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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 ...

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...

Prf. I hope they dont end with a report. I hope its a springboard to action. Thank you, mr. Pasco. Very interesting. Our last speaker on this panel is dustin smith. Hes president of the Sacramento Police officers association. Welcome. Good afternoon. And thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. What id like to first comment on is the fact that we create a large part of the publics perception of their local Law Enforcement. No manner of outreach can overcome what we create. Plea...

Screeria nigeria. Comments cspan. Org or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation, like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. Coming up on cspan 3 remarks by Dell Incorporated Founder Michael dell and then a conversation with dan fyfer followed by a Senate Foreign relations hearing on fighting isis and later a Panel Discussion on combatting violent extremism. Dell Corporation Founder and Ceo Michael Dell spoke on wednesday talking about his experience of dropping out of college and starting ...

I also want to put on your radar and your calders that may 16th is the Asian Heritage street celebration that will be here in the Civic Center Plaza little saigon. It traveled from japan town and sun set to china town, but found a home near little saigon. With that i want to say it is a diverse number of honorees, but i want to give a opportunity for clodeen chang to come up and make brief remarks thank you supervisor mar. Thank [inaudible] Asian Pacific americans in your dist rict [inaudible] l...

Choice. As you work on these issues in louisiana, some folks probably try to offer kevins argument in the opposite form saying, look, the School Choice stuff might have some possibilities downstream, but right now youre taking dollars away from schools that are struggling with kids. How do you justify that and how do you make those numbers work . Thank you. Id also like to thank senator scott for putting this forum on. It truly is very important, and its very important for us to hear not only th...

Senate Foreign Relations committee but he is flatly rejecting calls for his out right resignation. Menendez is making his case both to reporters through traditional media and straight to constituents fifty two yacht internet. Senator menendez swept past reporters and photographers without comment on his way in to federal court where he entered a not guilty plea to charges that could bring an end to a nearly quarter century long congressional career. A 14 count federal indictment accuses menendez...

Insertion and extraction missions. That means bringing teams in by helicopter, lowering them into small boats trying to get them into target areas. Thats the latest live in navarro beach, florida. Just in from ferguson, missouri. The citys Police Department announcing the chief has resigned. After that Justice Department investigation found widespread racial bias in his department, chief Thomas Jackson submitted his Resignation Letter this afternoon. Hes expected to speak any minute. These are l...

Other than sheltering in place the police are evacuating some people in the 900 block of 8th street. Partnership hall is open for anybody who was displaced. We now turn to a developing story from fredericksburg, where he campuses in morning. One student is dead, another is charged in her murder. Grace man was well loved in an outspoken activist that university of Mary Washington. Yesterday she was found dead in her home. The suspect is a student and her housemate. Roz plater joins us from freder...

Marines on board and two nepalese soldiers. It operated 80 miles east of kathmandu. Im Contessa Brewer in new york for abc7 news. Alison some member of the Fairfax County elite Task Force One are still in nepal. They sent out an update saying they are safe and well. Nearly 60 team members deploys to help with the search. Leon police executed another search warrant at the home of richard and Patricia Welch in hyattsville. They would not comment what they were looking for or what was seized. Kathr...