arts and education, six, economics education, foreign language assistance program, and one of the things i've always disliked about no child left behind is that it's crowded out the arts and music and pe, and this would help at least broaden that out getting rebels no child left behind. islamic just a recognition very briefly i would say to the author of the amendment and to the chairman. had you adopted my amendment to pots of money and flexibility of these were covered as well as of the school wanted to do p.e. or whatever, the funds were there, the flexibility was there to have accomplished all of this and we wouldn't have to create a new program or wish that we had created a new program because schools would have the flexibility to do what they wanted. >> mr. sherman? >> i don't think there is anything in this that can't be done under title i of the schools choose to do that, and it sets up a new program and it looks like delegates our wishes for a $500 million to be used for this. so this is 17 more pages and another bunch of money. >> one of the basic reasons to put forth this amen

so that early education, before the age of 5, is crucial.hin my community, i think through a referendum they decided to create a special tax for new centers, to create bilingual centers for this side of education, at an early age, is crucial. one of the things we have to to take control of our own future. we have to invest in what's important. investing in what's important, ana she has some ideas, what can we do so that this will work? more early childhood centers for hispanic children? >> thank you very much, jorge. following the same path than dr. padron, i'm also from miami, my boss is david lawrence, he's a person who really pushed to establish that referendum. but i want to tell children need a lot of adults supporting them. starting with their families. education starts at home, and we as parents, have to do as much as possible to help to learn the things that we're supposed to do or need to do. in miami dade county, we have done great programs, we have implemented great programs so that the family can participate and can have the reso

why is girls education so important? i've gone to the extent now where i say you can drop bombs and build roads or put in electricity but until the girls are implicated, society won't change. several global studies show if you educate a girl to fifth grade level it does three things. reduce infant mortality, population explosion reduction and improve the quality of life and health. if your interested you can look up a guy called, well he wrote a book called development is freedom. it's a fat book. in the 60's another writer had the very foresite to see that girls education would be a process to bring about stabilization of population. he wrote a book called the poverty curve and jeffery sacks wrote the end of poverty in bangladesh a great example, they introduced 35 years ago to do a campaign to get all women and men or boys literate. it was 22% and today it's more than 75 percent if you look at a demographic curve with the population, you can see it's just starting to reach an apex in bangladesh. they're way ahead of in

i am pleased to represent our company on hispanic education. i want to add my greetings to those who have heard from this evening. we haven't been in ball for nearly five years -- we have been involved for nearly five years. each year our partnership has grown. we provide strong foundations for hundreds of school districts are broaround the country. for those of you who do not know how earmarkaeromakrrk, we work e educational systems to deliver mutually determined quality and excellence that greatly impacts each school district's achievement of goals for the students and communities. we take seriously our commitment to help create nutritious, state, and clean up learning environments. community engagement is an important part of what we bring to public/private partnerships. it is part of why we believe strongly in supporting education associations like this that provide a wealth of resources for its membership. for instance, we partner to develop a white paper on confronting the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, which as we know effects ch

it's their job to get a good education.'t do this i+ññr91z but if we're perpetuating those dropout factories, we're not just condemning those children to poverty, we're hurting those entire communities. >> one thing that seems to be the norm is a conversation about teachers, teacher quality, teacher attitude, even teacherl there seems to be a national conversation about whether teachers are doing the right thing or whether we're doing the right thing by teachers. how do you get touch on teachers? >> i don't think the goal is to get tough on teachers. a lot of things haven't happened that we're to turn around. teaching is tough, tough work, as you know better than anyone else. it's not for the faint of heart. we lose far too many young teachers because we don't adequately support them. ipÑd workers. they're changing students lives every single day. often in tough communities, without resources, why are we scared to shine a spotlight and incentivize teachers every >> how do we measure that excellent -- i think one of the conc

public education? is there a mix of public and private? >> our school system is almost 100% public. >> what percentage of students who graduate from high school would go on to further education? >> over 95% will go on to university or what we call the institute of technical education. >> it is vocational type of education. how are the teachers recruited? >> we think the teachers at the heart of the educational system. no education system can be better than the quality of the educators. we invest heavily in recruiting the top graduates. we offer many opportunities for professional development. we offer free career tracks for our teachers -- three career tracks for our teachers. the key to do different aspirations. region they cater to different aspirations. >> how are teachers looked upon by the general public? >> in singapore, there is deep respect for learning and hard work. teachers are very well-regarded in terms of their social standing. we pay above a similar job in the markets. we benchmark the s

maybe elementary education binls begins -- maybe elementary education begins at birth. that we have to rethink that elementary education really does begin at birth, and that too many kids start first grade, and they are way behind already, and many of them will never catch up. that's when the brain develops the most. we know that in these early years. again, we did some things in this bill to begin to focus more on early learning. i wish we could have done more, but we didn't. we reached compromises on this bill. i agree with the senator from pennsylvania. we have to focus more effort and energy and resources call that money. we will come back at 2:00, thinking 2:00 might stretch to 3:00. so we'll come back after the segments from 1:00 to 2:00. after those, welcome back and continue to make progress. >> senator, i would like to make an offer to senator casey. >> senator murkowski and have already had two hearings on this block grant, so when we talk about the two or three years we have been lapsed on no child left behind, that's minor in comparison to the childhood bloc

there's a direct link between the educate -- the percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives. it's not conjecture. it is a fact. and yet, a third of our kids graduate from high school, even though we spend more per student than any country in the world, a third of our kids graduate from high school college ready. a third graduate, say, hey, i'm a college graduate, but when they go to community college or college, they have to take remedial courses. >> and to compound that, they also, many of them, end up with crippling debts, which is so -- and not quite where they should be anyway, and they're in debt. this whole system, it seems, from almost start to finish, is deeply flawed. why has it got to this? why has nobody really got to grits with this? >> i think our country has rested on its laurels. the things we've relied on culturally and politically and economically, we have not adjusted them to the new realities. the new realities are technology has changed our lives forever, the world's moving faster, we're in a globalized economy. we have new challenges ec

in fact, sacramento is taking a lot of money back from higher education, lower education.y is going in the opposite direction. what's the answer? you want to go back to sacramento? what is the first thing we need to do to turn the gear in another direction? >> there are 37 latinos in the state legislature. we have the latino and african-american and asian legislators. we get to about 40. we're close to a third. in all of our discussions, education is our number one priority. education is our number one priority. and we're committed. we were committed as legislators to do all that we could to introduce legislation that would increase the level of funding for schools who have the greatest needs. right? to making sure that kids have the greatest needs. so we're going to begin to get to that one. the second part is that in california, we used toub number one in the country in terms of how much it invested in public schools and students. now we're down in the 40s. so we've got to reverse that pattern. >> can we afford to do that? >> yes, we can afford it. california is the eigh

you gotten a good education.owing the kids are ahead of reading that went, that got the voucher, biggest union says that d.c. voucher program has been a failure. it's yielded no evidence of positive impact on students' achievement. >> how state failure when the public school system is failing students. it is failing its students. how can you say that a voucher program is a failure. i continues to understand that. >> john: i don't understand that either. >> we have data on graduation rates. d.c. public schools, 49% graduation rate. now, we put voucher losers and winners on the graph because perhaps people like your mother who apply for the vousmer are a different group. that a pretty basic study. ones who got the sloucher, 70% graduate versus 90% of the voucher winners. 91% from your school do better. >> it's proven. it really is. >> and we asked the nea to say how can you say this and they didn't call us back. i'm glad its worked out for you. thank you for joining us. next, more good news very exciting things are

to link it to education?w we are able to judge something or determine something or implement. and so it is that we need to make sure we recognize technology in all aspects, including education. >> it's been a fascinating debate about education with both of you the last hour. let me ask you finally in five years time, if we were to reconvene, what's the one thing you would most like to have achieved with all the initiatives you are going in? governor bush? >> consistently higher graduation rates. greater focus on the fundamentals of education so that young people are prepared to be college and career ready. >> i agree totally. that's why we work together so much on this.

guest: educators need as much money -- as much education and special-education teachers. the tracks need to be more integrated than they are. host: to a brownstone in maryland -- to maryland now >> good morning -- to maryland now , good morning. caller: i was on a school board from 1985 to 1999. during that time, two things happened. one, the prison population went up, so that took a lot of school money. the other thing that happened was special education. the problem for a school district is there is no wiggle room in special education. for instance, there were times when teachers were laid off, but we hired special education teachers. there were times when -- it might be toward the end of the school year and the 16th person came along for the special education class, and, in a regular education class, you could that changed the number per pupil, but not in special education. the other thing that i wonder about is, how much to parents -- and do parents see schools not doing as well for the regular- education students, turning toward charters and other things? i wonder wh

education for technology. we first included this program and the elementary and secondary education act of 1994. it has been twice approved by this committee with bipartisan support in the prior congress and the co-sponsor ship of the reauthorization that i am here trying to propose that we have to the bill. the program has been until recently well funded the congress appropriated 700 million in fiscal year 04 and 650 million as part of the recovery act unfortunately funding for this program is a victim of budget cuts in the fiscal year 2011 continuing resolution. in my view now it is not the time to retreat from support of education technology i listen to my colleagues here and i agree with what has been said. i think senator bennett made the point that i think as he phrased it we have a completely obsolete system of education. one of the solutions to that problem is to ensure that new technologies are integrated into our educational system in an effective way personalized learning programs, digital textbooks

is it returning a quality education? >>> plus, do high-achieving students suffer when schools divert resources to struggling students? >>> but first, make your education count, and get the job you want. two-thirds of employers are concerned over the education and skills gap in the u.s. this is according to careerbuilder.com. employers say the most significant skills gaps are in engineering and information technology. so how do you prepare for some of the fastest-growing middle class jobs out there? joannie rugi is the senior vice president and cleave employment analysts at randstad and ellen gordon reeves is author of "can i wear my nose ring to the interview." we'll get to that great title in a moment. but joannie, where are the jobs available? i know the statistic, there are more than 3 million open jobs in america. where are they? health care? >> everybody is looking. they want to know where the jobs are at. there are a lot of sectors hiring. health care is a lot sector, engineering, information technology, accounting

you gotten a good education.owing the kids are ahead of reading that went, that got the voucher, biggest union says that d.c. voucher program has been a failure. it's yielded no evidence of positive impact on students' achievement. >> how state failure when the public school system is failing students. it is failing its students. how can you say that a voucher program is a failure. i continues to understand that. >> john: i don't understand that either. >> we have data on graduation rates. d.c. public schools, 49% graduation rate. now, we put voucher losers and winners on the graph because perhaps people like your mother who apply for the vousmer are a different group. that a pretty basic study. ones who got the sloucher, 70% graduate versus 90% of the voucher winners. 91% from your school do better. >> it's proven. it really is. >> and we asked the nea to say how can you say this and they didn't call us back. i'm glad its worked out for you. thank you for joining us. next, more good news very exciting things are

you gotten a good education.te the data showing the kids are ahead of reading that went, that got the voucher, biggest union says that d.c. voucher program has been a failure. it's yielded no evidence of positive impact on students' achievement. >> how state failure when the public school system is failing students. it is failing its students. how can you say that a voucher program is a failure. i continues to understand that. >> john: i don't understand that either. >> we have data on graduation rates. d.c. public schools, 49% graduation rate. now, we put voucher losers and winners on the graph because perhaps people like your mother who apply for the vousmer are a different group. that a pretty basic study. ones who got the sloucher, 70% graduate versus 90% of the voucher winners. 91% from your school do better. >> it's proven. it really is. >> and we asked the nea to say how can you say this and they didn't call us back. i'm glad its worked out for you. thank you for joining us. next, more good news very excit

how would you change education in america? how would you change education in america? let me show you "the washington times" this morning and there headlines -- their headlines. this shows tom harkin, a democrat. he is expected to present the plan today. the piece says he is working with his republican counterpart, michael enzi from wyoming. the details are not known but it says house republicans are also working on legislation and they are moving forward on their own policy overhaul -- a five-part package focusing on freeing states and school districts on many mandates and how to spend federal money, promoting more charter schools and changing the definition of effective teachers and offering more leeway of the type of instructors schools can put in the classroom. dozens of states, by the way, plan to apply for those waivers according to the education secretary. we want to hear from all of you. how would you change education in america? john is joining us on the line for all others from lancaster, pennsylvania. caller: i would go with raising teachers' salaries 15% to

have on education. what does that say. what does that say to you. >> i think we've got some priorities wrong. now you don't solve those priorities by putting restrictions on free flow of people who bring in that technology and bring in those brains, many of them settle here, many start organizations here. and somebody should analyze the number of fortune 500 companies where immigrants have played an absolutely critical role in founding those companies. >> rose: who stayed here after they got an education here at the graduate level. >> absolutely. >> rose: and at some of our best universities and some of our great state universities as well. so wipro, how is it doing. >> wipro is well but i think we will do much better in the future well. made some transformational changes, we made change in leadership. >> ros in terms o succession. >> in terms ofsuccession, in terms of leadership. in terms of the way we have simplified the business, made it faster under feet and we are starting to see results of it happ

and secondary education reauthorization -- and to this education and secondary education reauthorization act. i think if i am not mistaken, 41 states have already said that they are going to adopt some accountability standards. again, we are trying to find a way to be a partner with the state's. while i might agree with the senator on this, i appreciate the fact that he has withdrawn the amendment. >> i too appreciate the fact that he withdrew the amendment. i understand where he wants to go and i realize this would be the appropriate place to go if you with the superintendent. we do not want to form a national school board, and that is the opposition that you hear from the other side. that puts us in charge of what their targets would be. i think that is a state and a local obligation to do that. my hope is they will exceed anything we might have set up as standard. that possibility exists as long as we are not telling them what to do. >> may i comment on the amendment? i also appreciate the amendment and the senator being willing to offer it and withdrawing it so we can discuss it and

there is a passion for education and parents pour their soles into getting their kids better educationsy've seen the returns. partly because they built up the human capital. it breaks my heart in this country to see it declining relative to those countries in terms of education. >> fantastic discussion. let's do it again. nice to see you all. >>> have you ever heard had a guy named sal kahn? an mba and two degrees and in math and chemistry and theoretical physics. want a free tutor? he's your man. he's here next. king psyllium fir won't make you a model but you should feel a little more super. metamucil. down with cholesterol. this is t kind ruck that has it all. ♪ gue thameans youan dit all. it's thevseason of doing now combine the all-star editn discount with oer offers for a tal value of $6,000. or quifieduys can get 0% apr for 60 mont plus $1,000 llan ll sileradmols. get to your evy aler and ghat truck today the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enou

i have been in education 20 years myself. it is incredibly important to me, because it is not my vocation, it is also my application. i have three children. we love it. we are incredibly proud of the program. and of all of our kids, of course. it is this time right now where we're seeing a transition from state to common standards, from print to digital, from delivering content, delivering learning in one setting to a hybrid model and to blend in learning to online. it is this time of transition from a state categorical funding and rules and regulations to a much more flexible and dynamic world that presents incredible opportunities, but incredible challenges for us. it is through the partnership that we will figure out a way through this and create a better way. we are incredibly proud of you, alas. more than anything, i want to say thank you. thank you for your work and allowing us to partner with you, and keep up a great work. [applause] >> thank you, john. you are better looking than re anyway. just kidding. i am going to

do you think they're cutting education in china? do you think they're cutting education in finland? so guys, i appreciate you being here. i've been doing this a long time. long time folks here, led by chris dodd, we stid here, you went to the offices of the other guy and it made a difference. we did the crime bill. you should up and made a difference. i'm just praying it will make a difference now. because there's nothing temporary about saving somebody's life. there's nothing temporary about giving a kid a chance. thank you all very, very much. [cheers and applause] leader harry reid. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. i want the lesson that everyone takes away is that we make sure there's a vote on our bill this week. to make sure we do that, we have to work something out. we're going to protect ourselves. you know the republicans that work in the senate suit up every day. come down to play their game in the senate by following the lead of their leader. that is to do whatever they can do to make sure they do everything they can to make barack obama's life miserable. tha

excluding the school buses for special education students. and because these and the it is unified school district aims to promote an appreciation of the diversity that exists in every neighborhood and community, you should be able to access of the opportunities advances go has to offer, including but not limited to after-school programs, museums, parks, and job opportunities regardless of what neighborhood they live in. at the result of the elimination of school buses as a commuting options, all students that depend on school buses are forced to find alternative in node of transportation. and whereas free muni would eliminate the challenges of purchase and distribution that hindered the success of the life line passes. and whereas environmental awareness is important in the city of san francisco and allowing them to utilize public transportation systems advances our goal to a more sustainable environment. and whereas the recent downturn in the economy places a financial burden on families making it difficult for them to afford the additional

[speaking spanish] >> my son is in special education. he is in a program where he gets transportation, and they told me he would get the services for special needs if i wanted to. >> [speaking spanish] >> some other people in the school have stopped me and told me i am bad, but i should not say those five things about the principle, but i know because i have seen them. >> [speaking spanish] >> someone approached me, and there are three of us who came to place a complaint, but that person said, i know what you are doing. we are not going to do anything wrong. it looks like we are not going to be able to do anything because they seem to have more influence on mr. positions -- on district positions. >> [speaking spanish] >> my problem right now is my kindergarten girl has been told many times, you do not know nothing, and they take her out of the classroom. they say she is mischievous, and i know kids are mischievous, but they never called to tell me she has been placed in silent lunch. >> [speaking spanish] >> my daughter cries every day.

from education to location. location, location, location.ot only dictates real estate value it is can also affect women's health. a new study finds low income women who move to higher income neighborhoods are less likely to become obese or have diabetes. the u.s. department of housing and urban development tested the long-term health impacts of more than 4,000 poor women with children living in housing projects or low income neighborhoods. in five cities, hud offered housing vouchers to random groups of women and only if they relocated to better neighborhoods. the women who did, were 20% less likely to be extremely obese, or to have diabetes. researchers can't pinpoint the reasons why. but they believe women in nicer neighborhoods have more access to healthier foods, doctors, and to safe areas to exercise or to get out of the house and move. they also believe the long-term stress of living in dangerous neighborhoods may alter the hormones that control weight. and i'm thinking that may be the most important factor congressman edwards what do

what are some of the leavers of change for education? talking about really whalookingt that port in terms of the shipyard transformation in the district. i wanted to talk specifically about the work ahead and how we are feeling excited about going to scale out there. for those of you who follow federal housing policy, there was a program called hope 6 created under clinton. it was cut back drastically. under obama, it is the new public housing transformation program. the exciting thing is that it does not take the old footprint and bold new apartments and hope for the past. it is actually transformative. it is about housing conditions and creating a mixed income ladder. it is about talking to the people in the neighborhood and what kind of opportunities the residents themselves gain. these are service opportunities that are not too far in these neighborhoods. they are addressing the core safety issues in the neighborhood. most of our housing developments are very island-like. we are talking about the whole neighborhood of services. this

really, it is paramount and centered on education. for young people, making sure, ensuring we are providing them a quality education in public schools. i served as chair on the select committee, a committee between the members of the board of supervisors and members on the school board, coming together to address the challenges. in this particular case, we are talking about education. we are talking about a working- class community, the excelsior, the bayview, all of these different neighborhoods are smaller enclaves. we still see the same kinds of challenges. when the schools begin to perform a stellar academic programs, businesses will continue to relocate because the employees will want to live in san francisco and want kids to be educated here. it is a cyclical and symbiotic creation ship. another challenges that we have the highest unemployment rate in this part of san francisco. san francisco before, the numbers are starting to come down a little bit. we have high rates in the latter part of last year, but it is starting to -- i

if you can imagine the six figures for a four-year private college education.hat. i really can't do that. >> exactly. when you first just understand that you should not have to and you don't have to pay for all of it, that helps you with your planning. borrow a third or plan on borrowing a third. plan on -- which will keep your borrowing costs down by the way. >> your kid is doing that borrowing. >> your kid is doing that borrowing. also you can go for scholarship and grants for a third and then you can save up for a third. if you keep the borrowing to a third, too, that keeps you from doing what unfortunately a lot of folks have done just to get the degree and borrow way too much especially in comparison with what the entry-level jobs are paying. >> you don't want to borrow more money than that child will earn in the first few years out. >> we love our kids, but not every kid is set for a four-year private institution. you do have to think of it as an investment and in reality terms, how real is the prospect that this child will take this degree and run with i

i want to fully fund education and san francisco. but eighth year of my administration, to fully fund education, and expanding schools and sports programs and libraries. i want to build affordable housing in san francisco. i want to support local property owners to prevent defaults and foreclosures. i want to look at how the banks can write down loans and property, house is that are underwater. properties where if we did that we would give families much more buying power and put more money into the local economy to support local jobs. >> yes, i feel that housing. we're talking about housing, is the central crisis and san francisco because we are this beautiful little peninsula surrounded by a lot of water and a lot of people who want to live here. we already have a lot of rich people living here, and i would stop building housing for the wealthy. that is it, moratorium on market-rate housing. if we do not develop any more of it until we develop housing for the rest of us, for the middle class, families, working class workers, artists

the district's redesign of how special education services are provided. implementation of the district wide family engagement plan. expanding access to quality after-school programs and the district's proposal to align sfusd's excel and after school programs and supporting parent engagement in bayview and the mission superintendent zone initiatives. as you know, we are volunteers and parents so we have limited capacity but will continue to let you know as the goals develop as the year progresses. >> as p.a.c. team, we have been paying attention to the result of the special education and we want to be more involved in understanding how the district change is changing the way the sfusd provided services to students in the special education. we are glad that district has made commitment to have more inclusive for the special education students but for the best years -- the past years, we've been hearing from parents that they don't know what the actual plans are to make these changes, or what time line are and we plan to meet with the district and coordinate

it's entertaining but not educational. so we really want parents to hear it and make a thoughtful decision on media use for their entire family. >> brown: what about the newer forms of interactive devices because many parents would say these are useful. kids are learning from these things. >> i think they can be and it depends on the device and the age of child and choice of content. but i agree with dr. bruin under the age of two. there's no proof anyone's going to learn anything and it will be a passive babysitter. as you get older, there's no question the number one category of iphone apps is for pre-schoolers so the market is responding to the idea that you can create educational interactive content. the issue, though, is making good choices. if you're a parent or educator who wants to use it. as kids get colder they can be exposed to screen time. they can use these devices in moderation. that's what the pediatrician says. you can't do it five or six hours a day. you're going to still have the issues of brain developme