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u.s. department of education's ready to learn grant, and... - you're listening to the sounds of lukewarm 91.5, the station that's so hot and so cool, it's lukewarm, baby! and i am the tune meister coming at you live with our finalists in our rap competition. are y'all ready for the winner? - whoo! - and the winner is... hector! that means, hector, you will star in a music video directed by the tune meister himself--that'd be me. ha ha! and annie, you are our runner-up, which means, if for any reason hector cannot perform, it's all you. heh! local restrictions may apply. ah-ha! - runner-up? annie scrambler is no runner-up. annie scrambler is a winner! uncle sigmund, you have to do something. oh. couldn't you hypnotize hector? you know, make it so that he can't do the video? - yes. i suppose i could try something. [high voice] uh, excuse me, sir. - hmm? - do you have the time? - uh, sure, ma'am, but you have a watch. - let's not quibble over details, hmm? - uh, it's 12:00. no. 10 of...[yawns] wow. i'm getting really sleepy. - yes. very sleepy. [normal voice] and when i snap my fingers, you will

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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

when i travel around and visit theharter schos in the district, i used to work the department of education, the u.sment of education had the privilege of visiting in 37 states. and the adership in most of the excellent schools that i saw, you could feel the passion in the place and i think, again, that's what is sort of the innovative environment school leaders find themselves in really invites. again, because we operate somewhat outside of the strict tours of the traditional system, it's a system that allows 1,000 flowers to bloom and so in washington, d.c., we've got schools that are devoted to the arts. we have schools that are devoted to math and science or college prep or we have a hospitality high school. for students interested in the hospitality industry and so it's that kind of have a variety, th of diversity, really, that i think really speaks to both the passions of the people who founded the school but also the broad array of opportunities that exist for children in the charter community here of d.c. >> dean, can you teach passion? what mas a good teacher? >> i think that the best teach

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u.s. department of education's ready to learn grant, and... - you're listening to the sounds of lukewarm 91.5, the station that's so hot and so cool, it's lukewarm, baby! and i am the tune meister coming at you live with our finalists in our rap competition. are y'all ready for the winner? - whoo! - and the winner is... hector! that means, hector, you will star in a music video directed by the tune meister himself--that'd be me. ha ha! and annie, you are our runner-up, which means, if for any reason hector cannot perform, it's all you. heh! local restrictions may apply. ah-ha! - runner-up? annie scrambler is no runner-up. annie scrambler is a winner! uncle sigmund, you have to do something. oh. couldn't you hypnotize hector? you know, make it so that he can't do the video? - yes. i suppose i could try something. [high voice] uh, excuse me, sir. - hmm? - do you have the time?

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u.s. department of education, 1.5 million kids are taught by mom and dad. think the biggest misconception people have of homeschoolers? >> besides being weird and wearing your hair in buns and wearing denim jumpers? we're just like everybody else. it's a decision just like public school/private school. >> reporter: a lingering misconception is that the main reason parents decide to home school is for religious reasons. that's not quite true anymore. 36% of parents do homeschool primarily to teach their kids religious and moral values, but 38% homeschool because they don't like the school environment or the way teachers teach. >> you have the flexibility. >> reporter: just ask them, they're home schooling five children. >> just you're taught that you have to go to, you know, a, b, and, c, and if you're not excelling here, you must have something wrong with you. >> what we've learned now is it's unnatural putting 20 children in a room learning on the same schedule, the exact same material in the exact same way is unnatural. >> reporter: what is natural for the

u.s. department of education, 1.5 million kids are taught by mom and dad, up 74% since 1999. earing your hair in a bun and denim jumpers? we're just like everybody else. we're not super moms. it's a decision just like public school, private school. >> reporter: a lingering misconception is that the main reason most parents decide to home school is because of religious reasons. that's not quite true anymore. 36% do home school to teach their children religious and moral values but 38% home school because they don't like the school environment or the way teachers teach. just ask this family. they're home schooling five children. >> you are taught. you have to go to a, b, and c, and if you are not excelling here, you must have something wrong with you. >> what we learned is very unnatural putting 20 children in a room learning on the same schedule the exact same material in the same way is unnatural. >> reporter: what is natural for these parents, home schooling communities. in effect, shadow schools where their kids can socialize and parents can share learning techniques. >> the

u.s. department of education, 1.5 million kids are taught by mom and dad. >> reporter: what do you think the biggest misconception people have of home schoolers? >> besides wearing a hair in a bun and jumpers -- we're just like everybody else. we're not super moms. it's a decision just like public school, private school. >> what can you tell me about green ware? >> reporter: a lingering miss conception, the main reason they home school, for religious reasons. that's not quite true anymore. 36% of parents do home school primarily to teach their children religious and moral values but 38% home school because they don't like the school environment or the way teachers teach. >> flexibility. >> reporter: just ask this family. their home schooling five children. >> just you're taught. you have to go to, you know, a, b and c, and if you're not excelling here, you must have something wrong with you. >> we've learned now, fitting 20 children in a room, learning with one teacher on the same schedule, the exact same material and in the same way is actually quite unnat

department of education. and they are gaining more and more power. our u.s. ation secretary arnie duncan vowed to make sure that his department -- take a guess. what? improve graduation rates? no. improve test scores? no, no. he vowed that his department would work to make american children into good environmental citizens. watch. >> a well educated citizen knows we must not act in this generation in ways to endownger the next. they teach students about how the climate is changing, they explain the science behind climate change and how we can change our daily practices to help save our planet and role in preparing students for jobs in the green economy. >> glenn: there is no green economy. america, this is your job as a parent. did you ask your schools to make your child a green environmental citizen? then the assistant secretary of energy who recently talked about the administration's four tactics for the deployment of clean energy. the first three were government subsidiaries. the last one, quote -- you're going to love this. she says "it's where we have a m

i hope you will all come some time and see the department of the treasury and department of education and energy. there's not a u.s. department of insurance. and actually i don't know what i want a u.s. department of insurance. but your also right that over the years we have been involved in kind of quasi role with insurance. the federal flood program is a good example. for years the federal flood program actually paid for itself. it actually, believe it or not was in the black. there's very few that are in the mack but it was able to sus stab itself from the premiums. then along comes hurricane ivan and hurricane katrina and hurricane rita and we ran through about five storages where the flood went from being in the black to the red to being in debt up to 16 million dollars. there's a friend of mine introduced a bill that you referenced that would basically say, while the federal government, he doesn't want the federal government to get more involved in insurance either but if you leave it up to the benevolence of the big insurance companies, what are they going to do? they'll walk away because of the risk. it's

education and advocacy. during his 31 years in the u.s. foreign service, he served as ambassador at large for counter terrorism in the state department and as chief of mission in jerusalem. >> let me start with you. given the failure of diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in the middle east, why the continued failure of diplomatic efforts, and what can grassroots efforts to to stimulate the peace process? >> the failure of diplomatic efforts is due to the lack of commitment, sustained commitment to help these two struggling societies out of a terrible mess. the united states, i think can be faulted for its view that it's really up to the parties themselves to solve this. i think it's clear, now, that they cannot do this without strong intervention led by the united states, which has played such an active role. even that will not be enough to make lasting peace, as you suggest. there has to be a commitment to peace from the israeli people and palestinian people. at the moment, while they support and want peace, they don't believe it's possible. their support for official peace diplomacy is critical to succeed. >> if they are to support official peace

and secondary education is about 10.5%, which includes funds not only four of the department of education but also for other federal agencies. host: chicago. doug, democratic line. the u.s. education. what of the problems, but solutions? caller: thank you. one of the problems as all of the people who are trying to cure the problem itself -- callers to c-span -- judges, lawyers, administrators, principles, commentators, and even parents. it is everyone, except for the teachers. there is a certain contempt in our culture for providing -- you know, these abusive parents with help themselves, with academic help, psychological help, counseling. this whole culture needs to change. the conservative mentality of, you just let people think on their own is not going to work for this country. it has been going on for a long time. and it is just going to have to stop. we have to nip this problem and of but it and help these children and we have to help their parents as well. host: what are the solutions? caller: one of them is -- i know that social workers are underpaid, and they can be used to be getting after these parents. i know that can be a solution. the german talk about the

and secondary education is about 10.5%, which includes funds not only four of the department of education but also for other federal agencies. host: chicago. doug, democratic line. the u.s. education. what of the problems, but solutions? caller: thank you. one of the problems as all of the people who are trying to cure the problem itself -- callers to c-span -- judges, lawyers, administrators, principles, commentators, and even parents. it is everyone, except for the teachers. there is a certain contempt in our culture for providing -- you know, these abusive parents with help themselves, with academic help, psychological help, counseling. this whole culture needs to change. the conservative mentality of, you just let people think on their own is not going to work for this country. it has been going on for a long time. and it is just going to have to stop. we have to nip this problem and of but it and help these children and we have to help their parents as well. host: what are the solutions? caller: one of them is -- i know that social workers are underpaid, and they can be used to be getting after these parents. i know that can be a solution. the german talk about the

u.s., but global sales will run near $30 million this year. >> tom: the number of college students not paying their student loans is climbing, especially for those attending for-profit schools. the department of education says 7% of borrowers default on federal student loans within two years of beginning repayment. that's up from 6.7% the year before. for-profit default rates are more than 11.5%. those schools are fighting new regulations that would cut off federal aid if too many of their students cannot repay loans. vuu? >> susie: with the mid-term elections just seven weeks away, tonight's commentator is already cheering their end. she's alice rivlin, senior fellow at brookings and former vice-chair of the federal reserve. >> unrealistic expectations caused this deep recession. people who should have known better believed housing prices would never go down, bad loans packaged in fancy securities would become sound investments, and borrowed money never had to be repaid. but when fantasies evaporated and the economy crashed, common sense did not return. voters transferred their unrealistic expectations to the government. new political leadership would fix the recession fast, create new jobs for all, r

interdiction efforts, with our community and agency partners at the department of education and others in our prevention efforts and with the u.s. marshals and others on our deterrence efforts. the message we are sending with our national strategy is clear, the department of justice is fully engaged in preventing, deterring, and interdicting these heinous crimes. our goal is to prevent exploitation where we can and aggressively pursue those who prey on our children with strong enforcement, vigorous prosecution and serious jail time for those who believe they can harm our children with impunity. thank you. >> thank you. chief? >> thank you. mr. lungren, thank you for the support you continue to show us in california. i am going to jump to the end, as i speak to the issues that have been spoken to on many representations here today. part of my concern is in the use of the term slavery. my concern rest there is because from the street level, we can attest that what is going on in this domestic minor sex trafficking is, in fact, an act of slavery. where the problem exists is that there isn't the emphasis in responding to this probl