Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Kids will be put to the test with policy changes. The funding formula devised by jerry brown puts local districts in control how they spend Education Funding and provides money for lowincome students and English Learners. The National Common core standards takes full effect this year. They drastically change how students are taught and tested. Joining me now for an explanation are California State School board president michael kurst and jill tucker. Michael, lets begin with you, the new socalled local control funding formula is a traumatic shift for School Districts. Can you explain how it works and why is it needed . The old system of financing was a historical accretion back to the 19 60s. It did not adjust for different peoples needs. It was convoluted and impossible to understand and relied on state earmarks telling schools to spend money on librarians or School Gardens or whatever. All from sacramento heavily indicated from s
Going to be we saw it happen with speaker gingrich and it can happen here. Boehner walked away from a deal shortly after that. I want to come to the interplay between the leadership on the republican side in in a second but i have to ask this based on what you said. I think you know the president gave what was initially an off the record interview to the Des Moines Register editorial board, speaking although he did not get the endorsement of that paper in one of the things he said in the interview was he believed he could get a grand bargain struck on the debt ceiling if he were reelected on november 6. A son what youre saying they may not be possible if if the freshman and now sophomores and many members who come and dont eventually give a nether blessing to cut a deal. In her may feel in the same tough spot now that but he was last year. A ground part and based on what you say may not be possible if obama wins under any circumstances. This is outside of the book but i will do it anyw
Connell we have decided i will root for the cardinals and you will root for the red sox. Dagen i care. I am legitimately rooting for the red sox. Connell i will root for the cardinals. Dagen the red sox kind of anybody hard times. Connell no, they dont. We have a lot coming up to start us off on markets now. Nicole good morning. The Dow Jones Industrial average down 73 points. That is down about. 5 . The nasdaq composite down almost a full percentage right now. Today we have a mixed bag of earnings. We are seeing some selling underway. Boeing raised their fullyear earnings. Following is a winner. Other names like tesla, a nara and coach are pulling back. Connell thank you. Dagen discussing some of the problems hurting the rollout of the Health Exchanges and the Affordable Care act. Connell we are going to go to the white house right now. Rich edson is standing by. Rich these folks are losing the customers they need to be paying these insurance premiums. Later this afternoon, it is nega
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Kids will be put to the test with policy changes. The funding formula devised by jerry brown puts local districts in control how they spend Education Funding and provides money for lowincome students and English Learners. The National Common core standards takes full effect this year. They drastically change how students are taught and tested. Joining me now for an explanation are California State School board president michael kurst and jill tucker. Michael, lets begin with you, the new socalled local control funding formula is a traumatic shift for School Districts. Can you explain how it works and why is it needed . The old system of financing was a historical accretion back to the 19 60s. It did not adjust for different peoples needs. It was convoluted and impossible to understand and relied on state earmarks telling schools to spend money on librarians or School Gardens or whatever. All from sacramento heavily indicated from s
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Kids will be put to the test with policy changes. The funding formula devised by jerry brown puts local districts in control how they spend Education Funding and provides money for lowincome students and English Learners. The National Common core standards takes full effect this year. They drastically change how students are taught and tested. Joining me now for an explanation are California State School board president michael kurst and jill tucker. Michael, lets begin with you, the new socalled local control funding formula is a traumatic shift for School Districts. Can you explain how it works and why is it needed . The old system of financing was a historical accretion back to the 19 60s. It did not adjust for different peoples needs. It was convoluted and impossible to understand and relied on state earmarks telling schools to spend money on librarians or School Gardens or whatever. All from sacramento heavily indicated from s