. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board -- there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the rotondaro family trust. the ctc foundation. afo communications. >> in a country as small as singapore, it's a great surprise to find both visitors and residents have an amazing number of options for fun, recreation, and relaxation, and of course, food. why is singapore a good place to play? >> there are so many ways to describe playing. it is what you want to do and not what you have to do a trade you get excited about eating because of that kind of food you get to taste. you get excited about music and entertainment. these are all areas that have grown tremendously in singapore. if hi t onkits oatwh people actually want to do because they actually like doing it. >> tourism is big business here. >> and getting bigger. >> i was

made possible by -- the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education -- the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals -- the singapore tourism board, there's something for everyon i singapore airlines, a great way to fly -- husang corporation, forging a higher global standard -- the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. singapore is one of the most important countries in the world today. it is not only location, location, location, but it is an isglenh-speaking country with a rastructure. on this program, we will find out why support is key to doing business in the region and why asia is so important to america's trade policy. whether you're shopping on orchard road, the fifth avenue of singapore, or you were downtown at lunch time, you cannot help but notice the multinational companies, especially american, which are here. we spoke with michael sake of citi. >> our single most -- our single largest corporation in the asia- pacific. we are the largest employer financial services in singapor

. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board, rye.onis something for e singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, andthe rotondaro family trust. we will discover why singapore is a great place to live. it has a population of 5 million people and a diverse ethnic makeup. amazingly, everybody seems to along just fine. >> is there a culture that you can put your finger on? >> one has to understand where we come from. we are a nation of many cultures and ethnic groups. singapore is a young nation. we have a long history. we have a history dating back to the british colonial days. we also have a history dating back to the early 14th century. many people from around the world came through the streets in point. some settled down and became the citizens of this country. when the british came, many chinese, indians came al

. >> this is america is made possible by -- the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board, there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. hunsan corp., forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotendaro family trust. " this is america" visited singapore in 11 years a. while the country was successful back then, it is a world-class city state now. the beautiful government headquarters, i have the opportunity to sit and talk with singapore's prime minister. >> thank you for your hospitality and for the visit. >> happy to be here. >> tell me three things that americans should know about singapore. >> first, it is a very small city in the middle of the very vibrant region in southeast asia. secondly, we are completely connected to the world, china, india, america, the developed countries. thirdly, we're working hard to stay abreast of the changes around us and improve the lives o

." >> "this is america" is made possible by -- the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. honson corp., forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and american life tv network. >> for the person on the street, what is all about? >> this is about making the agreement between the u.s. and korea fair. there is a lot of barriers that have existed for a long time in international trade, and with this agreement the governments have got together to try to figure out ways to eliminate a lot of those barriers. lowering the tariffs, creating new opportunities. it is an agreement that will mean jobs and new opportunities for u.s. companies, and partnership with korean companies. >> you mentioned jobs, and that has been a huge sticking point for so many people because our country is hurting right now. the jobs are born to go overseas. the businesses are grim to set up abroad and we will lose jobs. -- the jobs are going overseas. >> american companies need to tap

what he meant, the national education association. well, i was young and maybe didn't know better so i created a bipartisan commission in my second term with the democratic leaders of the legislature and we set out to figure out a number of things about education, including a master teacher program. the loongd short of it was we did that. it took a year and a half of my time as governor. i must have spent an hour and 40 or 50 -- percent of my time engaged in an ongoing brawl namely with the national education association as some whether we could do this or not. they defeated my proposals in the first year, i came back the second year and won by one vote. and we put in place a voluntary program that before long up to 10,000 tennessee teachers voluntarily went into a career ladder program, became master teachers, many got 11-month and 10-month and 12-month contracts, it raised their pay, gave them distinction and i have teacher after teacher come to see me today to thank me for that, including the current leadership of the tennessee educ

the process, for goodness's sakes. principals, superintendents. i have a letter here from the american association of school administrators, the national association of elementary school principals, the national education association, the national school boards association, and the national association of secondary school principals, and they say "we hope that in getting this important work of getting policy right we will not be pushed to the side in a race against the clock." i feel pushed aside. 868-page bill and 48 hours to read it. it is wrong. all i am asking for is a hearing to listen to teachers. should we not listen to the teachers? a hearing to listen to the superintendents. a hearing to listen to the principals. let them read the bill and find out what's in the bill. i am not going to accept what nancy pelosi said, "you can about it after the fact." that's the process here. 868 pages? when are we going to read it? after they pass it. who's been involved in crafting this legislation? i'm on athe committee. nobody asked me, nobody consulted with me, and i think that's the same with most of the people on the committee. the letter from this group also says, "we note that the proposed law is still

. >> or occupy seiu or the national education association which in 2009-2010 collected $13 million innd it on media matters to the naacp and jesse jackson's group.e we know there's an even political split among teachers union ranks just like there is in the rest of the country, so why is all of this money lopsidedly going to far left and democrat causes? well, it's because you've gotec all of these union fat cats who sit in these dc palaces collecting huge pensions and benefits. i mean, you want to talk aboutut class warfare? how about aiming a little demagogery at these big labor fat cats sitting pretty whilegey all of these teacher layoffs got on all across the country, all of the hurt in school districtse because of bad decisions, bad hiring rules, rules that protect the inexe tents and the people who can't do their job? 234 the classroom, and to explain why they tolerate it soo much? it's fear, and we know how h difficult it is for any rank-and-file union member to challenge this forced dues r racket. it takes anit incredible amountf courage, moxie, a lot of legal fees that rank-a

the way every other socialized system does. it produce as low-quality output. benefits a small number of people. currently, mostly those who are associated with the national education association, the american federation of teachers. and it does a great deal of harm for a lot of people. >> i'd like to ask you about your own beginning. where were you born? >> i was born in brooklyn. but i had sense enough to move out when i was 13 months old. >> what did your parents do then? >> my parents moved to new jersey. and they were small-scale businessmen. who never had an income by today's standard would have exceeded the poverty standard. and they moved to new jersey where they at first had a small textile factory. and that wasn't very successful. so they opened a small retail store. and this was the source of their income. >> what influence did they have on what you decided to do for college? >> very little. except for the fact that they encouraged me to want to go to college. now, as it happened, my father died before i had graduated from high school. i had three sisters, and myself. i was the youngest. and i was the only one of the four who went to college. >> where di

. >> or occupy the national education association, which in 2009-2010 collected $13 million in deuce n every left wing cause from all of these progressive groups to media matters to the naacp and jess jackson's group when we know there's pretty much an even political split among teachers union ranks just like there is in the rest of the country. so why is all of this money lopsidedly going to far left and democrat cause necessary well, it's because you have all of these union fat cats who sit in these dc palaces collecting huge intention benefits. you want to talk about class warfare, how about aiming a little demogogery who are sitting pretty while there are all of these teacher layoffs going on across the country and all of them hurt in the school districts because of bad decisions, bad hiring rules, rules that protect the incompetence and the people when can't do their job in the classroom, and to explain why they tolerate it so much? it's fear. and we know how difficult it is for any rank and file union member to challenge this forced deuce racket. it takes an incredible amount of

the process for goodness sakes. principles, superintendents. i have a letter here from the american association of school administrators, the national association of elementary school principles, the national education association, the national school board's association, and the national association of secondary school principals, and they say we hope that 234 getting this important work of getting policy right, we will not be pushed to the side in a race against the clock. i feel pushed aside. 868-page bill and 48 hours to read it. it is wrong. all i am asking for is a hearing to listen to teachers. should we not listen to the teachers? a hearing to listen to the superintendents. a hearing to listen to the principals. let them read the bill and find out what's in the bill. i'm not going to accept what nancy pelosi says, read about it after the fact. that's the process going on here. when will reread it? after they pass it. who's involved with the legislation? nobody consulted with me. i'm on the committee. that's the same with most of the people on the committee. the letter from this group also says we note that the proposed law is still heavily reliant on the idea of testing every child, every ye

the bill enjoys broad support in the educational field and in private industry. the national education association supports the bill. the american association of school administrators supports the amendment. and the error, apple computer adobe systems strongly support us. it is the sole existing program dedicated to improving education through technology that we have at the federal level. i believe it needs to be part of the reauthorization bill. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment. >> mr. chairman? one of the things that we did was try and combine some programs and put some flexibility in and this had to do a lot with a rural district actually. in wyoming, we wind up with a whole bunch of programs that have to be done with very little money. and they requirements go with it to use up all the money. so really never gets around to what it was intended to do. so we kind of combining the system programs into one program to give enough flexibility that people might be a well-to-do eastern program. i see in this one met the minimum formula amounts to $3000. i am not sure what kind of the scie

among those organizations, and there are many of them, the naacp, naacp educational fund, the american association of people with disabilities, the national association of state directors of special-education, i think that's a group, mr. chairman, you represent to become the national association of state directors education committee exceptional schoolchildren and easter seals among the many other groups. and my office has been receiving many communications from these groups and from groups all over the country about the issue related to this amendment. there is no question i think all of us are united in understanding that we want to make sure that all of our kids especially i think in this legislation children of low-income backgrounds, children of minority families, children with special needs get the very best education this country can provide and i think we are united in saying that today we are not doing the kind of job we want which is what this legislation is about and one could argue this is an educational civil rights bill. one of the concerns that we all have on this committee is the unacceptable high rate dropout from kids as

the president of the international association of firefighters. and on behalf of the iaff, f.o.p., american federation of teach rs, national education association, sciusters from the labor movement and the millions of teachers, firefighters, police officers and paramedics who are rank and file members, thank you for joining us here today. [applause] >> i want to first thank president obama for making job creation a top priority for our country. [applause] i also -- -- and i also want to personally thank the vice president of the united states, joe biden, who is scheduled to join us here shortly as well as all of the senate and congressional leaders who are going to be standing with us here today and who i will have the privilege to introduce individually during this event. we are all here to make sure that we demonstrate support for a critical piece of legislation for our nation's economic future. the teachers and first responders back to work act that will soon be voted on in the united states senate. [applause] now let me just say that -- right off the bat, i want to address the critics of this jobs proposal. those who show no meaningful regard for

the national education association says a while probably increase in some things, this bill relies heavily on outcomes of test scores, provides top-down models of school turnaround, ticks away teachers' rights to any real voice in their own evaluation system. heritage, a conservative organization, says wall local districts are crying out for more freedom from red tape, this proposal further empowers the u.s. department of education while weakening schools direct accountability to parents and teachers. the former assistant secretary of education under the esteemed center of tennessee was a big proponent of no child left behind as were many republicans when announcing some of the problems that come about. so, you have a strange coalition. you have conservatives, liberals, democrats, teachers, all saying there are big problems, not little problems, but big problems with no child left behind. she has written a book that talks about how testing is undermining our education. she says "i believe no child left behind as they sailed policy, has dumbed down the curriculum, narrowed the curriculum, a

education. i have had that great pleasure of working with the board president and carlos garcia. he is at another conference, the association of latino administrators and superintendents, having a nationalrence on the very important topic of how we improve education for latino communities across the country. i want to thank him for working so closely with us. luis herera has done so much for the libraries. thank you for such wonderful leadership. we get so excited when we open up libraries and increase the performance of our kids in school. all the kids are increasing participation. i get very excited about the city even more when all of our services are accessible to all of our communities in all different languages. you should not be surprised the both of my daughters who graduated from public-school also speaks spanish fluently. [applause] that is our future. anita and i told our kids that they were lucky to live in a global city. the global. learn chinese and spanish. -- be global. learn chinese and spanish. i continue to be proud to work in the city. i am excited about all the programs. the challenges are to improve all of our communities and make them stronger. every time i have a

the national education association says this bill, while probably improving something, still relies heavily on outcomes of test scores, prescribes top-down models of turnarounds, takes away teachers' rights to have a voice in their own evaluation system. heritage, a conservative organization, says while local school districts are crying out for more freedom from federal red tape and to have their educational decision making authority restored, the proposal further empowers the u.s. department of education, while weakening schools' direct accountability to parents and teachers. former assistant secretary of education under the esteemed senator from tennessee was a big proponent of "no child left behind," as were many republicans who have now seen some of the problems that came about from it. you have a strange coalition here. conservatives, liberals, democrats, teachers all saying there are big problems -- not little problems, but big problems -- with "no child left behind." she has written a book called "the death and life of the great american school system" and talks about how testing is

it took us a year and a half and a huge battle with the national education association in order to put it in place but 10,000 teachers became master teachers, it was a good first step. tennessee is already doing it again, here is my local newspaper this morning, evaluations of teachers contentious. there is nothing more contentious and the last thing we need is washington sticking its nose into that other than to create an environment where state and local governments can use federal money to pay for their own programs, their own state and local programs. we proposed consolidating programs, making it easier for school districts to transfer federal money and expand choices and expand charter schools. now, today the chairman and ranking member of the senate education committee, the help committee, we call it, have introduced another draft piece of legislation to fix no child left behind. i intend to vote to move this bill out of committee, although it is not yet the kind of legislation that i would be willing to vote to send to the president. but it's a good place to start. there's a goo

the national association for single sex public education disputes the report.t claims students will succeed academically in same sex classrooms because cultural assumptions do not come into play. it argues co-ed classrooms promote sexist culture and boys in single sex classrooms are more open to a diverse range of topics compared to boys in co-ed classrooms. the u.s. department of education rewrote the rules for title 9 in 2006 making single sex classrooms possible. more than 500 public schools now have single sex classrooms. so tara setmayer, is single sex education the best thing for children? >> i think offering options for both parents and school district to the design classroom structure that works best for those districts, keeping those options open is the best for students. >> i don't know. i mean i think the jury is out on this and i think we need more evidence based research. we've heard a lot of anecdotes about what works and doesn't and what works for one child may not work for another. >> there is no one size fits all in terms of education but this

the american association of school administrators, the national school boards association, the council of great city schools, and the national association of elementary school principals. in my state, the state department of education the maine p.t.a., the maine school management association, and the maine principals association have all expressed their support for my amendment. our amendment and their opposition to the usda's ill-conceived rule. these groups represent school administrators, superintendents, school boards, principals. they know. they oversee the schools' food service programs, and they understand the difficulties and costs that this rule would cause. the association of school administrators, for example, wrote to express support for our amendment saying -- quote -- "the overly partnershippiv overe increases the cost of meals so drastically that school districts implementing these changes even receiving the higher reimbursement rate would still be covered for less than half of the new expenses." the fact is, the proposed rule would impose significant and needless costs on our nation's school districts at a time when they can least afford it. listen to what the cost of this rule is estimated by the d

the matter of delivery is called streaming. >> who are you represent can and why are you suing netflix? >> my organization is disability rights education and we are organization for disability civil rights. we are representing the national associationof the deaf, the massachusetts association of the deaf and individuals in a case that we filed in massachusetts for equal access the watch instantly program. >> would that be movies or all sorts of content? >> watch instantly is a big breakthrough because netflix is so much of the leader just the other day in the news, it reported that six out of every ten movies that are streamed are streamed on netflix. >> so are not satisfied with the progress you are making. i want to read a statement. the statement is from steve swayze. he said that netflix has had continued to be in dialogue with the deaf and hard of hearing community but he will not provide specific details, progress which is 50% of hours have sub titles available. our goal is 50% by the end of third quarter and 80% by the end of the fourth quarter. so with that timing and the lawsuit going, does that give you hope this is going to change and be better? >> we were aware of that when we filed the lawsuit. it's kind of tripy how t

national zoo is the nonprofit association for smithsonian national zoo our primary responsibility is to raise funds to care for our animals here and do conservation in the wild we do fundraising events that have an educationalhen you come to boo at the zoo as i said you will meet our animals get a little bit of education receive this reusable tote. >> which is a feature. >> again and again we are trying to walk the walk and go green and it is just a really great time, they do really important work as an educational organization and conservation organization. >> what do you know about rats. >> well, i know despite the fact they get a bad rap they are intelligent, clean. >> really? >> yep they groom themselves all the time they live in social units so moms and babies live together as well as females live together we have three pee males here in this exhibit, mabel, pandora and isabel. >>> we is learned from rats that they have a good short term memory if you put them in the maze you've seen the mazes they have a good short term memory they remember where they have been, how to get to the treats we have put in for them and make decisions so that is important for us to know they are very smart they can make the

the legal defense and education program created a national judicial education program and working with a newly formed national association of women judges want to courts and said we have to fix this. new jersey led the way three times, first with a task force on gender bias and second minority concerns and then in the 1990's, sexual orientation in the courts. by the time i need tet bill was testifying, there were projects around the united states saying how are we going to fix fairness inside ordinary court rooms? in new york, the task force on women in the courts in 1986 said cultural stereotypes of women in marriage and society daily distort application of the substantive law. women uniquely and disproportionately and with unacceptable frequency must endure a climate of condescension, of indifference, of hostility. in the same year that the hill hearings were, the task force on minorities said that the numerous complaints, testimony, and comments we received reflect a perception that minorities are stripped of their human dignity, their individuality, and their identities in the encounters with the court system. in res

point national association of education says this bill relies heavily on outcomes of test scores, provides top-down models of e -- of schools, takes away teacher's rights to have a say in the evaluation system. a conservative organization, heritage, said while more schools are rige crying out for freedom from red tape and to have their educational authority restored this further impowers the u.s. department of education while weakening accountability to parents and teachers. the performer assistant secretary of education, diane ravich, under the esteemed senator from tennessee, was a big proponent of no child left behind, as were many americans that have seen many of the problems that came about from no child left behind. you have a strange coalition here, conservatives, liberals, democrats, teachers saying there are big problems with no child left behind. she has written a book called the death and life of the great american school system and said how testing has undermined our school system. "this has dumbed down the curriculum, narrowed the curriculum. so much time is being spent on test prep and tests that are not good tests and in some cases even fraudulent scoring of

a become a national alliance of state broadcasting association, pbs and others to educate eas purchase that's about it has and will continue to be these efforts right up to and including the test. i would like to thank the consumer and governmental affairs bureau and especially joe and karen and greg, the bureau, international bureau, enforcement bureau as well as the office of general counsel, and management director of media relations of legislative affairs for all their assistance in preparing for the test. we look forward to getting the results from november 9 in order to make our eas system better. >> thank you, admiral burnett. any comments? >> real quickly. thanks to the bureau and fema, your agency partners on the whole wealth of stakeholders. i don't think there's any substitute for a good test. i think this is shaping up to be a really good test. i which is particularly commend you on the breath and depth of outreach that you did. kind of bills a bit on this and i think it sets a good precedent for other activities of this commission. we look forward to a great test on november 9 and take the lessons learned to make a stronger and more robust the eas. >> thank y

the process, for goodness's sakes. principals, superintendents. i have a letter here from the american association of school administrators, the national association of elementary school principals, the national education association, the national school boards association, and the national association of secondary school principals, and they say "we hope that in getting this important work of getting policy right we will not be pushed to the side in a race against the clock." i feel pushed aside. 868-page bill and 48 hours to read it. it is wrong. all i am asking for is a hearing to listen to teachers. should we not listen to the teachers? a hearing to listen to the superintendents. a hearing to listen to the principals. let them read the bill and find out what's in the bill. i am not going to accept what nancy pelosi said, "you can about it after the fact." that's the process here. 868 pages? when are we going to read it? after they pass it. who's been involved in crafting this legislation? i'm on athe committee. nobody asked me, nobody consulted with me, and i think that's the same with most of the people on the committee. the letter from this group also says, "we note that the proposed law is still