getting into in the hopes it would mean a lot more money. some of the states got some money but we know the cost of implementing the cost of common core far outspend what the federal government was willing to put into it. the common core came with a lot of promises. it was to be internationally benched marked meaning we would set standards at least equal to those who are the best in the world. the internati

. >>> president obama and arnie duncan our meeting to outline their plans to limit standardized testingin schools. they will meet with teachers and officials. testing would be limited to no more than 2% of class time. president obama says students are spending too much time in classroom taking tests and is urging officials to administer fewer and more meaningful exams. the typical student spends between 20-25 hours a year taking standardized tests. >>> the time now is 7:18. opponents of the affordable care act say they won't let go, taking their latest challenge of the healthcare overhaul to the supreme court. a new appeal will be filed today. they say the law violates a provision of the constitution requiring laws to originate in the house of representatives. they will keep filing others if they lose. >>> vp joe biden giving his first interview since announcing he would not be running for president. he spoke to 60 minutes ahead of his announcement and how his son's death affected his decision. the 72-year-old politician is not leaving the door open for speculation. >> reporter: the vic

announced the resignation of arnie duncan as education secretary effective in december and his choice to replace defense secretary john king. former education secretary and chairman of the senate education committee republican senator lamar alexander had this to say about the current education secretary. as a biga big heart, cares about children command i have enjoyed working with them. >> the supreme court is scheduled to begin its new term on monday. earlier this year i conducted a poll of supreme court and the impact of his decisions. you can see here, some of the decisions are more familiar than others. 46 percent of americans are familiar with brown v board of education and it goes on from they're. here to talk more, executive producer mark. tell us a little bit more about the series and why c-span is doing it. >> all of our history series wins currency to our programming. we look at the role the court has been playing not just the last ten years but since it began , i think this ball really shows that the supreme court is relevant, encouraging for us, the series that we are doin

. >>> president obama names a replacement for education secretary after arnie duncan decides to stepown after seven years on the job. mr. obama tapped mr. duncan as a wonderful member of his team. >> he's a teacher, principal, the leader of schools and the new york state's education chief and he shares our commitment to preparing every child for success in a more innovative and competitive world. he's got a great team already at the department education of which i am very proud. his family is equally cool and good looking. and equally exceptional children. >> skinning a long time educator -- king is a longtime educator and he plans to create better opportunities for all. >> every child in the united states, every college student, every disconnect youth, every working parent who wants a few more credits to improve their talent and position, everyone deserves the kind of opportunity that i have had to get a great education. >>> donald trump continues to hold on to the lead with his gop challengers. he then followed by ben carson. and then marco rubio and carly fiorina are side at third

questions during the panel discussion, but i would like to also introduce our secretary of education, arnie duncanfor brief remarks. [applause] >> they really don't know what is out there. if they do at the federal level, it becomes more of a federal requirement. it certainly took two years. and i think that that speaks to some of the complexity of this issue. this is one that all of us in education have struggled with or thought about for a long time. i often tell the story about taking over the chicago public schools in 2001. we were taking the illinois and iowa state tests. we lived in illinois but not iowa. but we stopped taking the iowa tests cut out the effect can see and our team believes in and thinks about this all the time. it is the goal of high standards and we think that it's hugely important that many states adopted no child left behind and especially disadvantaged children who are told they cannot be successful. we actually believe in high quality assessments and i will come back to that. mike spoke about that in his comments. we believe in meaningful accountability. we have to talk

>> i'm going to tell you, i can imagine there are people, i know the arny dunk -- everyone rne duncan, education secretary who is resigning. he supported scharters, put more money into charters recently, but it's not popular with the democratic rank and file. >> that ad is not racist. just stating facts. >> the vast majority. there is a bifurcation in schools. not just in new york, but across the country. why not fix it? how much money does the department of education have to spend? can't pay final sum of it? >> listen. >> away from the common core and into things like school choice? >> but you see, this is so crazy. but -- >> de blasio tried to close charter schools. >> this a rally and they had 15,000 people. people really want it. >> the biggest rally during the mayor's election. in that run-up to that race. was, down in brooklyn and it was actually mostly african-american families who showed up that said we want charter schools. so i think the ad is effective and it's a hit dog hollers. when the mayor complains -- >> dana perino. >> it's an old-fashioned western saying. >> we don'

arnie will be stepping down as education secretary. duncan has spent seven years in the obama administration. he is returning to chicago to live with his family. serving asrently delegated deputy secretary. kevin mccarthy is retreating from comments he made suggesting the then ghazi committee was created to undercut the campaign for hillary clinton. mccarthy is a current house majority leader. >> there has been a big hacking attack aimed at consumers. about 15 million consumers who filled out credit applications may have had their personal data stolen. the credit tracking firm. the storm is pounding parts of the bahamas with 100 35 mile per hour wind speed there are no reports of deaths and injuries. east of cape cod massachusetts. at the stories. coming up in the next half hour. what are president obama's options after putin intervenes in the syrian crisis? betty: and stanley fischer will speak at the bottom of the hour. we will bring you complete analysis. betty: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. all eyes are on paris as world leade

duncan one of the president's longest serving cabinet members. he said he is leaving at a time when high school graduation rates are at an all-time high. >> arnie has done more to bring our educational system sometimes kicking and screaming into the 21st century than anybody else. >> duncan in turn thanked the president for enabling him to make reforms. the president has asked duncan's deputy john king, jr. to take over the department when duncan leaves in december. >>> why is homeland security targeting the mayor of stockton? it's happened again. what the mayor speculates is behind all this sudden scrutiny. >> and they survived the "valley fire" thanks to one man's commitment. meet the man who is taking care of the four-legged victim. >> sunshine is back for your friday. but guess what? there's more rain in your seven- day forecast. find out when the showers are making a return coming up. >> and a restaurant worker assaulted in the most bizarre way. the stra,,,,,,,, >>> the mayor of security stockton was detained by homeland security and they took his electronics even demanding his passwords. mayor anthony silva was coming back from a mayor's conf

in this case i have a split responsibility because arnie cup can is from chicago, so, of course -- duncanom chicago so, of course, they're going to be very interested in what he does next. but for the nation the question would be if there really is anything that the president could do to push gun control in his last year plus in office that he has not been able to do in the six-plus years he's been at the white house. jon: judy, your first question, what would it be for the president today? >> my question is when are you going to do more than just complain to the american people? when are you going to ask the american people in earnest to do something about this problem? and the problem, of course, is multifaceted. it involves dealing with mental health, but it also involves implementing the gun control legislation which is on the books which is his responsibility, his administration's responsibility and enacting new, tighter gun control legislation. and, yes, i am a great critic of the president's foreign policy and much of what he does in the national security realm. but on this i have

duncan grew up in chicago. his mother started an urban tutoring program for kids from low-income families on chicago's south side. young arnie was there, tutoring, playing basketball, and learning the value of a good education. later, he would head the chicago school system. he became friends with the future president, barack obama. duncan, and agriculture -- and agriculture secretary tom will sack are the only two remaining members of president obama's original. cace -- original binet. increasing the rigor of their academic standards. they're turning around their lowest performing schools and their opening new charter schools. these reforms were triggered by theing available through race to the top and waiver given under the no child left behind act. after legislative overhaul in 2010, the department of education is now the lender and guarantor for billions of dollars in student loans. duncan has use regulatory power to hold for-profit colleges accountable for preparing students for jobs rather than loan defaults. a coloreden built scorecard to give students data. to more federal he has been a lightning rod for some of the

duncan grew up in chicago. his mother started an urban tutoring program for kids from low-income families on chicago's south side. young arnie was there, tutoring, playing basketball, and learning the value of a good education. later, he would head the chicago school system. he became friends with the future president, barack obama.

duncan's resignation happened to come on the heels of the mass shooting at oregon's umpqua community college. >> i'm deeply saddened about what happened yesterday, but arnie's chicago. let's not forget this is happening every single day. in forgotten neighborhoods around the country. every single day. kids are just running for their lives trying to get to school. >> running for their lives trying to get to school. it's worth noting in chicago getting to school for many young people recently has been made more difficult. in 2013, chicago was home to the nation's largest ever one-time school closure. the person in charge at the time was barbara bird bennett, ceo of the chicago public schools, who this week made clear what her priorities were while running the country's third largest public school system. it's fair to say it wasn't her students. after being indicted open charges of corruption and fraud, bird bennett, who resigned earlier this year, pleaded guilty tuesday to one count of wire fraud for agreeing to get the school system to award her former employer $23 million worth of no bid contracts. in exchange, soups academy, the consulting firm bird bennet