cliff chuang is the associate commissioner for educational department of elementary and secondary education. he leads the department charter school authorizing work and school. what do you do exactly as the assistant commissionhair? >> so a key part oaf my work is overseeing the state's charter authorizing functionism this is the function of determining who can open a charter school and making sure they're high quality, but i also oversee initiatives related to expanding the time and the traditional district school day as well as innovation schools, which is a version of school independent within districts. i also work on issues related to digital learning, so using tech knowledge to change the way teaching and learning happens in our classrooms and then work related to learning supports, afterschool supports, summer school supports and also working with our earliest learnings with the program for earlylin ugin kindergarten in particular. >> sounds like you do everything non-traditional in education. >> a little. the point of educational redesign, the center at the department is exploring h

a norfolk elementary school has been named a 2016 national title 1 distinguished school by the nebraska department of education. westside elementary was one of two nebraska schools chosen for the national recognition for exceptional student performance. title 1 is a federal program that provides funding for school districts across the country to aid in the education of economically- disadvantaged students. a new nebraska roads task force will focus on potential economic development, among other topics wheit prioritizes roads construction projects. nebraska governor pete ricketts told news talk wjag that he's talked with roads director kyle schneweis, who will meet with the 19- member task force numerous times in the next year. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix." jessica rae: coming up in sports... iowa is still on track for a perfect regular season. hear from the hawkeyes after the break scott: stay tuned for today's forecast... alex walker has more on what an undefeated iowa would mean to the college football playoffs. saturday afternoon, iowa beat maryland 31-1

the nebraska department of education has named norfolk's westside elementary school a 2016 national title 1 school. the national annually to two state and recognizes exceptional student achievement. over the past five years, state assessments show that westside students have increased their reading proficiency from 71 to 90 percent, while math proficiency improved from 54 percent to 84. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix. " jessica rae: a meat producer based in omaha nebraska is recalling based in omaha nebraska is recalling over 150 thousand pounds of meat, due to e- coli concerns. the u.s. department of agriculture's food safety and inspection service announced today. all american meats, incorporated of omaha,, is recalling approximately 167 thousand pounds of ground beef products that may contain e. coli , for more information on which beef products may have been affected visit our website at siouxland matters -dot-com jessica rae: in honor of veteran's day, the long lines family rec center will allow servicemen and women to climb the rock

education department. today, sunnyside principal blair taylor will unveil the plaque presented to him by the u.s. department of education earlier this month in washington, d.c. other siouxland schools receiving blue ribbon designation are bancroft- rosalie elementary and washington elementary in norfolk. it's been another rainy day in siouxland. will things dry out any time soon? stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach coming up here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees this ben, another soggy siouxland day. << a weather system that has already produced tornadoes well to our south and blizzard conditions well to our west will bring mere thundershowers to siouxland throughout the day. after a stormy morning, showers will become more sparse by the middle of the day before picking up again this evening and overnight tonight. there's still the off chance of a light wet snow/mix in our extreme western cities, but other than that, the majority of precipitation the next couple days should be in the form of rain. we'll continue to see more hit and miss showers on wednesday ahead of a cold front that will bring much cooler temperatures and strong winds behind it. we'll finally get the sunshine back on

that prompted patterson's department of education to cancel classes at east side high, roberto clemente elementary schools, school 11 and 15, as well as madison avenue pre-k. this photo shows what plans were to restore it and make it a multi-purpose venue. now a crew's been put on standby to deal with what's left. >> it suffered significant damage. and it's an old structure to begin with. it's an vacant structure, everything's possible. >> reporter: a live look now at water still being put on the patterson armory. at one point, we looked up and saw the flames were green because of the copper and the tin on the roof of the building. one firefighter suffered a minor injury to his back. and people nearby have been offered temporary shelter at the clemente school or been told to simply close doors, windows, or if they come outside, use one of these. live in patterson, new jersey, tracie strahan, news 4 new york. >> even in the rain, put that mask on, tracie, thank you. you saw her with the umbrella there, tracie, we want to turn to weather now. off and on for the rest of the day. but when it stop? let

of new units being built over the last five years. not a single new elementary school seat has been added since 2010. the department of educationol seats for every 100 units it builds. and we have simply not seen this. >> yet maybe the claim will be we don't need it because nine blocks away there's a school with empty seats. >> well, you might say that, but there aren't enough seats. even if the school were filled. if ps-191 were completely at capacity, we would still be shy. several hundred seats that we're talking about for the southern district of new york. >> so my social sciences self, my kind of racial justice social sciences self on one side and my parent of young children self on the other side, right. we know that test scores are not necessarily about educational quality. they tend to really be about a proxy -- if you put your 5-year-old at a school nine blocks away, that they're never going to get into prince tol, harvard, yale, right? >> absolutely. there are a couple of things here. we know test scores are highly correlated with socioeconomic status. you can actually see that from some of the research now. i think t

the elementarys had such a high level of performance the past five years, that they were nominated by the federal department of education to receive the special award. it recognizes schools who have outstanding academic excellence. sisix city school's superintendent says it's a statement that the work they're doing is paying off. the parents, the staff members have really worked hard to bring about a achievement and i'm very proud of them for this hard work," said sioux city community schools superintendent, dr. paul gausman. other siouxland schools receiving blue ribbon designation are bancroft- rosalie elementary and washington elementary in norfolk. five schools in the state of iowa received the blue ribbon this year including ridge view in holstein. about 330 schools received it nationwide. brad's here -- the hawkeyes keep rolling along. iowa plays their final home game saturday against purdue. we'll hear from the hawks. and, morningside takes home most of the post-seseon hardware in are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- he's taking on wall

the elementaries performed at high levels the past five years, that they were nominated by the federal department of education to receive the special award. the award recognizes schools excellence. sioux city school's superintendent says it's a statement that the work they're doing is paying off. his team here, the students, the parents, the staff members have really worked hard to bring about a heightened level of student achievement and i'm very proud of them for this hard work," said sioux city community schools superintendent, dr. paul gausman. other siouxland schools receiving blue ribbon designation are bancroft- rosalie elementary and washington elementary in norfolk. five schools in the state of iowa received the blue ririon this year including ridge view in holstein about 330 schools received it nationwide. a group of penguins at a zoo in denmark tried to escape last week. we'll show you their escape attempt coming up in what's trending. and i'll have your complete america's never been a country of quitters. it's not who we are. we don't ignore threats like climate change. we face our problems head-o