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
Carney late yesterday on that. When it comes to protecting americans serving in our embassies and facilities around the world, it is very important to take the necessary precautions when there is this kind of credible threat information. Bill greg palkot leads our coverage. Hes working the story out of london today. What is the latest out of pakistan, greg. Reporter thats right, bill. We were talking just a short while ago with officials at the u. S. Embassy in islamabad, pakistan. They had confirm ad drawdown of what they called nonemergency personnel from the u. S. Consulate in lahore. That is about 180 miles southeast of islamabad. That personnel is in fact being brought up to islamabad in that capital area. They also confirmed to us that it was all due to a specific threat against that installation. We have been to lahore of the it is a lovely city and also the home base of very ugly islamist ideologies. Countrywide were seeing a lot of violence in recent days. In southwestern paki
The wall street journal combing through a new report showed a majority of americans who feared they would face steep fines for not having healthcare will be exempt. So chill out. You came back for more pain. How are you doing . Patti ann im Patti Ann Browne in for martha maccallum. This new report shows by 2016, 90 of them could be off the hook because of a recent flood of new exemptions. The headline first is what here . Reporter hardly anybody will have to pay the fine. That reduces the impact of the individual mandate. Bottom line, premiums will go up because people are not being forced to buy coverage. Bill if you look at this, the first category is the number of people qualified for exemptions. It has gone up 5 million between 2012 and 2014. How many people will pay a penalty . It dropped by 2 mill americans over the past two years. The math doesnt add up. Reporter more and more exemptions add. The wall street journal found 14 didnt ways to avoid the fine. Domestic violence. You h
Yesterday. Israel saying it will investigate that. Claiming hostile fire was coming from the school. Hamas uses human shields to protect its weapons in those schools. John huddy live near the border. John, we hear another u. N. School may have been hit. What can we report about that . Reporter well, yeah, bill and patti ann, were hearing that possibly the target was a mosque next to the school but the school took fire as well. Were not hearing of any deaths at this point but were hearing of a lot of injuries, including many children who were rushed to the hospital. This happened earlier today in the northern part of gaza and as you mentioned of course this comes a day after another u. N. Run school, these schools have been serving as shelters, was also hit by artillery fire. 17 people died yesterday. And that, in that fire and also dozens of others were injured including children as well. This is why there is growing pressure for a ceasefire agreement, for both sides to come to some ki
Who could strike with very little notice to our Intelligence Community our Law Enforcement community here at home. Bill what are people saying there. Reporter if there is a sense of unease or urgency 0er fear its the largest in america with 40 million visitors annually. We got up here after the mall was closed. But the tribune reported crowds were normal here ned. That after the Al Qaedaaffiliated Group Alshabaab issued a video which threatened attacks object this mall and in ement canada. Can d in edmonton canada. The video released by alshabaab reflects the new face we face. They are calling for attacks through internet, video and publications which means we need to respond militarily. Reporter the malt of america is not a the mall of america is not allowing the media inside the mall. They are going to put us across the mall and its 8 degree below zero as i speak to you today. They issued a statement saying there is no credible threat associated with the mall of america. Mall of amer