School of government at Harvard University, secretary devos sits down with professor Paul Peterson and takes questions from the audience. [ applause ] good evening, everyone. Im the academic dean of the Harvard Kennedy school. Tonight, we are joined by a professor and a very special guest to explore the critical question of how to improve our Education System. In particular, should we address the challenges of our Education System by shifting resources from School Districts to parents by giving them tax dollars to choose whether to send their children to Public Schools, Charter Schools, or private . This is the latest chapter in a debate thats been going on for some time. Milton friedman developed the idea of choice in his 1955 essay the role of government in education. Policymakers, including our guests here tonight, developed these programs into experiments in the 80s and 90s. Given that this debate has been going on for more than 06 years, why did 1900 people sign the Facebook Page
Rush hour train crash. They are still having a hard time get to go all the mangled wreckage tonight were learning more about the engineer behind the controls when that train crashed. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. The engineer is 29 year new Jersey Transit veteran. Hes out of the hospital tonight and talking with investigators and we now know 34yearold Fabiola Bittar de kroon was the woman who died while she was waiting for the train. More than 100 others are injured though many of them are out of the hospital tonight. The train did not have positive train control. In fact, no nj transit trains have it. The Transit Agency has until december of 218 to install it on all of its trains. The investigation into the deadly tragedy is only just beginning. Ntsb says theres work to do before its investigators can get a close look at the crash scene. Chris oconnell is live in hoboken, new jersey torque night. Chris . Reporter iain, lucy, federal investigators have arrived on scene he
Philadelphia only 63 degrees. As we look at the temperatures north and west, upper 50s. 64 right now in atlantic city. So the bottom line if youre stepping outdoors, grab a jacket and also keep the umbrella handy. Temperatures will be in the low 60s and we also have the cloud cover and cool temperatures. First pitch is going to be kind of damp and dreary with that mist and temperatures in the low 60s. Well time out more rain for the weekend coming up. All right, scott, thank you. You can stay one step ahead of Mother Nature with fox 29 weather app. You can get the extended forecast and live radar sent right to your phone. New details tonight about the Police Involved killing of a man in cobbs creek. Tonight questions about the Police Response when they went after a dangerous suspect. Police fired more than a hundred shots at one man and this Evening Commission are in richard ross is addressing the issue after questions from fox 29. Our Dave Schratwieser joining us live now from Police
The trees are known as Monkey Puzzle trees. Not indigenous here, but common in australia. No one seems to know how they got here. Only that they have been here for decades. The trees have been there. People know that theyre there. You know, it was a freak accident. Youre taking your chances under a lot of different trees, especially in the drought. This type of tree can produce tree pods up to 35 centimeters in diameter and weighing as much as 40 pounds. The one that hit mace was the equivalent of a bowling ball. He is now suing the park service and wants something done before anyone else is injured. At a bare minimum, i think the park owed a duty of care to all visitors to warn of this known danger, including posting signage around the grove of trees advising of the risk of falling seed pods. Reporter now the lawsuit calls for the trees to either be cut down or maintained in a more strict manner. They are also seeking 5 million in damages. The u. S. Attorneys office is handling this m
But they say given his recent history, he is quite the fighter and is expected to make a full recovery. Reporting live in sacramento, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. Stones childhood friend who helped with the takedown of the terror suspect in france asked everyone to send prayers to the stone family. Alex tweeted out, spencer is one tough guy. And only he could have done Something Like that and lived yet again. Stay with us for the latest on this developing story. Were updating our social media platform around the clock. Well not just marin county, this murder case now stretches into Santa Clara County and portland, oregon. Theres a lot unfolding about the shooting death of a popular yoga instructor. Were getting new information on how authorities were able to catch the three socalled drifters accused of this brutal crime. Nbc bay area is in marin county this afternoon. Pete, one of the suspects has a rap sheet in the south bay. What else do we know . Reporter inve