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Oregon's governor recently signed legislation that allows high school students to graduate without proving they can read, write, ...

They dont have the correct proficiency levels, either they can get extra help, they can get workshops in tutors to really help check-in and make sure that all students are able to graduate with the same proficiency levels. >> i remember when i was in high school, and students were having a problem they would stay after class and they would have a teacher who took an interest in them and help them along. i was one of those kids in math. i couldnt understand calculus and eventually, my teacher hel...

Should be using, and what kind of ideology they should be believing in. they believe no matter who you are, or what your pronouns are, you should be learning, math, science, and english and learning how to read and write. they can take care of the treating everyone with respect at home. >> earlier today, they spoke to a conference of teachers on equity. he repeatedly urged teachers to become warriors for equity in social and racial justice. listen to what he said. >> educators were warriors for ...

As much as a black child. and the fact that were now, again, seeing everything through the prism of color. martin luther king jr., the greatest civil rights icon of our era, it bears repeating, dont judge people by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, we keep focusing on race and education and it bears repeating that the u.s. is currently ranked 25th in the world in reading, math and science. basic blocking and tackling. first is china, 11th is ireland, 21st the aussies...

Equality. critics say it makes matters unfair restricting what words they can use and forcing girls to complete with athletes born with physical advantages. >> first to anita vogel on whats at stake tonight. >> a lot at stake, and we are expecting about tonight on this new transgender policy for students, passions are running high on both sides of the issue. more than 150 parents gave their thoughts to the school board last night over this new policy that affects how transgender students will be...

Fairfax county have been ground zero for parents who are looking at their kids curriculum after trying very hard to get students back into the classrooms after teachers refused to go back to school, and seeing really that their education is not focused on math, reading, writing, and science, it is focused on a woke agenda whether its through critical race theory or these transgender policies being pushed. weve seen this play out in other states like, connecticut for example which has been sued b...

Vacation, if you will, but soon thereafter will return to washington and hit the road as well, heading across the country to rally support. he previewed some of that argument today, talking about how it could really touch nearly every part of americans life and improve things, the largest expansion of the social safety net americans have seen in a long time that he says will be paid for as he said in that clip. they can do the math too. theres a real chance democrats could lose control of at lea...

Even in a year or so -- that, is that, what do you make of that idea? >> donald trump says he want to make a comeback despite accounts every day of steps he took, reckless, irresponsible step he took undermine american democracy. some politicians believe they are invincible or at least can rebuild. well see. i think she laid it out perfectly. we dont know if that will happen. part of the calculation, most things in politics come down to math. the report came out a week ago. he waited a week. he ...

Writing and math for high school students. the democratic governor kate brown to spending and essential skills requirement. backers of the governments trickle governors move say the old standards hurt disadvantaged students. matt finn is joining us. good evening, matt. >> in supporters insists considering reading and math is essential skills creates an unfair challenge for students who do not test well historically minority students. local reports say there was some bipartisan support. republica...

And math. and the thinking is that that would help students of color. so the suggestion is that black and brown students cant meet the same standards as white students which is absolutely not true. thats the racist part. the damaging part is that now students in oregon dont have to, by law, be proficient in those subjects, setting themselves up for total failure later in life. >> harris: well and discrimination. >> carley: absolutely. >> harris: people say you are less than. less than the whole ...