for admission and made it optional. the test optional admissions. 800. they are large and small. colleges you've heard of on the list. in some ways you could say cynically that colleges are in a market crunch and they're having to be broad-minded in how they look at people. but on the other hand you could say sats don't predict college performance over and above high school gpa. they are actually not that helpful for colleges, but they have been turned into this very handy metric. if you have a kid who is a terrible tester, they are not doomed to take the s.a.t. if they don't have to. they don't have to in all cases. >> the social and emotional learning. i think 11 school districts in california are being assessed. 20% or school cultures and 20% for social and emotional learning. how are they going to assess that out in how they going to do it without totally missing the point? >> this is a great question. i talk about in the book some things we are asking. the number one instrument schools across the country are using for his social and emotional climate is a simple survey. it i

the test optional admissions 800. there are colleges he occurred up on the list, very renowned colleges. in some ways you could say colleges are in a market crunch and they are having be broad-minded in how they look at people but on the other hand you could also say s.a.t.'s don't predict college performance over and above high school gpa. so they are not that helpful for colleges that they have been turned into this handy metric. if you have a kid who is a terrible tester the s.a.t. they are not doomed to take the s.a.t.. they don't have to. >> to follow-up on social emotional learning and perhaps another level i think 11 school districts in california are going to be assessed. 20% of school cultures and 20% for social emotional learning. how are they going to -- and how are they going to do it without totally missing the point? >> this is a great question and it's a huge experiment. i talk about it in the book so thanks for asking. the number one instrument that schools across the country are using for social emoti

also stand on the other side that there's 800 colleges that have given up the act for admission and have made it optional. there's a large and small colleges, some you've heard of and in some way you could say colleges are in a a market crunch and they're having to be broad-minded in how they look at people but on the other hand you could also say sac's don't predict college performance over and above high school gpa. they're actually not that helpful for colleges but they've been turned into this very handy metric. if you have a kid who's a very terrible tester they don't have to take the sat. >> i wanted to follow up on social and emotional learning. perhaps another level. i think 11 districts in california are going to be assessed 21% by school culture and 20% for social emotional learning. how are they going to do that with out totally missing the point. >> this is a really interesting question and a huge experiment. i talk about it in the book. the number one instrument schools are using for social emotional testing is a simple survey. students answer it and teachers answer it. it's pretty simple li

optional essay. but for uc, you need the essay. michael: that's correct. so our faculty which oversee the admission requirements for undergraduate students have already determined that we will use the new sat but we will require the optional essay part, just like we do right now. because writing is such an essential building block for success at the university of california be it at uc santa cruz my campus, or any of the uc campuses. so we have required it for years with the act. we require the writing component for that so we really are going to continue to require it. jessica: okay, there's so much anxiety around this new sat, you know, not only the students but the parents. i'm anxious and i only have a 14-year-old, because there-- it's unknown. you don't know what's gonna happen. is there advantage to taking this new sat? is there something you can say to parents that will calm them down? michael: i think whether it was old, new, there's always been anxiety about standardized test scores. and so what i would say to people is to really don't get anxious about this. test anxiety really doesn't he

it's national parks week so get out there and take advantage of free admissions all over the country this week. there are so many options in our area you probably know what they are in the dmv, there we are. in virginia you have great falls park. you also have the robert e. lee memorial. in maryland this's antietam national battlefield and the clara barton house. in d.c. the national mall rock creek park and the sewell belmont house and museum. if you need more ideas, head to our facebook page we've posted a link on finding parks near you. support for these parks is critical. tracie potts as a look at the long hours and billions of dollars it takes to keep them up and running. >> reporter: barbara, this kicks off national parks week and this weekend all of the national parks including great falls are going to be free. most of them already are, the historic site, the monuments. those that have admissions charges will be waived this weekend. they are trying to not only draw in millions of visitors but also to draw attention to the fact that some of these parks are in desperate need of repair. there are $11.5 billion worth

. >>> we're keeping an eye out for options if you're heading out today. admissiont bags are being given out for the first 200 people. this is not ice cream. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man in san fran. this is not san fran. this is not a tall man it's pam and dan. this is not an ice cream cone it's a frozen custard cone. and this is not ice cream, it's extra thick and creamy frozen custard... ...a different kind of delicious. new from dreyer's. nestle, good food, good life. . >>> remote control drones are being flown in secured zones. there are no laws to cite drone operators for that kind of activity, but they're proposing regulations for commercial drone operators, they include limiting flights to daylight hours and requiring visual line of site operations. >>> jet blue is giving an inside look in their training facility in florida. they spend 13 days at jet blue university. it's advanced flight similarities for pi

admission to bayview. >> this needs to be changed based on the tenderloin the issue that the chief raised around you said this map didn't reflect. >> that will be on the next option. >> okay. >> so let's go to that one and just so you know when your discussing those each of the options has the new district looks like if you look at this page in the palm tree you have option one is sb 3 b so the tenth version of the proposed map it shows you what the districts looked like in terms of cad and cable and population for the city so for each map the corresponding do not the citywide view so the next one is one that you are not interested in looking at turned out to van ness it is the southern to mariposa let's move quickly to option 3 it is close to where you're getting tenderloin seemingly like to southern mariposa inclusive of the piece of the mission where the park is to bayview. >> and again, just after that, you have the data shoot that shows you the citywide view and that corresponds to sb 312 the map for that option four is one that now for the discussion didn't seem like it's on the table that's itself tenderloin richmond southern to mariposa you're looking at

option, head to a national park. because in honor of national parks week admission is free today. ll save $30. if you don't want to go there you have plenty of fantastic options in the bay area. you could go to-point reyes national sea shore, golden gate area. we have a full list at ktvu.com. look under web links. >>> as the supreme court considers the issue of same-sex marriage, so do the presidential candidates. the nation's highest court is expected to issue a ruling by june on the constitutionality of the gay marriage ban. that means inevitably candidates will be questioned on it and their records will be questioned as well. according to the chronicle candidates are already pointing fingers at each other for flip flopping on the issue >>> bmw is recalling near he 92,000 mini coopers over concerns about faulty air bags. that recall affects the 2005 to 2008 models of the mini coop ever and cooper s, the company says the air bags may not work properly because of a problem with the detection system that sense ifs a passenger is sitting in the front seat. bmw says it's been notified

option. you have variety materials to get accepted in the college. >> who are you writing a letters to. >> committee on admissionsnd potentially the admissions officer you can write to it students, too, don't go there, give me a spot. that is another way to do it. >> yeah. >> but really, how this school is my first choice. i don't wanting to anywhere else. please. >> is there a huge difference between saying if admitted i will enroll or you remain one of mize top choices. i think the way you word letter and update them on is what new in your life, academically, extracurricular that will indicate your level of interest. >> jessica and jill, wanted to look at university of north carolina so we had one of their more famous alumni write her a letter. >> yes. >> well, if you have a connection, why not use it. >> can you call an alumni and say write for me. >> it just depends on the alumni relationship with the administration's office or institution overall but sometimes is there some one who might be able to have some clout and that can help. >> lets say you got accepted. >> for me first thing was i wanted to make sur

options. it's the last day of the strictly sail boat show at jack london square in oakland. beginning 10:00. admissionee. more information at ktvu.com. >>> welcome back. good morning. giving you a live look at the cruiseliner right inside the san francisco bay. doesn't that sound fun? a busy day in san francisco. you have sunday streets. cherry blossom festival continues. going to be a nice one. 67 for the afternoon and the current conditions coming up. >>> piece of debris from the tornado that ripped apart northern illinois landed more than 100 miles away in racine, wisconsin. the check addressed to rochelle, illinois landed in matt's front yard. he says it didn't blow away after it landed because it was wet. >> i am hoping to find out who these people are. i really feel bad about them. gosh, i could imagine if this happened to me. >> he says he plans on sending the check back to its owner but says he's going to send it through an official route to make sure there's a mailbox ready to receive it. should federal officials are investigate -- >>> federal officials are investigating whether nestle is usi

admission costs to every visitor for the past four years. >>> and the university of michigan for american sniper 150 students attended after the school initially cancelled the screening. only seven people watched the other optionlike it's time for bill to make good on the statement. according to the next guest it might not be what he wants to do. joining us now is ed kline. author of "blood feud." good morning. >> good morning. >> you said the former president was on the fence and he's leaning toward no? >> what he's leaning toward is conflict. his concern is that if hillary runs and loses it's going to damage the clinton brand. worse, if she wins what happens to the clinton foundation? because it will come under tremendous scrutiny. he'll probably have to step aside. and worst of all he'll be able to fly around with a bunch of movie stars and pretty girls. >> he said i have to assess what she wants me to do and we have to change the foundation rules again. it's a long road. >> they have to come up with under scrutiny if she's president of the united states. i mean he's getting most of his great donations from these foreign governments, which is something he won't be able to do anymore. he knows that. his curr