of course in the states. it's so ridiculous i have to smile i don't believe in having state sponsored religious education department of education would never have approved a school that has religious education there is nothing islam assisted about it there is nothing religious about it and so they are really seeing ghosts in the closet that aren't there. enough backyard i'm not i know i did we were no no no i'm not trying to crap and spread all. over the country people like me are don't fall for this we're new yorkers we're not easily we are americans we will fight back we have to be concerned with this type of school on a different level for the simple reason that while most muslims are not terrorists virtually all terrorists today are muslim p.c. the other two are like a school of happy cops are taking. this school has taken us to a different level if you ask me a principal i'm not here to i it's not my function to start to tear down what's been built for the last thirty forty years if you ask me a principal i prefer a certain specific standard for american public education but this school takes us to a different

the new york post called the department of education and sister i do an interview. on the departed. of education's insistence i ended up speaking to that reporter. we began the interview with him asking about my filiation to this organization after saying to him i would never affiliate myself with any organization or individual who would be violence in any shape way or form basically is that to him i don't believe that these young women are going to being gaging and he. the reporter asked me for the root word the word intifada and my response to him was if you look it up in the arabic dictionary it is taking off and i went on to explain to him that this word has evolved and has different meanings for different people based on the palestinian israeli conflict where thousands of people have been killed. i answered one other question for him about the school and at that point he said ok well thank you i'm done this is good. there was someone from the press office of that apartment about education on the phone after we hung up she called me back and said to me i think it went well you kn

i have also asked my lawyer to begin preparing a lawsuit against the department of education for violating my constitutional right . thank you. from the beginning. my. day. the first amendment to she was open and shut she quite clearly was discharged because of what she said about the intifada t. shirts what she said ought to be protected by the first amendment i think it's all wrapped up with the wider phenomenon of islamophobia and the enormous sensitivity by supporters of israel to anything that smacks of criticism of israel. i remember that day walking into the courtroom. and really. not having any you know feeling of confidence or you know i left it all in the hands of god. when the cross questioning took place by the lawyers from the city side it was just really intense the hardest moment for me was talking about my relationship with mayor booker the b. trail reminiscing and all of the work that i had done to build bridges between the arab and muslim communities of new york city and his office and to see all that go down the drain was just really really painful. we all felt that test

department of education announcer: smart travels is a grand tour of the old world-- the people, places, sights, and distinctly european flavors. our host is travel writer and columnist rudy maxa, public radio's original savvy traveler. now, tips, trips, and secret places on smart travels. [speaking italian] oh, up here. we go up here. i keep my passion for travel alive by nurturing a little sense of adventure. sure, i love the great, vibrant cities with their culture-- museums, opera, ballet, fine restaurants. but i think you have to look beyond the well-publicized attractions to get the full experience. ask locals for advice. do a little research. take a few risks. my best tip-- find yourself a local festival. here's where the villages focus on their special history or product. it's our chance to tune into their pride of tradition. each festival is unique, and visitors are very welcome. chateau reynard in provence parties once a year in honor of its dairy industry. across the alps, the tiny village of chiesa also honors the cows but with a more rustic style. we got cows, we got porcin

department of education announcer: smart travels is a grand tour of the old world-- the people, places, sights, and distinctly european flavors. our host is travel writer and columnist rudy maxa, public radio's original savvy traveler. now, tips, trips, and secret places on smart travels. maxa: europe is famous for historic sights, the remarkable clues that let us speculate on how people lived centuries ago. in italy, travelers can picnic in the shadow of a medieval tower... and almost hear the clank of chains. in old churches, they see stunning frescoes and statues, figures geometrically grouped, rigid and symbolic... medieval, flat. and then, at some point, they're struck with a pronounced change in the art. they find themselves staring at a real likeness, a face filled with grief or joy, a figure stooped... or a muscled torso... or a fresco drawing them into its depth. such grace could be classic greek or roman, but more likely-- if they're in, say, florence-- they've spotted a piece of the renaissance. this time, we look at renaissance masterpieces and explore a bit of the rich leg

department of education "smart travels" is a grand tour of the old world-- the people, places, sights, and distinctly european flavors. our host is travel writer and columnist rudy maxa, public radio's original savvy traveler. now tips, trips, and secret places on "smart travels." maxa: "a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day," or so the old song goes... [sleigh bells jingling] and western ireland is a celestial place for a vacation. with mist-shrouded hills, a relaxed pace of life... [waves crashing] and the soothing sound of the sea never far away, they say this a place that once visited, is never forgotten. ireland has a spiritual quality that is rare among western countries-- difficult to define but impossible to miss. it's a mystical land, rich in legends of fairies and supernatural beings, stone-age tombs and ancient castles. what some early invaders found undesirable about the west is what intrigues visitors today. stark, barren stretches of landscape rimmed by rugged coastline make this a kind of wild paradise, and the people? well, there are none friendlier in t

department of education narrator: smart traveis a grand tour of the old world, the people, places, sights, and distinctly european flavors. our host is travel writer and columnist rudy maxa, public radio's original savvy traveler. now tips, trips, and secret places on smart travels. maxa: forlorn and desolate... passionate and dramatic... sicily is a land of extremes. from the chaos of its capital to a lonely greek temple, the heart of sicily beats close to the surface-- vulnerable, yet somehow invincible. there's lots to discover in sicily, from the wild west coast to the more populated cities in the east. in-between there are mountains, little villages lost in time, wonderfully preserved ancient ruins, not to mention a volatile volcano. my advice for sicily is rent a car, and take your time. you'll be following in the footsteps of sicily's many conquerors. adrift in the middle of the mediterranean, sicily has attracted invaders since the dawn of time. the phoenicians, greeks, romans, arabs, normans, spanish, and the italians all have claimed sicily, all have left their mark, but none ha

the next is the california department of education school card establishment for the emerging schools from the 2011- 2012 school year. do we have a motion and a second? they we have a reading of the recommendations by officials? >> although i am not as smooth as him, i would like to express my thanks and well wishes to commissioner kim, especially in your support of alternative schools. the school district approves an application for get away to college to be submitted to the california department of education to establish a state schools code and alternate school of choice. >> i have no public speakers on this item. comments from the board and staff? vice-president mendoza. vice-president mendoza: i think this is such a great idea, so thank you. president kim: roll call, please. commissioner maufas: yes. vice-president mendoza: yes. commissioner wynns: aye. >> i did not hear you. commissioner yee: aye. president kim: yes. thank you. we have already heard the appointment of the board members to the san francisco board of education. we are now at item m, which is discussion of the othe

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as the law exists now, the department of education -- the california department of education -- is a body that approves providers of these services. there is a statewide list. and the parents have the absolute right, if their students are eligible, if their children are eligible, to be provided with these services. it is their choice which provider provides the services. and we are to inhabited -- we are prohibited from trying to persuade parents to go with one provider or another. that is the context. i think we all agree with you that this is not a very effective or efficient use of these resources, which amount to quite a bit of money. but that is the law that we are living with and now we have to abide by. i am going to ask jorge to provide the details of the process we are using now and what sorts of resources we have in terms of evaluating services and so forth. >> good evening, commissioners. i am glad to be here again. i had the distinct honor to now serve on the committee of petitioners' myself. i was appointed last year. i am happy to report that things have advanced in the

for instance, the department of education is simplifying its financial aid application process just for you. the department of labor, commerce, defense, and the small business administration are partnering with the business community to expand your career options. the department of health and human services, education, agriculture, and defense are working together to expand your child care options. look, the list of commitments goes on and on, addressing everything from homelessness to mental health to employment opportunities for young adults. so this effort gives you all a seat at the table, not just at the white house or the pentagon or the va, it gives you a seat at the table all across the federal government. and i want to emphasize that this is not a one-time press conference. this is not just the headline for today that gets buried under tomorrow's news. these are lasting commitment by the government to address your needs and concerns for years to come. and my hope is that these recommendations will live on no matter the president, no matter the party. so today is not the end of

canada has no federal department of education. their kids do much better on international tests than do american kids. i don't think federal involvement in these local activities is the answer. >> brown: it's partly economics and partly politics here of course inescapably. when you get to the list that you've both been talking about, what happens politically? isn't that always somebody's sacred cow or somebody... some representative represents these. >> you're absolutely right. every single federal spending program has a special interest group that supports it. there is some heavy lifting involved in spending cuts. i wish the republicans would come out and give us more specifics. so far as we've seen republican leaders have been very shy about telling us exactly where they would want to cut. we don't know whether they'll be cutting across the board or cutting a specific program. certainly i think we need to get the federal government out of areas like k-12 education. the federal simply doesn't have the money anymore to fund these

. >> a lot of the procedures we have changed are related to filtering the department of education code as well as our community based organizations. our record naders into a couple of procedures. we do a paper version, and they have to get that information into the electronic data base on a weekly and monthly basis. we have created a procedure so that we are spot checking on a regular basis of the signing sheets are related to the database. it is electronic database that is related to cde. >> and what about the transition for that to happen? >> the meetings begin tomorrow. we have a front loaded a lot of information beginning with the august institute that happened in 2010. they will be given even more problematic ways to maximize their visit said they are being more prescriptive when they go to the sites to check on the attendance. president mendoza: any other comments? thank you for your service on this. item n, the consent calendar resolution. none tonight. roll call, please. [roll call vote] president mendoza: yes, except on items [lists items] >> thank you. [roll call vote] thank

department of difference understand that this issue has to be dealt with and that we have to do our part. >> lehrer: you don't think the pentagon should be put in the same category as the department of education or the department of state or whatever, that the pentagon should be a special category because of it's mission? >> i believe so. i think we have to do our part, and i think we have to expect serious scrutiny in terms of how we spend our mony and make sure we're not wasting taxpayer dollars, and make sure we're making smart decisions. but the united states faces a very complicateed and dangerous world. we face -- we're engage ?d a major war in afghanistan. and have 50,000 troops in iraq. we have to deal with regimes in iran and north korea that are unpredictable and developing weapons of mass destruction. they have strategic modernization programs going on in russia and china. there's a real world out there that has to be dealt with, and the idea that the united states can turn inward and ignore the developments and pretend that al-queda doesn't exist anymore or any of these other challenges department exist is not consistent with the real world. and my argument is that ever since worl

department of education ranks california public schools near rock bottom. 46 out of 50. is year schools are facing more than $2 million in state budget cuts. and now an sbefevaluation says they're doing nothing to improve education. >> they're sort of bogus numbers. >> reporter: they found that in the past five years, less than 3% of public schoolteachers in san francisco received below satisfactory marks on their evaluation. in han jose and oakland, it was just 1%. because evaluations are september secret, there's no way to know which teachers are failing. >> we asked for every teacher evaluation in the district for san francisco, and we were denied on that one because of privacy rules. >> almost uniformly throughout california, the teacher evaluations are completely dysfunctional. >> reporter: he says teachers aren't held accountable for current system. >> the current system. in teaching, we've never had that practice where we evaluate people and hold them responsible for how well they're performing. >> reporter: the obama administration wants to change that. in its rac

he is planning to review the state department of education budget from top to bottom to try to cut cost. even that he said won't bring back the $18 billion in state cuts that california has taken away from schools recently. already we know that some districts have seen larger class sizes and a reduced school year and layoffs. governor brown is trying to fix a $28 billion deficit and said it will be painful. there is talks he may extend governor schwarzenegger's tax increases. he thinks that voters would support schools at the polls, but taxpayer groups are saying who can afford it? now is not the time. educators warn if something is not done now, the damage to schools could be beyond repair. the budget is expected sometime next week. live in oakland, christie smith today in the east bay. >> thank you. alameda county sheriffs searching for a gunman who shot and killed a hayward man around 5:30 near garden avenue and west a street. deputies found the 24-year-old man lying on the side of the road. they are asking anyone with information to call the sheriff's office tip line. police also in

department of education and central city productions, inc. >> the world knows funny man anthony anderson by his many movies and television shows, but there's more to anthony than meets the eye. i caught up with him, of all places, on a golf course. anthony, thank you for being here with me, brother. >> my pleasure. >> good to see you. >> my pleasure. >> you looking good. >> thank you. >> i bumped into him the other day and i wasn't sure. >> done say bumped into me. >> speak honestly about how we met in the airport at jfk. you ran up on me as a wide-eyed -- you ran -- i'm not going to say "fan," admirer, whatever you want to -- >> stalker. >> borderline stalker. he ran past me. he ran past me. >> i walked -- >> he got in the front of the line. >> those of us ordinary people who have to wait in line to go through security, he shot through as a celebrity, which i was okay with. >> i was giving them a lesson on what they need to do to advance in a line. >> i appreciate that lesson. >> it worked for me. >> i'm going to try it next time. tell me this, what are some of the projects you are work

fraction of the education budget, so so much of this action has to occur at the local level, at the state level. so it's not just a washington, d.c. issue although expenditures of the department of education have gone up dramatically. what i think secretary duncan has done a very good job of is saying we need to look at how teachers are trained, how we evaluate teachers and sort of open this up and bring in new thoughts. we applaud that. >> host: um, what are tech companies doing privately to support education? we had the ceo of qualcomm in for an interview, and he talked about a program that they were developing with the school system in north carolina. are tech companies doing this on a private basis? >> guest: there are so many exciting things going on with technology companies. you have social innovation work that's being done, cisco has been doing work for years through the cisco academy. you have intel with the intel clubhouse. you have hewlett-packard. there are a number of companies that are increasingly doing more. we have formed a nonprofit at technet called technet works. and our goal is to promote some of the work that the tech sector is doing in education and oth

save $5 billion and shut down the community college system, $4 billion and close down the department of education, we save $9 billion. >> we're talking about a $24 billion problem. >> again, we're just being real about the situation. >> reporter: in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> you can watch governor brown it's speech on channel 2, part of the ktvu's channel 2 news at 5:00 and streamed live at ktvu.com. >>> the reverend jesse jackson was the keynote speak honoring the late civil right leader fred korematsu. they screened a film about korematsu. oakland native rose to civil rights hero while during world war 22 he was arrested for refusing to go to an interment camp. governor schwarzenegger signed today, january 30th as fred korematsu day. >> we have a martin luther king day for african-american and we need someone in the asian community to recognize someone who spoke out during the injustices against japanese- americans during world war ii. >> fred korematsu day is a time for students to learn more about the activist and speak up when they see unfairness or discrimination. >>>

i think we are thinking too small we say eliminate the department of education. i think we need to look bigger. i think we need to look at how we can change the education system in the country to rain gauge parents and education of their children -- re-engage parents in the education of their children. >> in just under 15 minutes we expect the u.s. house to gavel back in to begin debate on the rule for a bill that would cut all discretionary non-security or defense battles -- federal spending to fiscal 2008 levels. the house coming in at 2:00 p.m. eastern with a vote expected tuesday. the senate comes in tuesday as well. the first time in a couple of weeks for the senate. it will take up debate in consideration of possible worlds changes to the filibuster rule. live coverage of the senate on c-span2 and house on c-span. coverage on both networks tomorrow evening of the president's state of the union address. our c-span coverage, the preprogrammed gets underway at 8:00 tomorrow and the speech gets underway at 9:00. 2011 marks 30 years since the start of the ronald