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Hook 99% of american schools up to next generation broad band in only five years the administration says the technology is there, so why not? but there is a catch. connect ed would be bank rolled by beefing up your cell phone bill. >> probably on the order of $5 or less a year on cell phone owners, on an individual cell phone owner. >> believe it or not, the white house does not need to ask congress for their approval to tack a surcharge onto a cell phone bill, which is part of the reason this idea is so attractive, according to the "washington post." by cutting out congress, the administratio...

We need a comprehensive strategy to attack that problem. the president gave his first major economic speech at knox where he pointed out then that we could shape the forces that have been affecting us rather than being affected by them. i think he articulated that vision today and overthe coming weeks he's going to lay out actions he could take on his own since we haven't got than much cooperation from congress, ways he can convene employer groups or labor unions, college presidents to keep college affordable. also, executive actions such as connect ed, to connect all of america's schools to h...

Known as connect ed aims to change this. the school district where the president will make remarks this afternoon began its push towards increased digital access in 2007. since then, graduation rates have risen from 80% in 2008, to 91% in 2011 and test scores have improved significantly. the connect ed initiative does not require congressional action but it comes at a time when congress is in a heated debate over efrl educational concerns, from preschool and no child left behind to student loans, joining me from the white house is secretary of education, arne duncan. secretary duncan, thanks s...

it. you can get by on a million or two. >> he even rewrote his own version of the ten commandments. and his ex-wife says this about him. >> i'm so proud of him. >> that's a rare interview with george w. bush. >> i want to stay connect ed to the veteran community. this is a rare interview for me. >> remarkable mission of wounded w warriors and keeping america great. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. two big interviews. the first with ted turner, but also a very outspoken man. plus a rare interview with george w. bush. keeping america great as a former president. he talks...

Looking at all of our schools, both small, large scale et cetera. we have made sure that our parents are notified through connect- ed messages and we have repeated that time and time again. those students that walked to school, especially young children, neighborhood children, we have had the principals meet and administrators meet them at the gate of the school and they were not dismissed until parents came to pick them up, a guardian et cetera. we are doing everything possible to make sure that children are safe, but that also students and parents understand that the precautions we are takin...