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This Labor Day Weekend we are thinking about workers and veterans after their service, finding the right civilian job can be difficult, but those military skills learned can be a valuable tool in starting a new business. Our Contessa Brewer went to the university where a boot camp is helping veterans. Reporter natasha spent 20 years in the army. I had opportunities to be a commander. I was airborne i worked in special operations i supported special operations around the world. Reporter when she ...

First, strengthen competition, and advance innovation. At the top of that list is the agencys vote last month that will make it easier for consumers to buy a settop box or an app from someone other than their cable company. Is Technology Neutral proposal means that any company will be able to manufacture a settop box or design an app and sell it to consumers. Should a consumer wish to continue renting their settop box from their paytv provider, they can. No one is going to take it away from them...

Regime that systematically denies political and Economic Freedom or do we preserve normal relations for postcastro transition so we can use them as a lever to induce a broad profound and irreversible reforms that will effectively liberate cuban people . Inexplicably president obama chose to matter of course i hasten to add that this is not a partisan debate. There is strong bipartisan consensus is strong for the regime but is moving toward democracy. Although president obama is moving quickly to...

Obviously see is a distractor question. There is nothing relevant there obviously. Obviously. A and b are plausible. Either of those actually make sense. If you are confused, just Google Google them and they we will make more sense to you shortly. In all in all seriousness we all know probably everyone in this room has taken a test a standardized test at one point or another. There nothing new. Theyve been around for a long time but it seems like were living in a moment where the stakes attached...

Next, Jesse Hagopian, editor of more than a score, and history teacher Garfield High School in seattle, washington, takes a look at standardized testing. Thank you. So welcome everybody for braving the elements and making it out here. My name is brian jones, im an educator and activist. And as jason said im going to moderate our event. Just a few words about the event and then we will kick off. I will introduce the panelists and let them kick it off and then well have discussion after that. We a...

Only possible criticism is that they scheduled me right up against mr. Gwyn next door. I used to teach civil war history. Lots of books come out on the civil war but not many of them are as good as his book rebel yell. Of all of possible people to be scheduled up against i find that a little daunting coin. Thank you for being here. Is event must be full. Second i thank my host j. Ford was my host last night, took me to a wonderful dinner, the only possible qualm i have with that is took me after...

Its unlikely to be valid in terms of what its trying to do. I do believe there is ability. Parents who come into kindergarten, when you have a child they always say children will develop at their own weight and age. Whats important is that theyre thriving and happy and then all the sudden that rhetoric comes to a halt and if you dont learn to read by third grade youre doomed forever and wont ever go to college. I hope you buy the book and give it to all the parents you work with. I was reading a...

Garfield high school in seattle takes a critical look at standardized testing. This is about an hour, 20 minutes. [applause] thank you. Welcome everybody for braving the elements in making it up here. My name is brian jones. Im an educator and activist in new york city and as jason said im going to moderate our event to just say a few words about the event and we will kick about. I will introduce our panel of some of them kick it off and we will have discussion after that. We are here, no doubt ...

Sorts of challenges within the test. With the performancebased assessment you cant imagine that happening in being mandated for a couple a couple weeks a year unless you had some Crazy Society that was trying to produce a a nation of stat spies. If you integrate teaching and learning and the teachers are engaged in their integrating their own selfworth flexion, i flexion, i think thats really important. I was really struck by the student being prompt by their achievement and how they got where t...

Students achieve more. What is the impact of having this comprehensive dossier of information on the student that the readout of the balances this kid is a potential drop out. That is the kind of question where the law is so far away from what we are getting at and even in Public Opinion theres a lot of division about words that helpful when would we like our kids to be able to tear up their record when they graduate high school and what about nonpersonally identifiable as we talk about changing...