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About it. >> they need a little teaching them how to do hard things. really, really blunt conversation. im grateful to all of you. well keep it going with texas representative. thank you for starting us off. claire is sticking around all hour long. after the break, well ask one of the texas lawmakers who faces arrest how far shes willing to go to protect the right to vote in her state and beyond. also ahead a group of republicans, many with national security backgrounds are sounding the alarm ...

Investigators that were hired, one an absolute expert in sexual harassment and sexual harassment cases and the other the former acting united states attorney for the southern district of new york, incredible backgrounds and biographies and theyre the exact two independent people youd like, and then of course the investigation starts to curve in a way that the governor hoped it would not go and then its all of a sudden a biased investigation. we heard from the personal attorney, hey, theyre not g...

For students from all backgrounds, and the relative increase of the proportion of top marks compared with last year is no higher in independent schools than in other schools. but the government may now consider changes over concerns about grade inflation. one possible idea is replacing the a*—e system with the numbers 9 to 1. theres also debate about how next years exams should be run. what we want from a national examination system, most importantly, is that all students are treated fairly an...

This is bbc news, imjoanna gosling. the headlines at 11. a british man working at the uks embassy in berlin is arrested on suspicion of spying for russia. thousands of civilians flee major afghan cities, as the taliban continue to gain ground while president biden says he doesnt regret withdrawing us troops from the country. afghan leaders have to come together. we lost thousands lost in death and injury, thousands of american personnel. theyve got to fight for themselves. after the gap between ...

Speak to that student who said look, this will offer me protection so that i dont get bullied for wanting to be called by a different pronoun and living a lifestyle that may be different than other people at the school. >> i think there is an unfair argument being made that parents who are opposed to the school board implementing these broad policies that force everybody to comply with a certain set of ideologies that there are somehow engaged in bigotry when they believe that they can teach the...

Assessments and that means they have not been carried out in an identical fashion across the country. how would you _ fashion across the country. how would you be — fashion across the country. how would you be able _ fashion across the country. how would you be able to _ fashion across the country. how would you be able to redress any of that if you were the education secretary? this is set in stone, where these 18 and 19—year—olds go next and that travels with them through life?— throug...

Focused on bringing sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits on behalf of employees. of course that colored how she viewed what complainants told her versus what other people told her. she could not -- that was the lens they brought to the case and those backgrounds certainly influenced how they went about the investigation and drafted this report. but what we do know is that report got facts wrong, it omitted favorable evidence that didnt support the narrative. there were 179 witness inter...

Less affluent backgrounds are not continuing to be hit by this pandemic when it comes to education. we have not even started talking about that. that is a massive issue for everyone considering going to university. thank you very much for talking to us. lets get more now on the news that the football superstar, lionel messi, is in france ahead of his move to paris saint—germain. the argentinian signed a two—year deal with them after he confirmed his exit from barcelona in a tearful farewell ...

Amazing teachers and workforce staff who have supported young people in this roller coaster 18 months, and no chat about disparities or education quality should take away from that. and then the other thing is as if you people of mentioned this comparison of year on year and grade inflation is pointless, because actually it is comparing apples and pears, and with teacher assessed grades this year, different years having exams, the main helen is, sadly, not covered as much today, and that is prob...

Harassment and discrimination lawsuits on behalf of employees. of course that colored how she viewed what complainants told her versus what other people told her. she couldnt not. that was the lens they brought to the case and the backgrounds certainly influenced how they went about the investigation and drafted this report. but what we do know is that report got facts wrong, it omitted favorable evidence, that didnt support the narrative. there were 179 witness interviews and they only transcri...