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We are with all the pre-eminence weve enjoyed if it werent for the sacrifices of the men and the women in world war ii and yet i think if you ask most kids in high school seniors in high school say whats the 70th anniversary of they wouldnt know. >> u.s. history student in eighth grade and mentioned the low number for proficient. however that study also points out 71% of students are at grade level or above. so proficient is considered often a b plus or a minus so i think thats an important deta...

We are with all the pre-eminence weve enjoyed if it werent for the sacrifices of the men and the women in world war ii and yet i think if you ask most kids in high school seniors in high school say whats the 70th anniversary of they wouldnt know. >> u.s. history student in eighth grade and mentioned the low number for proficient. however that study also points out 71% of students are at grade level or above. so proficient is considered often a b plus or a minus so i think thats an important deta...

Young people, long after ive left office. [ applause ] its a big deal. i want to thank the former ceo of deloitte. joe, stand up. youve done an incredible job. just like my brothers keeper overall effort we launched last year joe and my brothers keeper alliance theyre all about getting results. theyve set clear goals to hold themselves accountable for getting those results, doubling the percentage of boys and young men of color who read at great grade level by the third grade, increasing their h...

Graduate ready for a career. are they getting suspended in school? can we intervene there? are they in danger of falling into the criminal justice system? can we catch them before they do? key indicators we know will make a difference. if a childs reading by the third grade at grade level we know they have a chance of doing better. if they arent involved with the criminal justice system and arent suspended while theyre in school we know they have got a chance of doing better. so theres certain t...

Schools look like. why is it that we continue to have according to the bm administration 5,000 quote dropout facilities. we still allow that poor level of education to continue. so its a comprehensive approach but you cannot separate it from poverty. the two have to run hand in happened to alleviate the conditions that young people face. >> so city councilman scott, you caught a lot of peoples attention here. mark halperin was one, i was another, when you said its not just you enough to write a ...

Men rioted in baltimore, he said quote these kids have bad experience in school. so i and others writing editorials about this were asking the same question what might happen to the inner city kids if they actually had better schools and maybe even school choice? according to the department of education, only 16% of eighth graders scored above grade level in national reading tests. 13% in math. above average. lower than the maryland averages and national schools. the baltimore city schools spend...

Chicago, atlanta, los angeles, many other cities across the country, issues related to the safety safety of unions men and boys of color, educational opportunities, disparities in health care, issues of reading and his rae, jobs in some instances reentry issues, and the ability to go on to higher education. and so these issues certainly affect philadelphia but many other cities across the country, but president obamas vision and focus on this my brothers keeper initiative the my brothers keeper ...

Republicans liked the idea that schools were being held accountable for the money they spent. democrats liked the promise of increased funding. senator edward kennedy, a co-sponsor of the bill painted it as a win for civil rights saying quote, it proclaims that every child matters. every child in every school in every community in this country. teachers were skeptical. the bill stipulated that by 2014 all students across the country must be performing at grade level. with the resources they were...

You know at that grade level or any other -- >> handle a pregnancy. >> so that makes it a thoughtful question. >> really? >> because i think youre saying to 13-year-old kid say can you handle this? she is looking at list and saying no, i cant. i have to thing twice. i didnt think that was the most offensive part. there is a lot of detail on there for a 13-year-old. >> i think scaring bejesus out of young adolescents is the greatest service we can do as a nation. thats why 16 and pregnant and tee...

Were doing with tribes in the future to give them the support they need to govern their reservations in the way they want and support native youth so they have a brighter future than they might have had in the past. >> secretary, when you see some of the statistics theyre just tragic on the students for example, only 10% are up to grade level their studies. look at the numbers native american students meet benchmark only 10% of the time. 11% unemployed among native americans. why is this so deep...