that's according to a new report by the education policy institute.y of their time at secondary school on free school dinners — a key measure of poverty — are increasingly lagging behind in their attainment. the department for education says the attainment gap has narrowed over the past six years and £2.5 billion of extra funding is being invested in schools to help the most disadvantaged pupils. we can speak now to mandy harnetty. she's a single parent of four children. she works part—time but has had to rely on benefits to make ends meet. her youngest son is 17 and just doing his exams. and tash moriarty, head teacher of harefield academy in watford. she has done a lot of work focusing on helping disadvantaged children. i will start with you, four kids, single parent, you been on benefits as well. yep. tell us about the financial pressures you were put under. they are sort of universal to most people, but when you are on a very, very low fixed income, it is ha rd to very, very low fixed income, it is hard to budget, it is hard to make sure that you

the education policy institute have been looking at whether the government has succeeded in doing thatde the rightjudgment. that they do seem to have made the right judgment. and if that they do seem to have made the rightjudgment. and if students get an average of the new grade 5, in gcses... an average of the new grade 5, in gcses. . . that an average of the new grade 5, in gcses. .. that is a strong pass? yes, then england would be performing at then england would be performing at the level of the best nations in the world in subjects like maths and english. that compares with the old pass mark which was a c. so one of the things the government is trying to do is refocus our system to say, look, if we want to be world class, c, the new grade 4, isn't good enough and we need to aim for grade 5. but students can't be expected to get from 4 to 5 over night. that is why it will take time and it is sensible for employers and others to compare the new system with the other. it isn't easy, when i was the minister it took me a while to work out whether at 9 was higher than a 1. you were at

the findings from the think tank, the education policy institute, suggest youngsters who've been eligibleof poverty, are increasingly lagging behind by the time they sit their gcses. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports from darlington, one of the areas judged to be failing to close the attainment gap. nicole gibbon isn't afraid of tough jobs. she took on a darlington school in crisis, worked to win trust from parents. some families, and darlington certainly isn't unique to this by a long stretch, social mobility is incredibly low and don't leave the area. schools here get less funding than london, and nicole told me many families have never moved from darlington. i have to take mum, dad, nan, grandpa with me on thatjourney, so that we're all working together and there's nobody behind, we're all together. what are the kind of fears they might have? the unknown. the unknown, the lack of experience and lack of opportunities that they perhaps didn't have themselves, through no fault of their own. but it is the unknown and that fear of "we're all right as we are". some parts of engla

a study by the education policy institute has found that pupils on free school meals can be up to twoes by the time they finish secondary school. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports from darlington. nicole given is not afraid tough drops. she took on a darlington school in crisis. she worked to win trust from parents. some families in darlington, certainly, it is not unique to this by a long stretch, they have social mobility that is incredibly low and don't leave the area. schools here get less funding than london and nicole told me many families have never moved from darlington. you have to take mum, dad, grandpa with me on that journey, so that we are all working together. there is nobody behind, we are all together. what other kind of fears they might have? the unknown, the lack of experience and lack of opportunities that they perhaps didn't have themselves, through no fault of their own. but it is the unknown and that fear of, we are all right as we are. some parts of england have reduced the education 93p- england have reduced the education gap. it's seven or eight mo

that's the conclusion from the education policy institute, and is based on data from all state schoolsas narrowed over the past six years. jessica parker reports. finding the solution — this imperial college london summer school is all about raising aspirations. my parents didn't go to university. so i kind of felt i wanted to go to university. my teachers and my peers especially have been encouraging, saying that i'm good enough and that i can do it. i don't think anyone should have external influences on how their education should turn out. i think everyone should have an equal chance. it should be fair. i don't think anyone should be left behind, for whatever reason. today's report works out that for some disadvantaged kids, the attainment gap has closed slightly over the last ten years. but when it comes to the very poorest children, it's a different picture. at the end of primary school they are on average over one year behind. but by the time they take their gcses, the gap has widened to nearly two years. that figure is slightly worse than a decade ago. and there are huge regiona

a study by the education policy institute has found pupils on free school meals can be up to two yearsanwen jeffreys reports from darlington. nicole gibbon is not afraid of tough jobs. she took on a darlington school in crisis and worked to win trust from parents. some families, and darlington certainly isn't unique to this by a long stretch, social mobility is incredibly low and don't leave the area. schools here get less funding than london and nicole told me many families have never moved from darlington. you have to take mum, dad, nan, grandpa with me on thatjourney, so that we're all working together and there's nobody behind, we're all together. what are the kind of fears they might have? the unknown. the unknown, the lack of experience and lack of opportunities that they perhaps didn't have themselves, through no fault of their own. but it is the unknown and that fear of, we're all right as we are. some parts of england have reduced the education gap. it's seven or eight months in tower hamlets, hackney and southwark, all of them london boroughs. but it's 25 to 27 months in darl

that's the conclusion of the education policy institute. finding the solution — this imperial college london summer school is all about raising aspirations. my parents didn't go to university. so i kind of felt i wanted to go to university. my teachers and my peers especially have been encouraging, saying that i'm good enough and that i can do it. i don't think anyone should have external influences on how their education should turn out. i think everyone should have an equal chance. it should be fair. i don't think anyone should be left behind, for whatever reason. today's report works out that for some disadvantaged kids, the attainment gap has closed slightly over the last ten years. but when it comes to the very poorest children, it's a different picture. at the end of primary school they are on average over one year behind. but by the time they take their gcses, that gap has widened to nearly two years. that figure is slightly worse than a decade ago. and there are huge regional variations. the attainment gap is generally smaller in lo

that's the conclusion of the education policy institute.imperial college london summer school is all about raising aspirations. my parents didn't go to university. so i kind of felt i wanted to go to university. my teachers and my peers especially have been encouraging, saying that i'm good enough and that i can do it. i don't think anyone should have external influences on how their education should turn out. i think everyone should have an equal chance. it should be fair. i don't think anyone should be left behind, for whatever reason. today's report works out that for some disadvantaged kids, the attainment gap has closed slightly over the last ten years. but when it comes to the very poorest children, it's a different picture. at the end of primary school they are on average over one year behind. but by the time they take their gcses, the gap has widened to nearly two years. that figure is slightly worse than a decade ago. and there are huge regional variations. the attainment gap is generally smaller in london, but larger in areas like

members, the board of directors, gerard robinson is a resident fellow and education policy studies at the american enterprise institute where he works on education, policy issues, policy and private school, regulatory development and implementation of k-12 laws, for profit institutions and got to know him through his tremendous work on criminal justice reform is. exciting work on criminal justice reform this. on education and reentry, and the role of community of community college for universities at the hbc yous and advancement and i am proud we have pre-graduates of hbc yous on the board of directors and tremendous experience on these issues and we have come to collaborate with very closely. he recently joined our board, is happening. >> good morning. people who were interested in elevating conversations about opportunities. when we look at the americans with disabilities act, 27 years ago, 27 years ago it became law. someone who likes public policy and language, in preparation for this i take a look at the words of george bush, signed into law in 1990. interesting to look at a few words that set the tone by present

welcome to our board of directors, gerard robinson is a resident fellow and education policy studies at the american enterprise institute where he works on education, policy issues including choice in public school and private school, regulatory development and implementation of k-12 laws, the roles that for-profit institutions in education, p and i got to know him through his tremendous work on criminal justice reform which has been really exciting work on criminal justice reform around education and reentry, rural education at the role of community colleges and historically black colleges and universities, that's the hbcus in adults advancement. i'm very proud that we have three graduates at hbcus on our board of directors. we really represent picky is a tremendous experience on these issues and we have come to collaborate with him very closely. so again he's recently join our board. i look forward to hearing from you, gerard, welcome. thank you very much. [applause] >> good morning. it's always an honor to be in congress, always an honor to be with people who are interested in elevating cover stations about opportuni

the center for national interests of pen studies the director of programs and education at the aspen institute and a policyident george w. bush and dean chang and asia expert at the heritage. we are seeing the key players take sides. are you surprised by their decision, what they are saying? >> no, not at all. first of the supposed rhetoric from vice president trump i don't think his rhetoric was than all that hard. i think it's unfair for beijing or moscow to be calling him. we have a little bit of a historical perspective here. 1983 ronald reagan was calling the soviet union the evil empire and two years later he's meeting with gorbachev. i think we have to understand these situations while they don't show they can turn around. we have to also keep in mind to the president is in setting policy at 140 characters on twitter so the chinese and the russians had simmered down on their rhetoric. lauren: china made it clear they want the political pattern on the korean peninsula to change. why not? >> well from their perspective they have a situation where korea which has been a strategic vulnerability througho

policy advisor for george w. bush and also director of a program and education for the action institute. and robin simcox, he's a tear in national security analyst at the heritage foundation, margaret thatcher center for freedom. thank you both for joining us. in conor powell's report are just there, he heard them discussing more than 30 countries impacted by this terror attack. the importance of global effort to get behind stopping it. paul, what we need to do? >> we need to do what we are not doing and theresa may is right. that is to treat this as a generational war, internal to our society, are people who hate our freedom, the hate that we live differently than we do, they take advantage of our freedom, they take advantage of the way we live, they go to the lowest level side of life which of people walking around in public places and a stamp and they shoot and they drive cars into them. the only way to do it that is human intelligence. there's only what to do it that is to find out on the ground, the way the israelis do this, and it went it that has caused them the free life they wan

policy institute. african-american men and women, black american men and women who have the same experience and the same education as their white counterparts are often paid less. so when we talk about jobs, are we talking about pay equity, are we talking about jobs that have benefits. a lot of people in color and poor people in a lot of communities are struggling with low-paying jobs. jobs that have shift works or don't have benefits. jobs are the solution. everyone wants a job, everyone wants to be able to contribute to the society and to work, but i think at the end of the day it's really easy to look over the discrimination that the culver discrimination that often shows up in a lot of our -- >> takes reminder. it was at the core of the civil rights movement. as soon as you talk about that and make that reference, i can't help but envision the placards that i am a man on one of the demonstrators. it was about equality and what behind martin luther king's n social justice plan here was about equality and leveling the playing field. we're not done with this topic, thank you for now because of course this is --

housing and urban development and then the journal of education and research the associate editor of housing policy debateitor the master of the institute of technology from the university of of california berkeley.boar and from the national association of homebuilders with that texas based builder his company provides affordable housing and also as to have extensive experience in the leadership with the board of directors sharing that committee is to hold that degree in the texas school of business still kick this off with your opening remarks. >> members of the subcommittee year to date to discuss the low housing program the largest sourcerogr of affordable rental houses completing three reviews of this program and with those allocating agencies and conducting these reviews the with the cooperationrd r it afford to rude conduct when continuing relationships binin c to administering the program allows state and local agencies in then allocating agencies in finding that isnt bearing to redress keep federal requirements. allocating agencies are for any property compliance for girl imagine is the most common form. and that those submit th

institutional and then from central banks. they have yet to make sufficient investments in infrastructure, education and human capital more generally. so there's stuff that can be done on the policy repeat some mistakes that happened in the financial crisis more than a decade ago as they evolve to what happened in 2009. so something worth reading in the op-ed pains frpages. >> that cautiousness referred to in the article is evident in the ecb meeting minutes, which show that even though there's a growing support to scale back on stimulus, policymakers are still divided. concern about whether the economy can handle that. >> we'll carry some of those themes into the last part of our show we have a great guest coming up to talk about that interest rate picture. >> coming up, futures hovering near the flat line following the second worst day for stocks. we'll have your adtring day setup coming up. she can't become a guitar legend just by playing air guitar. the baby's room won't build itself. and her paw won't heal on its own. we're all working forward to something. synchrony financial can help your customers make it happen sooner. so she can plug into her dreams... and they'll have

education and mental health and social services and emergency assistance to the refugees. to my extreme right is a fellow at the brookings institution director for middle east policy is taught at georgetown and stanford and indonesia and is currently writing a book on the grand strategy and domestic origin. then we will be time for questions from you in the audience and we will close at 1:30. let me start with you if you could paint a picture of the current also paint a picture of the flows that are obstructed and how would you describe this sort of situation since the conflict of 2014. i know that there has been a report and amendments to that. five years ago now, but me start with a brief quote from the report. the population increased around 2.1 million. it's struggling to keep pace. by 2020 coming electricity petitions need to double to meet the demand to the coastal aquifer will be universal and hundreds of new schools will be needed for the overwhelmingly young population. we have 290,000. 86,000 were damaged including 7,000 that were destroyed in 5,000 bu5,000 that nader had ma. there was severe distress particularly among children and they found virtually 100% of th

education and research. he is associate editor of housing policy and debate. after mcclure holds a masters in city planning degree from the massachusetts institute of technology and it ph.d. degree from the university of california at her glee. finally mr. granger mcdonnell board of directors of the national association of homeowners and president of them donald's companies. mr. met donnell is a texas-based donor and 40 years of experience in the homebuilding -- affordable housing for communities in need in the states ware and small metro areas. mr. mcdonald also has extensive experience working in the nahb leadership including more than 30 years on the nahb board of directors and cheering the federal government if there's committee state and local government affairs committee the housing credit group the multifamily council. mr. mcdonald's holds a degree in real estate and finance from the university of texas school of business. we will start with you mr. garcia diaz. you will kick this off with your opening remarks if you will. >> thank you. mr. chairman ranking member wyden members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discu

education and research. he is associate editor of housing policy and debate. after mcclure holds a masters in city planning degree from the massachusetts institute of technology and it ph.d. degree from the university of california at her glee. finally mr. granger mcdonnell board of directors of the national association of homeowners and president of them donald's companies. mr. met donnell is a texas-based donor and 40 years of experience in the homebuilding -- affordable housing for communities in need in the states ware and small metro areas. mr. mcdonald also has extensive experience working in the nahb leadership including more than 30 years on the nahb board of directors and cheering the federal government if there's committee state and local government affairs committee the housing credit group the multifamily council. mr. mcdonald's holds a degree in real estate and finance from the university of texas school of business. we will start with you mr. garcia diaz. you will kick this off with your opening remarks if you will. >> thank you. mr. chairman ranking member wyden members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discu

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institution. thank you to amber and to all of you for coming and joining in on what i think will be an interesting discussion of an interesting topic. i am an education policy researcher. most of my work looks at the demand side of school issues and choice. school reform as a type of market reform weather is a supply-side and a demand side, there are questions about what it is that schools do when they have the autonomy that comes with these reforms and the demand side is the question of what it is that parents and families one. ino a lot of that work now new orleans. the question of high schools a little bit nervous about how that works. what types of garb as we would need to put in for high school choice in particular. a part of that reason is that it comes with the puzzling finding that comes out of the work from a years ago. that is my dissertation research. as part of that dissertation, i was running experiments here in washington dc and also in milwaukee. it was a very simple experiment. the idea was that we would randomly assigned some parents to get a booklet that would have information about schools. they would have this nice colorful booklet that

institution. thank you to amber and to all of you for coming and joining in on what i think will be an interesting discussion of an interesting topic. i am an education policy researcher. most of my work looks at the demand side of school issues and choice. if you think of school reform as a type of market reform weather is a supply-side and a demand side, there are questions about what it is that schools do when they have the autonomy that comes with these reforms and the demand side is the question of what it is that parents and families one. i do a lot of that work now in new orleans. i come to the question of high schools a little bit nervous about how that works. what types of garb as we would need to put in for high school choice in particular. a part of that reason is that it comes with the puzzling finding that comes out of the work from a years ago. that is my dissertation research. as part of that dissertation, i was running experiments here in washington dc and also in milwaukee. it was a very simple experiment. the idea was that we would randomly assigned some parents to get a booklet that would have information about schools. they would have th

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