u.s. department of education doesn't require schools to release why students were referred to police. much larger school districts didn't even come close to eastside union. for the same time period oakland unified enrolled 15,000 more students than eastside but only referred 12 students to law enforcement. eastside union referred over 1,700. >> i think that we have a practice here where we were relying too much on having the officer do the facilitation and the legwork versus the administration doing the legwork. >> reporter: funk was named superintendent in 2012. the district has since doubled the number of its counselors. social workers are on every campus. there those more than 1,700 referrals to police dropped to 2014 in 2013-14. those lower rates are still among the highest in the bay area. the district hires local police officers to patrol nearly all of its schools. in fact, 76% of high schools across the country have officers or security right on campus. while the goal is to make schools safer, some believe students can actually be harmed when schools decide to involve police in

u.s. department of education requires every school in the country to keep track of how often students are referred to law enforcement. we sorted through the most recent data. thousands of pages worth, and discovered that one bay area school district was among the top in the nation for how often it called police on this student. out of more than 16,000 school districts, east side union high n hool district in san jose heck o 14th. it referred students to police 1,745 times in the 2011-2012 school year. chris funk is the district superintendent. can you justify why police officers were used so often? >> i think if a student had a knife on campus, the default because of zero tolerance was to have the student cited. if they found a bag of marijuana, they automatically have the student cited. >> reporter: you're saying there's more than 1,700 incidents either involve drugs or weapons? >> well, back in 011 we have approximately 24,000 students. >> reporter: the u.s. department of education doesn't require schools to release why students were referred to police. the much larger school districts

u.s. department of education has launched a federal civil rights investigation into the university of mary washington in fredericksburg. this comes after a member of the student group feminist united was in april. at a press conference today the group said many of its members receive threats on social media before the man was killed and they claim nothing was done about it. >> the goal is to make colleges safe for all students. women, people of color and the lgbt community and split illegal obligation firmly on schools to make that happen. >> no word yet on when the civil rights investigation will be complete. the university of mary washington just responded to our requests for comments saying on colleges across the nation, sexual misconduct is a deeply troubling problem that affects all members of the campus community. the university of mary washington the prevention of sexual misconduct is an institutional priority. the school says it welcomes guidance by the u.s. department of education. >> now your storm team 4 forecast. can it get any better than this? yes. it comes tomorrow and then

u.s. department of education doesn't require schools to release why students were referred to police.ricts didn't even come close to eastside union. for the same time period, oakland unified enrolled nearly 15,000 more students than eastside union, but only referred 12 students to law enforcement. remember, eastside union referred over 1700. >> i think that we had a practice here where we were relying too much on having the officer do the facilitation and the lay work versus the administration doing the legwork. >> reporter: funk was named superintendent in 2012. the drib has since doubled the number of its counselors. social workers on every campus, and those more than 1700 referrals to police dropped to 214 during the 2013-2014 school year. but those lower rates are still among the highest in the bay area. and just like in 2011, minorities and students with disability as were sent to police at disproportionate high rates. children with disabilities made up 10% of the population, but totaled 25% of all students referred to law enforcement. hispanic children respected 47% of the popul

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u.s. department of education. it found that students from low income families, meaning those who have an income of $30,000 or less, are graduating new york university with huge federal loans. >> tuition when we're talking about nyu including books and living expenses is about $60,000 a year. for families that are making $30,000 or less, their average was paying 25,000 every year. >> reporter: 22 percent of the students at nyu do receive pell grants. annie has been at the center of the analysis and says if you compare columbia to nyu, in 2013, the amount of money poor students had to pay back is drastic. >> they're around 60,000. when nyu is asking low income families to pay 25,000, columbia asks them to pay 8,000. that's way more. it's 87 percent off compared to a 57 percent off. >> reporter: nyu tells us that the university has tripled their financial aid budget since 2002 and the average financial aid grant has increased from covering 34 percent of the tuition to 54 percent, a one million fundraising campaign for

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u.s. department of education awarded $237 million in early education grants to 18 states including new jerseythe goal of the grants is to help expand access to high quality preschool for all children. nurch new jersey gets 17.5 million in funding. president obama's education secretary is stepping down. arne duncan announced he's leaving in december, being education secretary since december of 2009. he'll be returning to chicago to rejoin his family. the president nominated deputy education secretary john king jr. to succeed duncan. >>> and ben salem wants more people to spend time along the delaware river there. they unveiled what they call the river renaissance. the improvements cover nearly 700 acres of river front property. the area used to be chemical and industrial plants, and that was all cleaned up, and now 20 families live there. there is room for about 600 more families with the new plans. yesterday, officials showed off the plans to businesses who may also want to redevelop at the end of bucks county -- at this end of bucks county. >> huge uses with residential, commercial, high-tec

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u.s. department of education. the state department of corrections has endorsed the idea. federal legislatures will decide whether connecticut inmates can become community college students. >> it's pretty difficult, because, you have to come to school but you have a whole life outside of school. >> the federal government also ear marks some funding for prisoner course work through a pilot program which connecticut's governor strongly supports. >> coming up a major achievement for a local marshal artist. what is making her stand out in her support. >> forecast is cooling off tomorrow then we struggle to the weekend to get back some warmth air head. >> then at 6:00 the big dig causing more trouble. repairs under way for the latest of what has become a series of problems go we continue to follow breaking news. one man stabbed inside the jackson square mbta station. the station is open and theville victim does -- the >> the world's top ranked free style skier making a big announcement on the cover of espn magazine coming out as gay. he wasn't comfortable coming out during the

u.s. department of education. 150 families are expected to pick up food. the pantry will be at hayward's eden garden greenwood park. >> bay area agencies are joining forces to help homeless people make their lives easier. they're creating city packs they donated the waterproof back packs. this are being handed out in hayward. one man told us the back pack will sure come in handy. >> i usually carry a bag of stuff, but it is easy for people to reach into and take stuff and the cop faeshgsz you leave stuff around, they'll take your stuff. so this will be nice. i'll have my personal possessions close to me all the time. less likely to lose stuff. >> people can also pick up back packs at the saint vincent depaul dining room. the navigation center in san francisco tomorrow and first presbyterian church in berkeley. >>> after a short break, a grocery chain is closing all of the stores, including those in the bay area. >> why a particular toy maker is predicting a shortage this holiday season. . >>> applause at the opening bell but investors will be cheering when

education act. and then you remember under jimmy carter in the later part of his rein his administration put in the u.s. department of education so the u.s. department of education organization act. all of these three statutes have varieties of the same prohibition on control and supervision of curriculum. and clearly, the federal government in working to support common core, and funding aspects of it, is running counter to the spirit, and i would say the letter of the law. >> dr. wood commented about the gates foundation funding a lot of the work on the other side of this. i know particularly with dr. scott and your partner, you have done a lot of work on this. can you comment on the funding on the opposing side? >> i am not sure there was any funding. >> do you want to know about the pro-common core side? we can tell you about both. >> let me take it. i think it is through pioneers that have organized this and additional groups have par t participated in this. the cato foundation and the big think tanks at the state level played a role. and the think tanks that organized public events or testimony pioneer events

u.s. department of education. another assessment is being put out by the department tomorrow. reporting live from northwest washington. alison: updating on the former tenants of a southeast apartment building. forced out of their homes when the land lord didn't keep the building up to code. today was the deadline for the families to leave a hotel and find new places to live. the city pushed back the noon deadline after delays in getting them vouchers for new housing. we will keep you posted on what happened. leon: right now we are following a developing story out of the district. they released this video this afternoon. you see the video showing the arrest of a man monday afternoon in an arrest that has the department investigating the use of force. the unidentified man is damaging the car before being hit with the nightstick. the officers wrestled him to the ground and then hit him repeatedly. we have a crew heading to the neighborhood where this happened and we will have more information tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. jurors will hear closing argument in the charles severance

. >>> the university of mary washington says it welcomes a federal probe. the u.s. justice -- or education departmenthas launched a civil rights investigation into the fredericksburg, virginia, school that comes after a member of the student group feminist united was murdered back in april. her housemate is charged with her death. at a press conference today the group said many of its members received threats on social media before the graceman was killed and they claim nothing was done about it. >> the goal is to make colleges safe for all students, women, people of color, the lgbt community and put it squarely on schools to make that happen. >> late this afternoon the schools responded to our request for comments saying university of mary washington, the prevention of sexual misconduct is an institutional priority. the school says it welcomes guidance by the u.s. department of education. >>> the president says prescription drug abuse and the heroin epidemic are real and the government needs to make it a priority in order to stop the problem. today he visited west virginia, that state leading the na

u.s. department of education, one in four college students take add least some courses on -- take at least some of their courses online. they offer an app with a unique payment plan for $2,700, students can earn all the credits they can handle within six months. >> this provides an incentive for students to finish as quickly as possible. if they finish in two and a half years a bachelor's degree would$13,500. would$13,5 -- would cost $13,500. >> reporter: a pace that wouldn't be possible any other way. chris martinez, cbs news, irvine, california. >> now, brandon university is an accredited non-profit college. about 100 students were a part of the beta testing for the my path app as they say that 500 more students have signed up to start taking the online courses. >>> still the live michael and son weather cam with some color popping up right now downtown, pretty good color. winds are light, picking up as we would get in to wednesday as they come up here. but just a chilly night ahead, that the bus stop temperatures, 38 to 52 dry in the morning that you might want that sweatshirt for the k

u.s. department of education, one in four college students take at least some of their courses onlining. >online. >>> summer calling it the netflix of broadway. broadway hd is streaming high definition broadcasts of top theatrical events. there are currently 120 productions in the mix. a monthly subscription runs you $14.99 or you can pay $170 for a full year. some content is free. you can watch the shows on your tv, phone or computer, andrea. >> $170 a year is the price of a single ticket for a show in some cases. >>> can't get enough harry potter? still ahead we'll take a trip to the hog warts halloween party. >> we've got a preview of tomorrow night's republican presidential debate. >> grab your jackets. it's cold out there. also grab your umbrellas. later on tonight we're looking at the wet weather. here how much we're expecting. 1 to 2 inches of rain. areas farther south and west, a little bit more. i'm going to time it out for you at 6:30. the artificial heart, this ielectric guitarsdoers, and rockets to the moon. it's the story of america- land of the doers. doin' it. did it. done.

u.s. department of education. so far, about 65 students have completed the program, which costs $6,000 a year. and most have gone on to jobs which they wouldn't otherwise be prepared. this 22-year-old will graduate this spring. >> i'm thinking about cooking or computers. >> reporter: the turning point program got a 2.4 million dollar grant this fall. the hope is as the program expands, it's a model for other colleges and universities to start their own programs like it across the country. in paramus, i'm stacey delikat, fox 5 news. dari: spike lee is the grand marshal for the new york city marathon. he was out today to paint the finish line in central park. yes. he will direct a short film to open sunday's race. more than the 50,000 are expected to run the route. 1800 cops will be on duty. steve: what a day. amazing. she has lived a life worthy of a broadway musical. dari: composer cynthia wild and her husband sit down with christal young to talk about their amazing song writing career. steve: and imagine never ha

general education provisions act so this is all educational programs of the federal government then under jimmy carter his administration couldn't u.s. departmentof education organization act all statutes have varieties of the same prohibition on any direction or control or supervision of curriculum. clearly the federal government working to support common core and funding aspects of it runs counter to the spirit not even the letter of a lot. -- of volos. >> talk about the gates federation funding it in particular to do a number of events across the country can you comment about the funding on the opposing side? [laughter] >> i am not sure there was any funding it is grassroots >> you want to know about perot common core or we could tell you about both. >> let me take it because with those groups that have participated decade institute is a big player and the heritage foundation foundation, a state level think tanks but out of those that have been active to organize whether public testimony or even some of the we have made it a badge of honor not to take money from explicit anti-common core donor. the book putting out today was funded by a foun

provisions act so education provisions act so some is not done in the department of education and then under jimmy carter in his administration put u.s department of education one so that organization act of three statutes have varieties of the same prohibition on any direction or control or supervision of curriculum. clearly the federal government working to support a common core and those aspects is running counter to the spirit of the law. >> commenting briefly about the gates foundation funding well on the other side of this when you have done a number of the events, i can you comment at all about the funding on the opposing side? [laughter] >> i am not sure there was any. >> which you want to know about? the pro common core? we can talk about both. >> let me take this we have groups separate dissipated the cato institute has been a big player the heritage foundation the state level think tanks but of those that have been active to organize whether public testimony or even ince we have made it a badge of honor not to take money from any explicit anti-common corridor order. for example, the book we put out today was funded by the

u.s. department of education working to insure that all students, all children have the opportunity to access the world class education. especially children of immigrants. that are known as dreamers. i have and there after i worked at the u.s. white house. and serving in the office of public engagement as the liaison for the agent, and on the community and in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and

u.s. department of education working to insure that all students, all children have the opportunity to access the world class education. especially children of immigrants. that are known as dreamers. i have and there after i worked at the u.s. white house. and serving in the office of public engagement as the liaison for the agent, and on the community and in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and

u.s. department of education working to insure that all students, all children have the opportunity to access the world class education. especially children of immigrants. that are known as dreamers. i have and there after i worked at the u.s. white house. and serving in the office of public engagement as the liaison for the agent, and on the community and in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and

u.s. department of education working to insure that all students, all children have the opportunity to access the world class education. especially children of immigrants. that are known as dreamers. i have and there after i worked at the u.s. white house. and serving in the office of public engagement as the liaison for the agent, and on the community and in that role i served as a bridge between the obama administration and asian americans across the country and listened to the stories of the communities, especially the vietnamese workers who are breathing in toxic chemicals and the fisherman who are affected by the bp oil spill and the grossers and the laundry mat, owners and the business owners and i believe that in my experience, to be able to serve, the immigrants here in this city. i also believe in telling the stories of those that are marginalized. and with company, telling the stories of young people who are bullied and sex trafficking. and talking about the stories of education, and then, the importance of education. and specifically i will talk about the stories of immigrants and

u.s. department of education has made very clear to school districts, to law enforcement agencies, what those first is very clear role definition. the second is repeated, rigorous routine training. and the third is clear agreements between the schools and law enforcement agencies about the use of force and the use of arrests in public schools. and i would say in this situation -- >> just let me stop you for one second, you said, sro, that's school resource officer. can you tell us -- it's interesting to hear these guidelines laid out, because it does seem like something broke down in this incident, but what are they supposed to be doing, if not interceding in moments of defiance, what are sros supposed to be doing every day? >> well, that's the $64 question, which unfortunately we have left up to every school district to answer. and that's part of the problem we're having right now. it is pretty clear that when you have school resource officers doing school discipline, for instance, a child not paying attention to a teacher and looking at a cell phone, which is a disciplinary school incident

of forbes' mab zeen 30 under 30 list. >>> happening today, the u.s. transportation department will unveil a new program to educate drivers. it's call "my car does what". >> research shows that driver are unsure of the technology in their car. so this new website will offer videos and graphics to help them better understand the features. >>> volkswagen plans to fix all of the cars by the end of next year, a lot of cars, up to 11 million vehicles. they contain the diesel engine with software that cheats u.s. emissions test. the ceo says a software update should fix most of the cases. >>> a local county is fighting crime with a first of its kind test. they're gathering dna. police say it often takes month to get results from the state database and the delay can cripple law enforcement investigation. so far the database has been able to help nab suspects behind multiple crimes across township lines. >> it's not a gun, it's not a taser, not even a weapon. it's a q-tip. and because of it we're all much, much more safe as a community. >> police say the database has been a valuable tool to clear the innocent. >>> this wa

u.s. department of transportation of education and fill be waiver for the 2015-2016 sexual year along is with 6 other school systems the core districts are committed to implementing the school quality system and collaborate collaborate to better insure the student success among the range of indicators a small excerpt to the superintendant stating the decision is renew the core districts request is based on my determination the waivers have been xfk in enabling the core district it improve student achievement that conversation it in the public interest the core districts will implement the plans to promote innovative locally tailored strategies to improve educational ordinances for all students close achievement gaps and improve the qualities of instruction commissioners will have an opportunity to hear about the ongoing work on the school index at an upcoming as a whole the next announcement it 9 quality education the wards that has been navigate for 2015-2016 and just wanted to get get the word out the applications are now available for school sites to submit those were a components of prop

initiative is part of the first lady's reach higher program to expand educational opportunities for young people nationwide. mark: own a drone? government know about it. today, the u.s. department of transportation announced a new task force on drones. secretary anthony foxx says pilot sightings of drones have doubled since last year and there have been reports of interference with wildfire fighting operations. officials say they're concerned a drone might cause serious damage if it's sucked into an engine or smashes into an airliner's windshield. in sports, thehehicago cubs facing an uphill battle. stacey: care now down 2 games after lots -- they are now down 2 games. mark: meantime, the kansas city royals are getting ready for game three of the american league championship series. they lead the series 2-0 in game three tonight. stacey: snow in october. the early season layer falling across the heart of oswego county in central new york. some areas got up to nine inches. the snow isn't expected to last. forecasters say more traditional fall weather is on its way back. mark: it is hard to imagine. stacey: they can keep the snow for now. kurtis: this warm air is headed towards u