Station in des moines brings us more the no child left behind act is being left behind. The new law is the every Student Succeeds act, or essa. The president s signature on this new law mean the federal government will give control back to the states and individual School Districts to make sure their Education System is working. 16 28 the problems came from emphasis on testing and accountability. Roark horn is the director of the School Administrators of iowa. He says School Districts around the state will be excited to break away from the cycle of too muchtesting. 20 09 theyre not releasing total control of what needs to be done but they are releasing control of how its done and thats where iowa is well prepared to take on horn says the biggest change classrooms will new law is that tests will be used how theyre meant to be childs progress and potential. Overall its a better measure of accountability and student achievment. 20 34 i think were going to take the tenants of every child i
Bria well keep you updated as we find out more information. Reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna a sioux city man was arrested after leading police on a chase that ended in downtown yesterday morning when he crashed into the chesterfield. Authorities say 32 year old Jesse Brubaker of sioux city led police on a pursuit that began near 28th street and highway 75. While pursuing the suspects vehicle, iowa state patrol used a pit mauver to stop the car. The car spun out, hit a light pole and then the front of the business. Brubaker was tased before he was apprehended. No word yet on the damages sustained to the building. Jenna the names of the two women who jumped from a burning building to safety in sloan last week have been released according to the sheriffs office, 19 year old alanna gotto of sloan, was the first woman to jump to safety during the the second was 19 boggs of anthon. Women spent new years eve in the released new years day. Jenna recently re elected offici
Tw weeks until christmas. I got to tell you im feeling good this morning. A got a lot o of shopping done yesterday. Wow. That is portant. Good for you. Youre luc because im like a third of us, i wait till the last minute. I havent bought anybody any gifts ye you might not wantt to do that this year because of the big alert from u. P. S. S. And fedex. Theyre behind right now. Christmas in january. Whoo no, no . All right. We have a lot of in us to get to. Well begin with some Severe Weather battering the northwest hit by that tornado and torrential downpours triggering mudslides and flooding. The storms moving east and aditi y is in battlegrgrnd, washington, where dozens of homes were damaged by that twister. Good morning to you, aditi. Reporter good morning, amy. Im snding right in the path of that tornado that tore through this town. Take a look at the pies and piles o debris on the ground here. The windsere racing up to 10 miles an hour, 36 homes damaged called battleground. Wow repo
The president went so far as to call the change a christmas miracle. Critics have said no child left behind gave too much power to washington in controlling state education policy. Earlier today, we talked to dr. Paul gausman, superintendent of sioux city schools gausman says he feels there was more good than bad in no child left behind, but there isis lot of anticipation and excitement leading up to these changes. Mostly in regards to standdized testing but the challenges with no child left behind have to do with assessments, every state takes a different approach to assessments, students perform at Different Levels many states like iowa continue to change the form of the assessment, the reporting of the sessment,so its very difficult to discover, but the federal governrnnt still has to underer the previous lawaw hand out these negaitive designations to different schools and different districts based on their performance. Deborah saying it involved and not enough teaching. It also had
Deborah plus. Are you struggling to pay your rent every month . Well according to a new report. Youre not alone. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Deborah good morning and thank you for joining us. Im deborah souverain. Jessica rae has the morning off. But before we begin. I want to explain what we are wearing. As you can see. Scott and i are christmas sweaters on the show this morning its all in support of the crossroads homeless shelter. Here in sioux city. 100 percent of the money raised through sweater sales goes directly to the shelter. So join us. By picking up your own ugly sweater to help the homeless this Holiday Season. Deborah and now to the latest on the San Bernardino terror investigation. Searching for small lake near the scene of the massacre. After killers likely visited the lake on shooting that left 14 people dead. Abcs lana zak has the latest. David bowdich, fbi assistant director we will leave no stone unturned, the fbi is exhaustively searching a s