host: joining us is thomas gentzel.we dive into the topic of local school boards in the education debates, tell us about your group and its mission. a represents our state association of school boards. they are the ones that have the membership of the local school boards. local school boards are comprised of folks out of the community who have an interest in public education. they are usually elected. as a civic duty because they have a concern about good public schools. how many people are we talking about? guest: we have about 15,000 school district. , in its own way, created something called the school board. mandate ora federal a requirement. they recognized the value of having people leaving the local education effort. host: how would you describe your organization's relationship secretary of education? guest: we work closely with the secretary. communication has been good. understand the importance of the role of local school boards in these overarching debates on the landscape of education in the united states? g

cable satellite corp. 2014] >> on the next "wall street journal," thomas gentzel looks at the role of school boards and issues facing public schools. and michael and neal discuss the common core standards initiative and their role. plus your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. "wall street journal's" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow morning, several u.s. college professors release their findings on minority students and whether current policies are helping or hurting their chances getting into college. it's hosted by the ucla civil rights project. that starts live tuesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. and on c-span 3, a ceremony arking the anniversary of v.j. day. remarks from george prescott bush. he will speak about his grandfather being shot down 70 years ago while serving as a navy fighter pilot in 1944. our live coverage from the world war ii memorial starts live at 9:00 a.m. eastern. also tomorrow, the center for strategic and international studies holds a discussion on global health issues. we'll hear remarks on the history of health advances and discus

our guest includes thomas gentzel.hen, a discussion on common core standards initiative and the role on u.s. education policy. plus, your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. set to leavema is on an overseas trip to estonia before making his way to wales to participate in this week's nato summit. the president is expected to take some time this week to visit pupils at a welsh school. backamerican students are in class by today to start a new school year. most of today's show will be devoted to education issues. we will explore the debate over the common core and

host: joining us is thomas gentzel. as we dive into the topic of local school boards in the education debates, tell us about your group and its mission. a represents our state association of school boards. they are the ones that have the membership of the local school boards. local school boards are comprised of folks out of the community who have an interest in public education. they are usually elected. as a civic duty because they have a concern about good public schools. how many people are we talking about? guest: we have about 15,000 school district. , in its own way, created something called the school board. mandate ora federal a requirement. they recognized the value of having people leaving the local education effort. host: how would you describe your organization's relationship secretary of education? guest: we work closely with the secretary. communication has been good. understand the importance of the role of local school boards in these overarching debates on the landscape of education in the united state