to that curricula. i am proud of the fact that mississippi is following louisiana's lead. we have engaged with them so that we can better learn how to help our teachers have access to high quality materials, realizing in mississippi we -- trust me, we realize that those decisions around curricula are always locally made. we honor that, but we've been working with teachers in our state to make sure that they know how to recognize high quality materials and not just take that at face value. across every commitment there is a common thread and that thread stresses the importance of a teacher in the classroom. without effective teachers, we know our children cannot be successful and that leads us to commitment number eight, value people focused on teachers and leaders. this can mean a number of things to us, but as state leaders it means that every child, regardless of zip code, regardless of whether they live in poverty, regardless of the color of their skin have access to a quality effective, experienced

to that curricula. i'm proud of the fact that mississippi is following louisiana's lead. we have engaged with them so that we can better learn how to help our teachers have access to high quality materials. realizing in mississippi we, trust me, we realize that those decisions around curricula are always locally made. we honor that, but we've been working with teachers in our state to make sure that they know how to recognize high quality materials and not just take that at face value. across every commitment there is a common thread. and that thread stresses the importance of the teacher in the classroom. without effective teachers, we know our children cannot be successful. and that leads us to commitment number eight. value people, focus on teachers and leaders. this can mean a number of things to us, but as state leaders it means making sure that every child regardless of zip code, regardless of whether they live in poverty, regardless of the color of their skin, have access to a quality effective e

also have the increasing adoption of progressive curricula of schools broadly defined. not always exactly what john dewey had in mind that this idea aat schools should cater to variety of learning styles. this could that happen through sports, but also not. yet the increasing adoption of progressive curriculum, broadly defined. tunnel is exactly what we had in mind but this idea that schools should cater to a variety of learning styles. yes, wrote memorization is not the ideal circumstance but they should be learning through doing. that experience is an important part of education. hands-on learning is crucial. all of that, it is quite obvious that contributes to a warmer, friendly environment. it becomes part of citizenship, too. look at what the 20th century is, right? standing out a little bit. it is defined in this earlier time. world war i, world war ii, the cold war. the cold war, we don't now, never became -- we can argue that -- but the cold war was not a hot war in many ways come in terms of deploying american troops. arenam and korea counterexamples of that. a

noble lord is aware that it is extremely rare for the curriculum to not have a balanced grade six curriculaven the high rate of illiteracy and many of our primary schools and the low rate of numerancy in many 11 yearolds, which really affects the subsequent education, does the noble lord not agree with me it would be far better to concentrate on the essentials of a good education and not expose our children to unnecessary danger doing foolish things which are not really part of the curriculum? in two weeks' time, today, it will become a penalty of £80 on the owner of any vehicle from which litter is thrown. this is a big advance because previously they could ever be prosecuted. we have now, the government has now made it a civil penalty. will he equally except that the penalty for fly—tipping are completely inadequate and the enforcement against fly—tipping is also inadequate? i think it comes back to my earlier statement that it is about public responsibility and duty. i am delighted that the fines for littering from cars have been increased and also be aware that from january of this year

how much it's been allowed to access to be honest for the obama campaign to get access through you curricula now to all your friends and then this week carry on with further down the road became john edwards because this is clearly open up a legal and a moral quality in which i think facebook or begin to struggle and does it also weaken the narrative chris that it was russia but there were imprudent thing in swaying people's thoughts on social media when clearly you know you can point to something else. well i think it's open up a whole different a bit here of this company cambridge analytical koori trying to influence the votes no the feedback is our one so many voters but on the same time and if you look at trump didn't win by that many votes so any influence here and this was targeted so this is not just some sort of broad sweep intervention this was a very specific target where if you wanted to be our action you know small groups of swing voters are very important if you can find out what the likes or what you click on when you like on facebook whether likes or it gives you some indicati

it's not extra curricula but they're taking this just like they're taking math, science, or english. so it will be choosing issues like affordable housing and gentrification in new york city and then looking at specific city council laws that would provide affordable housing to provide tax incentives to landlords that provide affordable housing. get tripped up when i say that. those are 11th graders working on an issue like that. and this goes to something senator graham said. every student wants to tackle cafeteria food. so we have a class in brooklyn that looked at cafeteria food. and through our curriculum we encouraged them to go to the root cause of the issue. why does it actually exist? it's not about raising awareness, but how can you think about systemic root causes. so they actually found that in a lot of restaurants they have the a, b, c grades like sanitation grades, so new york schools actually have those grades, but they weren't required to be public. so they actually did go to the state legislature but this was the right body to go to in this case and got the state legi

they're seeing ap classes and foreign language classes and other enrichment curricula get cut becausee the funding to pay for it. this is about our students and doing what's right for our students. it's not about just teacher pay. >> we saw west virginia teachers fight successfully for a raise. we're seeing in other states, in kentucky, teachers walking out, arizona teachers have protested. do you think this is part of a national movement? >> um, i'm sure that there is an impact nationally, teachers seeing what's going on in other states. but in our case in oklahoma, it's not just teachers, it's teachers and parents and students and community members who have seen the legislature. they've lost faith in their legislature to deal with the issues that are important to them. and this is as much about telling the legislature that we expect you to fix this problem, and this problem is education funding, this is about doing what's right for students. so this is an oklahoma issue, it's not a national issue. it's about the people of oklahoma want our legislature to do what's in the best intere

we review their academic curricula and we have our programs -- our programs have the students help themrt's sake. it's arts for education. and so i've been doing this for 25 years. i get this script and i just started crying and my husband was like, "woman, what's wrong now?" [ laughter ] and i said, "i can't believe that my personal life is meeting my professional life." >> seth: that's wonderful. >> "this is going to be a breeze." and i remember i told my manager, i said, "call nbc and say this is mine. [ laughter ] this is mine." >> seth: so i'm glad it worked out. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: now, you -- you were a beneficiary of people who sort of reached out and were helpful as well when you were young. >> yeah. >> seth: you -- you learned to dance and play baseball -- >> yeah. >> seth: true story, from nuns. >> that's correct. >> seth: wow. [ light laughter ] >> yeah. yeah. i was -- i was a ward of the state. and i was also -- i was in a catholic home for children and the nuns first day they were like, "you need to be on the stage." and i was like, "no, i don't." you

it's not extra curricula but taking this just like math, science, english. so it will be issues like affordable housing in new york city, and taxes to provide affordable housing. and this goes to something snare graham said, every student wants to tackle cafeteria food. so we have a class in brooklyn that looked at cafeteria food. and through our curriculum we encouraged them to go to the root cause of the issue. why does it exist? not about raising awareness but how can you think about systemic root causes. so they actually found that in a lot of restaurants they have the a, b, c grades like sanitation grades, so new york schools actually have those grades, but they weren't required to be public. so they actually did go to the state legislature but this was the right body to go to in this case and got the state legislature convinced them to pass a bill that now requires schools to publish their sanitation grades. now, that doesn't necessarily mean that right away that cold pizza will become gourmet, but i think what it did get them to realize is oh we care

absolutely, and even on the school curriculum at the moment there's a question in the science curriculause that's when it's really important. how long do you think it will take to get the message out? we mention how smoking is finally sinking in, people now associating that with bad health and avoiding smoking, how long will it ta ke to avoiding smoking, how long will it take to sink in? there's great opportunities at the moment. the fa ct opportunities at the moment. the fact we're on this programme this morning is fantastic, we have media out there, social media, this should be getting out there and having an immediate effect. clearly we know we area immediate effect. clearly we know we are a nation that has a real problem with obesity now, right now, so if you're one of those people in that category already, what are your chances of improving your life expectancy, the risk of getting cancer, by making a sudden change to your lifestyle and dropping your weight? that's a super question and there are two that's a super question and there a re two parts that's a super question and there

keisha incentivizes education and curricula and legislation would fund institutions and centers of excellence in substance abuse disorder education and require such institutions to collaborate with stakeholders on the front lines of this crisis. we are in support of the teach act and i thank congressman bill johnson and paul taco for their work on this legislation. finally very briefly, we are also very pleased to see the preventing overdoses while in emergency rooms act. this makes me think of emmett and his mom amy and how we can do a better job of equipping our emergency room physicians to address a nonfatal overdose and to use this as an intervening moment is a high priority with the eviction but policy room and we are in support of the power act and are grateful for the committee and your commitment to these issues. and i just wanted to express on behalf of all the families that your focus on this issue in such a comprehensive manner that includes all six of the key components, prevention, treatment, recovery support, the focus means the world to us. we have millions of families struggli