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Consideration. miss devos -- >> its not under consideration but ill be glad to put you on record. >> well keep trying. miss devos, thank you for being here. appreciate you and your family being with us tonight. i wanted to start with a basic questions, would you agree with me that the problem, and thats an understatement, in my judgment, but the problem of sexual assault on college campuses is a significant problem that we should take action on? >> senator, thank you for that question. i agree w...

Worse than the detroit public schools when it came to african-american students in eighth grade math. nearly half of charter schools in michigan ranked in the bottom quarter of all schools statewide. so my question is this -- not a false choice about whether we should have choice or shouldnt. we should have choice. but what youve learned of the last 20 years of this work in michigan that has changed your mind about what it is that kids need in america in the 21st century? >> senator, thank you f...

The relative advantage of measuring, doing assessments and using them to measure proficiency or to measure growth. >> thank you, senator, for that question. i think if im understanding your question correctly around proficiency, i would also correlate it to competency and mastery so that you, each student is measured according to the advancement that theyre making in each subject area -- >> well, thats growth. thats not proficiencproficienc. so in other words, the growth theyre making isnt growt...

Aid. three well-known institution in my state have all said this is a priority for them to move forward and sitmplify, getting our kids the best education they can get. would you work with the office to advance the -- >> senator, thanks for that question. im aware of this task force report and it sounds like the direction that its taken is very promising and if confirmed i look forward to working with you and the others who have been working on this to implement the things that are deemed approp...

Universal, very inexpensive, or free childcare. would you work with me in moving our government in that direction? >> senator, again, i feel very strongly about the importance of young families having an opportunity for good childcare for their children. im not sure that -- >> its not a question of an opportunity. its a question of being able to -- very often, my republican friends talk about opportunity. its not a question of opportunity. its a question of being able to afford it. how do we hel...

>> this is the subject that has been debated in the education community for years. and ive advocated growth as the chairman and every member of this committee knows because with proficiency -- >> looking back -- >> -- teachers ignore the kids at the top who are not going to fall below proficiency and ignore the kid at the bottom, no matter what they do will never get to proficiency. ive been an advocate of growth. it surprises me you dont know this issue. mr. chairman, i think this is a good rea...

Reduce the burden of application, families, easier to apply to college and to attend college? >> indeed, i will. i know thats been a very burdensome process in the application, in fact, i recall chairman alexanders actually unfolding the entire length of it. its a very long process and i would look forward to working with you to -- >> 104 questions. i remember correctly, mr. chairman. 104 questions. the committee came up with a two-page, four-question application that worked just as will, so its...

Comes up with. the uniform metric might prove helpful in making information available to congress. the higher education community and the public about the success of former students in repaying their federal student loan debts. this information could also tell us the extent to which student loan repayment rates vary across institutions. i believe students should have access to a wide variety of data when choosing a school just like they would when choosing a car. greater access to information wo...

Known to american counterterrorism agencies as an isis sympathizer and was on watch lists. one of tens of thousands on the radar of news agencies. overnight germans conducted several raids looking for the tunisian national in connection with the truck attack. joining me with the latest, ann thompson in berlin. the big question how did this guy get away from german authorities, how was he even on the loose after being on everyones radar for some time? >> yeah, andrea, there are two big question...

Of 50. do you think theres any chance that the republicans get together from the state legislature base and have a constitutional convention, and if so, what could they change? >> well, the second question is a lot easier than the first. what could they change? they could change the whole constitution. i think there is a lot to worry about and be concerned about in this country. a constitutional convention is not one of them. >> even though theyre only two legislatures away? >> there are legal q...