the department for education says it will withdraw all funding by nextjuly. that's it from me.m the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: alastair cook and joe root both score centuries, as england hold the upper hand after the first day of the opening test against west indies. there was a shock defeat for ajax in the europa league play—offs, but first—leg wins for milan and everton. and victoria azarenka will miss the us open because she is not willing to leave her child at home in california. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the cricketing news that england are well on top after the opening day of the first test against west indies at edgbaston. the match is the first ever day—night test to be played in the uk, and the first involving england, and it saw alastair cook and skipperjoe root rescue their side after a slow start and two quick wickets, both scoring centuries

the department for education says is taking action to support vulnerable children by reforming socialr protecting victims of domestic violence and abuse. it says council spent almost £8 billion last year on children's social care, but it wants to help them do more. welcome. you are watching bbc news. 0ur welcome. you are watching bbc news. our main had the this morning: the authorities in burkina faso say at least 17 people have been killed in a terrorist attack on a restaurant in the capital, 0uagadougou. three jihadists have also reportedly died, although more people are believed to be trapped in the building. a vigil has been held in the us state of virginia for the anti—racist protestor killed during a white supremacist rally on saturday. it was said to be the biggest gathering of white nationalist groups in america for decades. as the head of the us military prepares for talks on north korea's nuclear and missile threats in south korea. pyongyang says it has the right to have nuclear weapons for what it calls legitimate self defence. pakistan is celebrating the 70th anniversary o

thank you for coming the department for education gave us the statement. life. after the grenfell tower disaster, 3,000 residents living in a building with similar cladding in the chalcots estate in camden were told to pack up and leave so urgent safety work could be done. six weeks on — the council says the work is complete and the blocks are safe. residents have now been told to return to their flats. but some have told the bbc that — despite millions of pounds being spent on the evacuation — the work that's been done is shoddy and incomplete and puts lives at risk. our reporter sangita myska can tell us more. what was the urgent work that needed doing? as you just mentioned, what was the urgent work that needed doing? as youjust mentioned, after the grand full disaster, the london fire brigade went into the charcot ‘s estate and carried out advanced safety checks the fire. four of those towers needed urgent internal work done in the communal areas of the flats to keep residents say. as you say, we all remember those pictures of all those thousands of pe

if we had the right funding, the right support for children and their families, it would make such a difference. the department of education of over £2 billion this year for disadvantaged pupils, as well as money to help young people in so—called social mobility cold spots. of course, the task of making sure that every pupil reaches their full potential is a complicated science. but worryingly, today's report says that if the current rate of change continues, it will take a staggering 50 years before the gap is closed. jessica parker, bbc news. italian naval ships are being deployed in libya's territorial waters to try to stop migrants crossing the mediterranean to the southern coast of italy. the italian government have also imposed new rules on charities which have been helping rescue thousands of people trying to make the dangerous crossing in flimsy boats. richard galpin reports. the italian navy used to play a key role rescuing those caught in stormy seas. but now its mission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coast guard spot migrant boats as they set sail, and stop them going any further. the a

the department for education has said it will withdraw all funding by nextjuly.first day—night test with the west indies at edgbaston. and all eyes were on the pink ball, which is being used for the first time in a test match in this country. england finished the day on 348—3. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. if you came to birmingham this week, you knew about the cricket. a big sell. preparations took many forms. a new ball, for a new adventure. arrive in the sun, to leave after dark. you're in lovely green shorts, you've got short sleeves and a rucksack. is there another couple of layers in there? some waterproofs and layers along with the provisions, yeah. mark stoneman, on debut, lasted six balls. shocking pink. well, well bowled, actually. tom westley also fell quickly, lbw, given after review. but alastair cook was seeing this ball as clearly as ever. there it goes. and with him... that was joe root. remember, entertainment is the point of this whole exercise. well, the ball could be red, pink, or polka dot. that had four written all over it and

the department for education will withdraw all funding by nextjuly, and has stopped the firm taking onbell reports. insufficient training, lack of planning and poor quality teaching. just some of the findings in the ofsted report today which inspected learndirect ltd earlier this year. the company, one of the largest learning providers in the uk, was given the lowest possible rating for its training and performance. and those in the industry have described it as those in the industry have described itasa those in the industry have described it as a scandal. it is very clear the senior leaders and directors haven't really played the attention they need to quality. quality doesn't just they need to quality. quality doesn'tjust happen they need to quality. quality doesn't just happen by they need to quality. quality doesn'tjust happen by chance. you have to work at it all the time. u nfortu nately have to work at it all the time. unfortunately it is learners and apprentices who will be losing out. on the learndirect ltd facebook page reviews have been mixed. one said it was a huge waste o

if we had the right funding, the right support for children and their families, it would make such a difference. the department of educationeople in so—called social mobility cold spots. of course, the task of making sure that every pupil reaches their full potential is a complicated science. but worryingly, today's report says that if the current rate of change continues, it will take a staggering 50 years before the gap is closed. jessica parker, bbc news. but now its mission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coast guard spot migrant boats as they set sail, and stop them going any further. the italian navy used to play a key role rescuing those caught in stormy seas. but now its mission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coast guard spot migrant boats as they set sail, and stop them going any further. the abrupt change of mission was given the go—ahead by the italian parliament. most politicians clearly wanting an end to the crisis. the goal of the italian government is to stem the flow, bring it close to zero and basically tweak the turkey deal and adapted to the situation in

if we had the right funding, the right support for children and their families, it would make such a difference. the department of educationr disadvantaged pupils, as well as money to help young people in so—called social mobility cold spots. of course, the task of making sure that every pupil reaches their full potential is a complicated science. but worryingly, today's report says that if the current rate of change continues, it will take a staggering 50 years before the gap is closed. jessica parker, bbc news. we're used to eye—watering amounts of money in football, but it's about to hit new levels, when the brazilian star neymar, completes his move from barcelona to paris st germain, for what's expected to be a world record transfer fee. the qatari—backed side are ready to pay the £198 million fee, which would trigger the buyout clause in his contract. the figure dwarfs the current record fee of £89 million, that manchester united paid juventus for paul pogba. as a result, neymar will also become the world's highest paid player, earning around £a0 million a year. after tax that would see him netting half a million poun

but the department for education says it's taking action to support vulnerable children by reformingin london. the teenager allegedly targeted six victims in less than 90 minutes onjuly 13th, spraying them in the face with a noxious liquid. the victims were all men on bikes. the defendant will appear before wood green crown court. a 27—year—old man is due in court accused of murdering his mother and sister in north—west london. the women — aged 66 and 33 — were found stabbed to death in golders green on friday. joshua cohen was charged last night. plans to build a garden bridge in central london have been wound up after backers of the project gave up their search for financial support. the garden bridge trust said they had "no choice" but to abandon hope of building the pedestrian crossing linking the south bank and temple. first proposed in 2013 and backed by then—mayor borisjohnson — the bridge's future had been in doubt ever since london mayor sadiq khan pulled the greater london authority's support for the project in april. a national breast cancer charity has been given an offic

but the department for education says is taking action to support vulnerable children by reforming socialalmost £8 billion last year on children's social care, but it wants to help them do more. farmyards across the uk are becoming fortresses, that's the warning from a rural insurer today. nfu mutual says crimes in the countryside have risen by a fifth in the first half of the year. last year england bore the brunt of rural crime with the cost atjust under £34 million. next was northern ireland, at £2.5 million. and then scotland with £1.6 million and wales, £1.3 million. our midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports. voiceover: forfarmers, it's an added pressure, having to constantly think about their vehicles and animals being stolen by criminals targeting the rural community. so this was the dome that was stolen. three of these off each tractor. just weeks ago, will had his gps systems stolen off his tractors, worth more than £30,000. it makes you feel sick that someone has been in your shed. everything was locked up. all the tractors were locked up. but they can just get in and take

education? that is beyond me. you say it is not good for anybody, in the long run you will know the department for education argument standard. competing with countries storming ahead on a lot of subjects. we have got to maintain the competitive edge? long—term, do you think we are going to have benefits? i appreciate it is difficult just going to have benefits? i appreciate it is difficultjust now, but longer term? any system that raises expectations and challenges is great. no head, school, academy... not going to say we want to raise expectations. staff have made changes. going through the long process of staff development and training. all that has had to place within existing budgets. we want to make the system world—class, but in this properly, invest in teaching and fundamentally, teachers. and the staff who support. that means, do not go about this cheaply, in a rushed and or disorganised fashion. everything not changing in one neat way. that is what i would say to anybody running the system, make these changes and we will support you but resource properly. thank you. it has been a busy day for you, iam sure

but actually the exams regulator and the department for education have done something sensible, which allowed some of those grades to be bench marked against the old gcse grading system. so for example the proportion of students who get the new 4 grade should be roughly the same as who got the old c grade. so there is some read across from the old system to the new, but it will ta ke old system to the new, but it will take time for there to be a proper national understanding of the new system. the question that flows from that, why change it in the first place? if we look at the background, why the last government took this decision, what we have had for a period of years was exam results going up year after year after year, and more students appearing to do better and yet when we looked at the inter—national league tables and the independent tests taken by students across the world, what we found was english students from this country we re english students from this country were not doing any better. so the gcse results and this independent measure of standards appeared to be out of

if we had the right funding, the right support for children and their families, it would make such a difference. the department of educationelp young people in so—called social mobility cold spots. of course, the task of making sure that every pupil reaches their full potential is a complicated science. but worryingly, today's report says that if the current rate of change continues, it will take a staggering 50 years before the gap is closed. jessica parker, bbc news. in a moment, a summary of the business news but first, the headlines on bbc news... the bank of england holds interest rates at the record low rate of 0.25% and downgrades its growth forecast for the uk. ajudge condemns mental health support for young people — and says the state could have blood on its hands over the case of a suicidal teenager. four men from the west midlands have been jailed for life for plotting terrorist attacks on police and military targets. now an update on the business news. the bank of england has lowered its growth forecast for this year and the next. it said weak wage growth contributed to the decision. it now forecasts growth of

in response to the critters about casting, the department for education has released a statement sayingers nursery, who was part of the government trials for 30 hours of free childcare. i think it's fair to say you now have slightly different opinions about it. leslie, let me come to you. you tried the scheme for about a year — how has it gone? you. you tried the scheme for about a year - how has it gone? it has gone very well. parents have received it very well, and obviously they have been able to gain further employment with longer hours to work, so they have not incurred higher childcare bills. what about the bills to you, leslie? there has been criticism from some nurseries saying there was a shortfall. you have had to find more hours for a pre—but the money coming back from the government doesn't cover it. we offer blended childcare through sessional care every day, but the sessions are slightly differently worked, rather than like nursery sessions, which are charge at an hourly rate. let me bring in jo morris, because you were also part of the trial, but you think the maths is ma

the department for education will withdraw all funding by nextjuly, and has stopped the firm taking oneports. insufficient training, lack of planning and poor quality teaching. just some of the findings in the 0fsted report today which inspected learndirect ltd earlier this year. the company, one of the largest learning providers in the uk, was given the lowest possible rating for its training and performance. and those in the industry have described it as a scandal. it is very clear the senior leaders and directors haven't really played the attention they need to quality. quality doesn't just happen by chance. you have to work at it all the time. unfortunately it is learners and apprentices who will be losing out. 0n the learndirect ltd facebook page reviews have been mixed. one said it was a huge waste of time. another claimed that staff were undertrained. someone else complained of no support or communication. another said staff had been very helpful, inspirational, even. learndirect ltd didn't want to appear on camera. but they did send as a statement. it says the 0fsted report is

the department for education says it‘s taking action to support vulnerable children by reforming socialnal phase of its mission to saturn. the satellite has begun a series of "ultra—close" passes through the planet‘s upper atmosphere. scientists are hoping it will reveal more about the chemical make—up and internal structure of the planet. let‘s speak now to dr caitriona jackman, who is a cassini project worker at the university of southampton. i know you have been involved in this fifth 3013 years, so it is coming towards its conclusion, but nonetheless, you hope cassini will reveal much more about saturn as it gets really close? it's been a pleasure and a privilege to work on cassini for as long as i have, but i am relatively new to the project compared to some. cassini was launched in 1997, but it was first thought about and planned in the early 1980s. so people have invested a huge amount of time and of course money, but also emotion in this project. we went to saturn with a lot of questions, and we have a nswered lot of questions, and we have answered many of those questions. we ha

the department for education says it's taking action to support vulnerable children by reforming sociallmost £8 billion last year on children's social care, but it wants to help them do more. marc ashdown, bbc news. the chief executive of action for children, sir tony hawkhead is with me now. isaid to i said to you during that report that this seems to be a classic case ofa that this seems to be a classic case of a stitch in time, and use it to me, that was the name of our report three years ago, which i hadn't realised. and in those three years, how has the situation changed? well, it's got worse, and that is the tragedy. we have been closing children's centres at the rate of six a month, which is hundreds. local authorities have been hit by budgetary pressures and are having to increase the thresholds at which they can treat children urgently, meaning more and more children are being referred to local authorities for very grave reasons and are not getting the support they need. logic says that you don't wait for a crisis, you try to head it off. so why isn't that happening? the bottom

the state approved a budget boost for the department of education to help them hire another investigator to chase down future cases of misconduct. in maryland, state officials made a different change because of our reporting. for years, the state kept information about revoked licenses hidden from the public. but now maryland state superintendent of schools requires the posting online of teacher who's had their licenses stripped. including when and why. how do you know your child is being abused by a teacher? >> our son actually called us and final told us what was happening. >> when we come back, a local mother talks about the red flags that were there and what parents should be looking for. >>> it can be a tough talk to have with your child. how do you as a parent know something might be wrong involving a teacher? the mother you're about to meet has a warning for you. signs she wishes she had picked up on sooner. >> you can definitely see there's a guard and there's a level of being careful that's there about trusting other people. >> five years had passed but this montgomery county mo

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but the department for education says it's taking action to support vulnerable children by reformingand better protecting victims of domestic violence and abuse. it says councils spent almost £8 billion last year on children's social care, but it wants to help them do more. marc ashdown, bbc news. pakistan is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its creation as a sovereign state. there were fireworks at midnight to mark the moment of partition from india at the end of british colonial rule. the partition of british india in 19117 was marked by the largest mass migration in history, with huge bloodshed on both sides. the american space agency's cassini probe has begun the final phase of its mission to saturn. the satellite has begun a series of "ultra—close" passes through the planet's upper atmosphere. scientists are hoping it will reveal more about the chemical make—up and internal structure of the planet. it is either billy one of the most distinctive sounds in the world —— it is arguably one of the most. big ben chimes however, next monday at midday big ben will chime for the final

briefly, the department for education says, if you can show that you tried to register you will still said the 30 offer is being delivered across the country with 15,000 children benefiting. providers are committed to offering 30 hours and the additional three are having a really positive impact. group has brought here is —— parents and providers together. they've bought out the early implementers and it did work. they paid them a high rate. we brought you the news that a four—year—old boy has died after being found in a swimming pool. a reporter is in plymouth. what can you tell us? devon and cornwall police were called to the activity centre just before 3pm yesterday afternoon to reports of a missing four—year—old boy. they carried out an extensive search. the child was found ina an extensive search. the child was found in a swimming pool at the site. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. the next of kin have been informed and the death is treated as unexplained at this stage. it happened in a week—long summer holiday camp out organised by narcotics anonymous fo

national statistics for a—levels across england, wales and northern ireland, produced by the department for educationin england, where we now have a reformed a—levels, in certain subjects, one single example of the two years study and an end to as—level is counting towards the final a level results, there has been a drop in the top grade. —— as—levels that will affect people studying a—levels in england, that could have happened this year because they are the first candidates to take these new style a—levels and there was a bit of criticism that there was not a lot of past papers for them to work from, so to a certain extent, it was a bit of uncharted territory. the exams regulator in england is always at pains to say that it's job is to make sure that there is fairness across the board, so it has a very complicated way of checking grade boundaries, taking into account things like changes but there has been a drop in the number of top grades. interestingly, for many yea rs, grades. interestingly, for many years, i have been reporting that girls have been doing much better in a—levels and gcses than b

thank you for coming on and discussing those issues. a department of educationmisbehaviour on flights and in airports in the past year. demonstrations and vigils have been held across the united states following deadly violence that erupted during a far—right rally in virginia on saturday. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. many people going on holiday at this time of year. what is happening in the uk with the weather? well, it is a right old mixture. good morning, everyone. this morning some of us will be seeing sites like this and some of us will be seeing some rain. we have a bit of an east—west split going on with the weather. rain in the west and drier and brighter in the west and drier and brighter in the east. parts of east anglia and kent could hit 25 celsius. if that happens it will be the warmest day this august so far. you can see an array of weather fronts across us producing some rain as we go through the course of the night. heavy rain across northern ireland and western scotland, but this line of rain through wales, north—west en

>> yeah, but also wonder if something having to do like in south korea for department of education, their coordination, have you study that also? >> no, i haven't, but there was discussion during my career that south korean military feel that this is a-- this being the korean military is a place where we are able to educate our young men and some of our women into the values of freedom, democracy and all of these things and in fact plan 307 had an emphasis for that kind of education and in order to do that we did it coordinate with administrative education. also, we wanted credit for military service in the academia , so we coordinated with the things like that, department of health is another area that we would coordinate, so these interagency coordinations would occur. >> next right here on this side in the second row. >> hello. my name is andrew and i'm here as an honorary citizen of seoul korea. >> i won't hold that against you. >> thank you. so, when i left there was a significant effort and problem that was being addressed with the birth rate and i'm wondering if this is shortening

for join us. >> lisa, thank you. >> woodruff: next, we turn to one of the most controversial issues in higher education today: campus sexual assault. secretary of education betsy devos is considering changing her department's guidance for how colleges and universities should handle sexual misconduct investigations. it's a move that's dividing school administrators, survivors and even the accused. that's the topic for our weekly education segment, making the grade. our william brangham has more. >> brangham: this issue revolves around the interpretation of title ix-- that's the 1972 civil rights law that's meant to prohibit sexual discrimination at federally funded schools and colleges. in 2011, the obama administration issued new requirements for how schools should handle investigations into sexual assaults on their campuses. survivors and advocates had long argued that administrators weren't doing enough to deal with an epidemic of these assaults. a 2016 justice department survey showed that one-in-five women said they'd been sexually assaulted in college, and the obama administration wanted to address that. >> today for the first time ever the administration is releasing guidance under title ix of the ed

for it. i seedeeply worried when what is happening at the department of education, around the office of civil rights, how many complaints have been dismissed outright, just in the last few weeks. if there was no place to take these complaints, if there was

work force education is a joint effort between the did the of labor and the department of education. i want to thank devos for working hand-in-hand for this initiate every and she and i have attend event where is she's spoken and i have spoken because this really is -- an effort between the department of labor and department of education. and so she's going to say a few words today. >> thank you secretary costa. good afternoon everyone. just like to say is that we had a really productive discussion with the president this afternoon. this is a subject about which he has highly interested, and about which many, many americans care. following the executive order in june, it was very clear that president really wants to see action in this area, and secretary acosta has just framed up some of the things that are underway right now. but i think it's important to remember that economics and our economies have changed dramatically in the last 50 years. education needs to keep up. we need to update not only what we are teaching but also how we're teaching. we need to embrace innovation in our approaches to education.

education. this also means strong support for data and research activities of the department. fourth, reducing the complexity while prioritizing efforts to help make a college education accessible to low income students. as congress prepares to reauthorize the higher education act, i look forward to working with you while accelerating and improving student completion rates through such efforts as year-round pal and reducing financial aid -- the need for financial d. and our request would eliminate or phase out 22 progms that are duplicate it, and effective, or better supported through state, local, or philanthropic efforts. six programs were already eliminated. all told, taxpayers will save $5.8 billion. in total, the president's budget the old his promise to power from the federal government and place it in the hands of parents and families. it refocuses the department and their efforts to provide high-quality education to students. research shows that increasing education options can have positive effects on students generally, and an even greater impact on poor and minority

when these are first established there was a need for them and we have internet and technology that we have today but department of education and departments have these services. these offices throughout the long ernesto e no day. we also recommend functions agencies for example the four ment of justice has separate criminal divisions and located across these but also have their criminal group all could those into the criminal division have them not have to scattered across. in certain cases programs lack efficient is because they're housed in the wrong agency so we recommend things like moving. food and nutrition services that as well fair program from of agriculture program into the health and uman services department with other welfare or student aid programs taking them out of the department of education and in treasury as treasury that is information they have to determine who is ones le and they're the distributing funds. cuts e don't recommend overall to defense spending there's room to optimize and put the highest priorities first within the defense department. suggest le we access ing infrastructure and we don't of

. >> yeah, but i also wondered if you might have studied like in south korea for the department of education. have you studied that too? >> no, i haven't. but there was discussion during my career that we, south korean military feel like this is a -- this being the korean military, is a place where we're able to educate our young men and some of our women into the values of freedom, democracy and all these things. and in fact, planl 307 had an emphasis for that kind of education. and in order to do that, we did coordinate with the ministry of education. also, we wanted to credits for military service in the academia. so we coordinated with things like that. doicht of health -- department of health is another area that would coordinate. so these interagency coordinations would occur. >> next -- >> that's right, this side. the second row. >> hello, my name is andrew mayor, i'm here as an honorary citizen of north korea. >> i won't hole that against you. >> thank you. >> when i left there was a significant effort and problem that was being addressed with the birthrate. nd i'm wondering if this

number two, congress should direct the department of education to promulgate and enforce standards for the application of least restrictive than five is for students. fast-forward to 2014, 2014, approximately 95% of our students with disabilities are in regular classes and there's a definition for that. approximately 3% find themselves in separate classes either public or in private schools, about 1% themselves in private schools and the rest are in different positions. back in the 80 and the early '90s, trying to mainstream our children had been a challenge while we are not where we want to be weak made some progress. as a first speaker had mentioned we still have challenges that are present. third, congress should read the office special education programs to fund a national technical assistance center. right now in d.o.e. there's a number of grants, assistant programs that support what's taking place in the states while we're having a conversation about the federal government we know great deal of the stuff is going to take place at the local level. and last, congress should direct

but for our education department, for example, that work starts much earlier. like many states they spend time outside the classroom as a result of disciplinary action. we heard of stories of students being handcuffed and arrested and the data clearly shows that african-american children and students with disabilities are disciplined at a much higher rate. according to the virginia department of education, african-american students make up 24% of the student population. yet, they account for 53% of the school discipline. while recent data shows a decline in the number of suspensions and expulsions, these numbers are still far too high and continue to disproportionately affect certain students. that is totally unacceptable. there is no room in the commonwealth of virginia for excessive, discriminatory treatment of our students. that is why i announced in october of 2015 a new statewide initiative, classrooms not courtrooms. it is what i directed my in october ofinet 2015 a new statewide initiative, classrooms not courtrooms. it has directed that the number of st

for free and appropriate education for students with disabilities, it seems like a given. in the early part of american history that is not the case. congress should direct the department of education to promulgate and enforce standards for application of least restrictive environment for students, fast forward to 2018, 95% in students in regular classes and there is a definition for that, approximately 3% find themselves in separate classes in public or private schools on one person by themselves in private schools and the rest in different positions. in the 80s and early 90s, not where we want to be, made some progress, congress directs the office of special education programs to fund national technical assistance center. right now there are a number of not only grants or assistance programs that support a great deal of this will take place on the local level and congress will direct secretary of education and chairperson for the national council of handicap to create a commission for special report. how many of you think in 2017 those four recommendations are relevant today? there are several hands including our leader here. i raise my hand as well. we made some pro

educators interested in making a difference, you're wanted by the maryland state department of education. one of two job fairs for teachers is being held. the first is today at dr. henry a. wise junior high school in upper marlboro from 8am to noon. if you can't make it, the next one will be on august 25th. it was 40 years ago today when we lost the king of rock n roll. elvis presley was just 42 when he died of a heart attack on august 16th 19-77. fans are remembering the king by lining up outside graceland, his home now a museum, for elvis week. but there's now a charge to see his grave -- 30-dollars. a candlelight vigil was held last night and will go through the morning to commemorate the day presley passed away. dense fog advisory for the entire area through 9am - foggy early, then sunny, hot & humid - pm storms thursday and friday - seasonable august warmth through early next week - still expecting fair skies for the eclipse - 5 days away today: fog early. becoming mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 87-90 winds: nw to s 5 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 72-75 winds: sse 5 mph s

. >> navy veteran john runs troops to teachers at fort carson for colorado's department of education.et that troop to teacher person can bring into the classroom an ordinary teacher comin coming of college education might not have such as the discipline, the integrity, cultural diversity and sensitivity they have with the kids in the classroom. >> educators call colorado teachers shortage a crisis. every year coming up 3500 teachers short of those needed in the classroom and the number is growing. >> assistant principal chavez& used to be marine marksman instructor chavez. >> making that transition especially for the military world over to education it's dawning. >> like a true marine he jumped in head first becoming a special education teacher in lower income schools winning troops for teachers best of the year award and now assistant principal at mostly minority east middle school in aurora. >> if you have it in your heart and you're that type of person you want to serve your community and the people you care about it's a great calling. a great transition from the military. >> some

have that emphasis for that education and to do that we did coordinate with the minister also credits for military service solely coordinated with things like that and the department of health so the interagency coordinations are those. >> hello. i am here as an honorary citizen from seoul korea. when i left there was a significant effort and problem being addressed with the birth rate. so i am wondering if this shortening of construction -- conscription is trying to generate the population growth? that was almost 10 years ago. are you still refusing. >> to have sex question mark [laughter] >> this is the single most critical challenge the korean people have because the birthrate is 1.one so in order to become a normal nation it will take about 100 years. so we are disintegrating as a people so i hope the korean americans will have many children. [laughter] but that does not correlate with the birth rate or the reduction or does not have any kind of relation for increasing the birth rate. but because of the low birthrate with the demographics recognize it is very difficult to maintain 500,000 men so we are employing more women. >> that is how it is affecting us. b

>> yeah, but also wonder if you studied something to do with like in south korea for a department of education, their,r coordination. have you studied that? >> no, i haven't. .. >> next, let's try this side. second grow. >> hello, my name is andrew meier. i am here as an honorary citizen of seoul, korea. >> i won't hold that against you. >> thank you. when i left, there was a significant effort and problem that was being addressed with the birth rate. i am wondering if this shortening of inscription is in any way sort of integrated into population, growth, that was almost 10 years ago when i was there. is it still a problem and is the youth still refusing to create families and build populations. >> have sex? okay, i'm this is probably the single most critical challenge the korean people have. right now our birthrate is facing 1.1 or some being. this means in order for us to become a normal nation again, it will take us about 100 years until we are actually disintegrating non-a korean people. i hope the korean-american steerable has many children. [laughter] it does not correlate with the birt

unit that would handle this is for trump political appointees not the silver servants who are nonpolitical who usually handle these education cases inside the justice department. phillip. >> all right, tracie potts for us. >>> the dea condoning police violence. take a listen to it. >> when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you see them thrown in rough. i said please don't be too nice. like when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, when you put your hand -- like don't hit their head and they just killed somebody. don't hit their head. i said you can take the hand away, okay. >>> officials across the country became increasingly concerned following years of police shootings and protests making news coast to coast. officials claiming mr. trump was encouraging police brutality. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders claiming the president was just kidding. >> i think you guys are jumpingn and trying to make something out of nothing. he was simply making a comment, making a joke. it was nothing more than that. >> well now the acting head of the dea not only concedes the president's remarks condo

department of education. they want the cde to know it's not okay. they made room in their public school for a charter school. the curb was covered by a group that wants to be seen. specifically by education officials who have the power to change the rules. >> we're protesting against the cde. we're not protesting the charter but the cde for -- because they're not doing their job >> 6rs are going to be impacted -- >> what we've realized in this community is the laws are written to bigger charters. another -- there's not a lot of room for public input. fairfax -- this pushes the 6th graders into the rest of the middle school mixing six with 7th and 8th grade students. >> it's only supposed to hold 500 kids, but there's going to be 800 of us in there. >> it's hard to go into middle school already and having all the charter kids coming in to our buildings. it's kind of going to make it extra crams and make it harder to learn and it's going to be louder. >> one argument is the charter school won't have enough students. this leaves some parents wondering why they need 8 classrooms to themselves.

to come play with the new regulations for the virginia department of education. district has received results from six of the 12 schools and all have more, have fountains or taps like these with the levels of the led above the e.p.a. threshold of what is considered safe. the test results for the other six older schools are still pending. all the fountains are shut down or the signage has been posted. >> as to why suddenly this is happening, the few days the kids are coming to school. >> i'm more cautious than anything else. but you know, i'm schools with the pipe system and stuff like that that aren't new. >> in a statement to abc7, stafford county public school saying it's important to note that findings are isolated. test results and other part of the schools are well below action levels. please be assured that all students and staff are safe. the school district says bottled water will be available at all schools in abundance as the effort to clean up and further test the water continues. coming up at 5:00, we will take a look at how some parents are coping to

he presently serves as special assistant to the acting secretary for civil rights at the u.s. department of education former positions include staff attorney and director of outreach and education at the disability rights legal center in los angeles. his special assistant and leader special counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the u.s. department of justice, vice chairman of the president's committee for people with intellectual disabilities, and associate director for domestic policy under president george w. bush. i will also say, in addition to his phenomenal professional competent accomplishment that make want make half of our leaders want to be like him, he is also an adoptive dad 23, successful lined triplet boys, each of whom just graduated high school and each of whom was just elevated this past week to the rank of eagle scout, the highest level of achievement within the boy scout of america. we are delighted to have you here today. [applause] >> a morning everyone. i am so pleased to be with all of you here today. considering this is the first time for me to address

for slaves. the lot is owned by new york's department of education with plans on building a school here in time fory to hold off pending further investigation. >> i know we need to build a school to alleviate overcrowding but we can't build a school on the foundation of ignorance. we can't teach our children history if we don't understand history ourselves. >> earlier this year an archaeological dig uncovered trenches that could be evidence this is the gray for some 250 soldiers who fought for the maryland 400. the regiment may have single-handedly saved the american revolution. during the battle of brooklyn, general george washington and the continental army were cornered. still, historians debate if the maryland 400 were buried in a mass grave. >> according to historians of that era who were much closer to the fact, they thought this would be a good place to bury them. so they did that. >> it's unlikely that the british would've gone through the trouble to find them to put them together and it's unlikely that marylanders would all have been killed in one place. >> if remains are found, advocates

she joined the national council in 2013 after serving for four years at various government agencies, including the department of education, and at the white house, where she oversaw diversity and inclusion methods. currently, she is consulting with civil rights organizations. rebecca has a long history of advocacy, including working at the institute for educational leadership for five years, building resources designed to empower and educate youth with disability is in their adult allies. in 2013, she was inducted into the inaugural class of the disability coliseum and recipient of the frank harkens memorial award. rebecca has a ba in politics from the university of california, santa cruz. before hearing from our turn to ourwant to chairman. -- >> thank you, madam chair. good morning. i had the pleasure with my special assistant of working with our great staff to organize this discussion. so, i would like to add my welcome to our very distinguished speakers today, and thank them as well as a chair for sharing your stories, as we celebrate the 27th anniversary of the passage of the americans with disability act. as well a

so prior to leaving office, the obama department of education released gainful employment data for the year 2016. it showed that graduates of public undergraduate certificate programs -- now, that's those that go to community colleges; different colleges altogether -- earned'd 9,000 more than those that went to for-profit colleges and universities. you know what the difference is? if you decide to go a community college in my home state of illinois in my hometown o hometo to lincoln community college, a great community college, like those of those in our state, you are a going to get a good education and it went cost you much. and let me give you the kicker. all of your hours can be transferred to upper-level colleges and universities. but if you make a bad decision and go to a for-profit college, different things happen. you end umwith a real debt -- you end up with a real debt for that first year out of high school. and guess what? virtually none of the credit hours can be transferred to any other college or university. that's the reality of what students face. of the programs that s

she joined the national council in 2013 after serving for 4 years in various government agencies including the department of education and at the white house. currently, she is consulting with civil rights organizations. rebecca has a long history of advocacy including working at the institute for educational leadership, building resources designed to empower youth with a disability and other adult allies. she was inducted into the inaugural class of the disability coliseum and recipient of the frank harkens memorial award. before hearing from our speakers, i want to [inaudible] >> thank you, madam chair. good morning. i had the pleasure with my special assistant of working with our great staff to organize this discussion. i would like to add my welcome to a very distinguished speakers and thank them as well as the sharing their stories as we celebrate the 27th anniversary of the passage of the americans with disability act. as well as the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the u.s. commission on civil rights which is one of the reasons we started the series. i would like to thank mrs. coakley for sharing her e