u.s. department of education, the u.s. department of justice and of course, samhsa, to bring dollars to the local level so people can come together. if there isn't a coalition, parents could consider bringing people together themselves and going online to the samhsa web site and be able to learn how to bring a coalition together, who should be there at the table, how do i get expertise, and it's very accessible. we have a facebook page now. everything is becoming far easier to approach and to get our messages out. have the power of a coalition of every single person in a community that touches a child come together and talk about what needs to be done and then learn the tools of bringing in, to do an assessment as we do in treatment, we do in the community, we can then begin the process and start. our new health reform legislation is going to help us because we are bringing in the attention and the dollars to support the funding for prevention, for treatment, and for recovery services. so our future is very bright but a par

u.s. department of education and central city productions, inc. >>> as one of the founding members of the legendary group the ojs, eddie lavern is a giant in music and the patriarch of a soul legacy but the legacy was shattered by the recent of his son, soul man gerald lavert. eddie finished the book of love he and gerald started. i recently caught up with him in detroit to talk about how he's dealing with life after losing a son and his legendary career. eddie lavert is our "headliner." eddie, i want to talk about i recently saw you guys on stage. >> yes. >> and i told you that night and i'm telling you again, now, this is, i've seen you all for years. this is the baddest show that i've ever seen. what is it that you all are doing that really -- that audience did not sit down from beginning to end. >> we finally got a chance to re-address who the ojs really are. you know, in the early '70s they called us the messengers so we got a chance to put in a lot of those songs like, give the people what they want. we got a chance to incorporate, people get ready by the impressions with love train

u.s. department of education, the u.s. department of justice and of course, samhsa, to bring dollars to the local level so people can come together. if there isn't a coalition, parents could consider bringing people together themselves and going online to the samhsa web site and be able to learn how to bring a coalition together, who should be there at the table, how do i get expertise, and it's very accessible. we have a facebook page now. everything is becoming far easier to approach and to get our messages out. have the power of a coalition of every single person in a community that touches a child come

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u.s. department of education deputy secretary tony miller. we gave regular reports at board of education meetings, participating in meetings with community partners and organizations, and education relativize or councils. we continue to strengthen our relationship with our sponsors and thunders by expanding our recruitment efforts to take on new roles and to take the lead on issues important to them we are doing. on that note, i wanted to say i am going to be staying on in my final year on the pac. i will be stepping down from the chair ship to allow natasha levine to step up. looking ahead, we are working with district staff and command departments to set up meetings around the issues facing the district in the coming year. this has been a year of tremendous teamwork. we are really appreciative of that and looking forward to continuing that. i also want to thank you for your service to our students and families. as ruth is currently riding her bicycle across country, i want to let you know that she sent you my contact info. you can reach me i

u.s. department of education and central city productions, inc. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> he's done it again. y baby can be added to the long list of hits for charlie wilson. wilson and his two brothers' rise to fame began in the late 1970s when the gap band became one of the most popular groups in r&b with classic hits including "burn rubber on me," outstandi outstanding. scoring big hits with songs like -- ♪ ♪ ♪ >> which was produced by r. kelly and of course, wilson's latest, co-written by legendary hitmaker babyface. i caught up with the tulsa, oklahoma, aetnaive in new york city where we talked about the ups and downs of his career, how he almost lost it all, including his life, and the new life and death battle he's fighting for himself and others. charlie wilson, good to see you, man. >> good to see you, too, man. >> before we get into the history of charlie wilson the singer and all of what we have, i want to ask you something, and i mean this with all due respect. you are no longer a spring chicken. now this new album. >> yes. >> really is contemporary music. >> yes. >> there are a lo

up first: tenure and the cost of a college education: this fall, the u.s. department of education is expected to release a new study finding the number of tenured professors at an all-time low. the proportion of college instructors who are tenured or on the tenure track dropped from more than half, 57% in 1975 to just less than a third, 31% in 2007. it's not just professors who are feeling pinched. pstudents and feeling pinched. students and families are paying on average $35,000 per year for tuition at the average non-profit private college and some $14,000 at public colleges. more families are turning to community colleges and other students are speeding through four-year colleges in three years. they are taking accelerated year-long workloads to save families thousands of dollars. a new survey finds 63% of families say cost is factor even in the application process. 75% of families are reducing personal spending to pay for college. karen, why are college to you six costs skyrocket ink in a deep recession when everything else is staying the same or going down? >> th

u.s. department of education. it would be nice to be able to draw comparisons. >> if a kid feels that he or she has no home at school and is often say that school and feels the school as a hostile environment, that to me is enough for action. every kid needs to feel at home and safe in school para when they back down, everything goes to pieces. i would take the child's word as to whether the school is a hostile environment. >> can we pick a question ayouth? >> i appreciate your emphasis on the students. i think that is the way to go. in much of the research done on this issue, the bullying prevention programs we hear about on a regular basis are emphasized and people have put money and resources into this. people often forget about the ones that are student-lead. the students themselves, with a lot of programs. they're not call prevention programs but they are guarde. students would go into hundreds of classrooms, like myself, and talk to the students. the students will listen to students. in your research, are yo

u.s. department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. >>> good morning. fire spreading. hundreds of crews out in force this morning. we'll bring you the latest. >>> yesterday's hot temperatures caused delays on public transit systems. could more problems be in store today? we'll let you know. >>> talk about the current conditions up on mt. diablo and record heat. and where the sea breeze? it's getting close. >>> oakland police investigating a fatal stabbing coming on the heels of a major effort to curb crime. that's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> well, good morning to you. welcome to wednesday august 25th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. thank you for watching. we want to get right to our top story this morning. fire crews in the east bay are slowly but surely getting the upper

u.s. department of education. this is a question to all four panelists. if the pollsters would have asked this question, what do you think the american public would have responded? to what extent should the mission of american schools be, whether it be to ensure that students graduate or prepare for college, and depending on the responses, to what extent should the mission of american schools to prepare kids for college? after i ask that question, to what extent should the mission be to prepare students for jobs or careers? to what extent should the mission be for them to create jobs in america? to what extent should the mission being for the students to help america take the global economic lead again? if they ask those questions, what do you think they would respond, given what they responded to this poll? >> that is a four-part question. >> yes, yes, no, yes. [laughter] >> do you want to go first? >> i think one of the things this poll found was, when it tried to figure out if parents were thinking about preparing kids for college or preparing kids for

u.s. to permit of education, and that helping people to see what the success rate looks like in my local college, or those i'm thinking about sending my children to -- largely from data from the u.s. department of education. ." . not by reputation, because we of a lot of institutions that say we are minority and poor students, but where they go as they are. host: what have you looked up with the states? guest: and the list to say to my mistake that were already doing this for black and latino students were happy that we were doing this. the graduation rates for african-americans were slightly higher than for white students. that is a real commitment from institutions and not just getting students in the door, but to succeed. very few people knew that one institution in particular created such a test. the five years ago, it had a big difference between its white students and black students. today, and black students graduate slightly higher than the white students. the more successful institutions to stop the blame game. they partner with the local schools to work on student preparation, but they mostly look inward and decide there are some things we can do, and they do them. host: doesn't ma

u.s. department of education. that is it called a performance ratio test to make sure the school has enough money to operate. the department of education does not want to get a phone call and hear that a college-shutdown and left 2000 students on the street. the schools are not publicly traded. the schools that are publicly traded have to report fully. host: fargo, north dakota. kevin on the independent line. caller: hell are you guys all doing today? i have more of a comment, i guess. you know, we are kind of conservative, but we had a lot of liberals here, too. i was wondering, we have a lot of our kids going to other schools that are bigger and bigger schools. i was wondering, in getting a lot of questions from these kids. they want to know if they are going to be shut down because they have a conservative view. i did some raw data on it. they have a point, you know. host: we will leave it there. what is the percentage of graduates to attend for-profit schools that get jobs? guest: it has to do with the accredit

u.s. department of education if puts forward to help researchers monitor in their own studies said that they can draw some comparisons. >> for me, it's a kid feels that he or she has no home at school , it is unsafe at school, feels that the school as a hostile environment, that to me is and not for action. -- is enough for action. every need -- every kidneys to feel at home and stay in school. when they do not, then as the secretary says, everything goes to pieces. in that sense, i would take the child word if the school as a hostile environment. >> can we take a question from here? >> on a member of the youth representation to date. i wanted to say that i appreciate your emphasis on this. i think that that is the way to go. i think and a lot of the research on this issue, the bullying prevention programs that we all hear about on a regular basis are often emphasized and people just focus on the ones that people put money into an all-out resources. but people often forget about the ones that are student-led. the students themselves, but a lot of programs into a lot of work in their schools

will not be getting money in the second round of the race to the top school reform grant competition. this is a federal program. the u.s. education department announced that nine other states and the district of columbia will get about $4 billion in this program. that competition has triggered a wave of education reforms all over the country as states pass new teacher accountability policies. they also lifted caps on charter schools to boost their chances of winning. but once again that race to the top, california, once again, did not make the list. >> also some more bad news for california school districts. governor schwarzenegger along with the state droller and treasurer say they will delay almost $3 billion in payments. they say that money is needed to make pension and debt payments during the budget stalemate. california's budget now 55 days late. the debate continues over how to close up a $19 billion budget deficit. >>> 8:18. governor schwarzenegger will make the final decision on whether tv commercials designed to promote california must be made in california. the state senate passed the bill in an effort to boost local jobs. it wou

u.s. to permit education is one of those areas that states would be better off handling. [applause] the the part of education is a policy department that picks out one-size-fits-all policies that fit no one. we all found that out with no job left behind. not only that, but they send our money back to us filtered, and it comes back in the form of unfunded and underfunded mandates. we need to keep that money right here in our state at the level where it will do the most good, which is in the classroom, where parents and teachers are the stakeholders. that is where we need to be making the policies, not in washington d.c. [applause] when you start thinking about 5% per year for the next five years on those categories, you can think of a bunch of others. department of energy, internal protection agency -- environmental protection agency, planned parenthood, national endowment for the arts, there are literally lots and lots of places. how about the 184 testing programs we could be cutting back on? we did that once with aid to families with dependent children. it was proposed by reagan and finally got implement it in the 1990's. every d

of great schools out there. you just need to take the time to research it. >> go to u.s. news.com and we have great statistics and the department of educationauley shares an inspiring story of a man on a unique mission to stay alive. but first, this is "today" on >>> we're back now at 8:43. a man on a mission, "today" contributor jane pauley has been working with arp which has produced an sponsors a series of reports for us here on the show. one man who's making a difference and perhaps even saving some lives. >> at 75, his retirement should be in full swing, but lawrence macray doesn't play much golf anymore. he found his life calling after he retired and discovered how to stretch a social security check. they see you coming, they know what the conversation is going to be about. >> lawrence macray was being treated for an enlarged prostate when he noticed something. >> when you have african-americans taking the test and you have 97 whites taking the test, and i said this must be a white 6 man's disease. >> african-american men get it younger and are more likely to die. >> some of them don't have insurance, some of them don't even have a do

also recognize the department of education and the assistant deputy secretary, kevin jennings for his leadership in bringing all of us here. one of the operating divisions of the u.s. department of health and human services, we are very excited to be partnering through this effort and we look forward to others going forward to have as part of today's activities six different federal departments that are full partners with this particular focus on diminishing and eliminating bullying across the country. we appreciate all of our partners efforts including each of you from the private sector as well as the public sector for taking time out of your schedule to be here today. work -- those are not my slides -- in this area focusing on bowling goes back almost 10 years now when the agency began to develop a bullying awareness campaign. that was back in 2001 after we were seeing very compelling research describing bullying as a public health problem. for young people. in response to those data, the public health professionals in health bureaul believed that the destructive efforts of bullying, the destructive evarts of bullying honest victims that include impacts like de

u.s. army's secondary education study. and she worked for the u.s. pacific command. shelley macdermid wadsworth is a professor in the department of child development and family studies at purdue university, where she also directs the military family research institute. she is an associate dean. she currently serves on the veterans committee of the institute. five extraordinarily distinguished panelists and we will start with eliza nesmith. you can sit down or stand up, whichever you prefer. >> first of all, thank you for inviting me personally to sit on the panel, but also thanks to the wilson center for turning the spotlight on this very important issue that you're all here to discuss today. as the introduction stated, i am in a policy office. i work for the air force. there distinct differences among all the services. i have found over the years that the general public has a tendency to think that they all operate all like, that they have the same mission, and that they are all like "the military," it is all soldiers. of course we have soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines as well. they have distinct cultures, not only with th

department of education inspector general. those cases are being referred to law enforcement. whether they can take it to a u.s. attorney i do not know. but they are going to consider them. >> when i have a school that has a 3% default rate, you talked about a culinary school. there is only one culinary school in baltimore. they were cooking up something else. i am pretty steamy about what is going on here, and even crabby about it. [laughter] >> i cannot comment on that. this old fort is ready to go. personally, i know we are waiting -- kutz is my mother's family name. are you from pennsylvania? we never made it past baltimore. week opened a grocery store. there we are. thank you for all your good work. >> i may have lost track of what this hearing is about. [laughter] but i am glad to be here. thank you for your testimony, which reveals an array of problems, problems that should be of concern to taxpayers and prospective students, and to the private universities themselves, at least those who are not engaged in practices like the ones you saw. that are very disturbing. what is your sense about how much the pr

u.s. congress, sunday campaignnetwork.o"q &a."or >> washington your way, the c- span network. created by cable, provided as a public service. >> next, education secretary arne duncan outlines his department's goal of schools. talks the creating a national strategy to address the problem. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you for coming today for what i think could be an extraordinarily important conference. as you know, this is the first federal summit on the bullying. we have an extraordinary range of ngos, corporate leaders, and federal partners. this is summit culminates months of unprecedented collaboration and hard work. we have not only joined forces, but more important, we are committed to using this as summit to launch a sustained commitment to address and dramatically reduced bullying across the country. it is incumbent on everyone in this room, every educator, a school leader, to ask, what can we do to sustain the commitment to reduce bullying? to answer that question, we start with another question. why have these agencies not come together for a federal summit on bullying before today? the answer to that starts end ends with the fact that the problem of a bullying has been shrouded in

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