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Assessments so no more than 2% of class time is used for testing students. they want tests worth taking, high quality, time limited and fair. >> whats the right balance here? thats what were striving to get to. >> the reach into local education has been a major issue in the 2016 campaign trail. democratic frontrunner hillary clinton joining two major teachers unions and calling the new plan simple saying, quote, we should be ruthless in looking at tests and eliminating them if they do not actual...

Propertying and thats where the officers have come from, right? people want security for their kids. >> right. >> when theyre at school. >> right. and thats the difference. security versus enforcing discipline. officers should not be used as the disciplinary arm of our schools. that is the problem. they carry guns. they carry handcuffs. and so, its one thing to secure the school and to make sure there is safety. this was an incident that didnt appear from the video from what we have seen to be a...

Dont know weather, they dont go until they do understand weather. >> he says kite surfing is wonderful and safe, but like any sport, those who participate need to take necessary precautions. >> whether accidents arent random, theyre readily predictable and avoidable in most cases. you have to use restraint, but if you do, you can enjoy the pleasure that this sport gives you in buckets and cut down the risk of having a bad day and being injured. >> kevin kearney agrees. with some distance after t...

Assessments so no more than 2% of class time is used for testing students. they want tests worth taking, high quality, time limited and fair. >> whats the right balance here? thats what were striving to get to. >> the reach into local education has been a major issue in the 2016 campaign trail. democratic frontrunner hillary clinton joining two major teachers unions and calling the new plan simple saying, quote, we should be ruthless in looking at tests and eliminating them if they do not actual...

>> congressman leo ryans entourage flies out to the jungle even though jim jones still hasnt agreed to let them into jonestown. negotiations continue on the remote airstrip at ft. kaituma. >> im congressman ryan. and you are? >> corporal rudder. >> how are you, corporal? nice to meet you. we are here from the united states government to inquire into the health and welfare of the american citizens who are here. that is our only intention. >> before i give permission to go in there i would have to...

Testing that is about informing instruction, because you need to know where kids are. but where bob is totally right is that right now, the stakes on those two tests are everything. frankly, the schools throughout the nation did what they were supposed to do, focus on those two tests. we need to have a lot of different measures like project-based instruction. we need to have classroom information. we need to make sure that we have real supports for kids so what we need in a new law is a much bet...

Leadership, peer review, principal observationing many way to assess teachers. we have to shine a spotlight on extraordinary teachers transforming childrens life chances every day through great instruction. we have to welcome that conversation, not run away with it. >> your successor, john king jr. will take over when you leave in december. whats next? are you going to run for office? >> im not running for anything. im running every day here to stay focused on this job and ill worry about that l...

Of assessments. is there good feedback? most parents want their children to be assessed. they want to drive instruction and improve. with at the federal level, state level, local level, if its too ump its too much. we have to look in the mirror make sure theyre high quality assessments, getting back to students and parents. >> how do we measure teacher performance, which is important, but cannot just be based on tests? how do we measure that, secretary, and the progress of our students? how do y...

United states and nato join with them, those were unprecedented requests and we did decide, or in recommending to the president that there was a way to do it. the president i think very clearly had a limited instruction about how to proceed, and the first planes that flew were french planes. and i think what the united states provided was some of our unique capacity. but the bulk of the work militarily was done by europeans and arabs. >> i think youre underselling yourself. you got the state dep...

Might as well dress the part. >> ta-da. >> yes? right. i am ready to rock. i am ready for the instruction. >> we will start with michelle. and first up is to cover them. >> cover michelle? >> yes. come over here, michelle, and it is different from most of your job jobs, right? >> i will let you know, and so far, yes.