Performing students to help prepare them for college. We read philosophical tests ranging and wrote revised College Level essays. At the same time i worked with the lowest performing students who had yet to pass the state tests of the with them we did mindless test prep. Even though i was really good at it getting 100 of those students to pass their exams in my final year doing it i was doing the students no favors. I think about a senior who could hardly write and struggled to read. Sure she passed the test but she was still ready, she was not ready for the Community College work she encountered that fall. When we focus efforts only helping struggling students jump over a hurd definitely mandated exams the learning an opportunity gap widens. My Current School harvest collegiate is a member of new york performing standard consortium of a group of 48 schools that offer more alternative model. We use more rigorous Testing Systems than state exams. Highstakes assessments are not on demand
The form of burning beheadings and raping, sometimes of children. Is a betrayal of the islamic tradition. It is forbidden in custom. It is forbidden in International Humanitarian law geneva conventions and previously to that or prior to that the haig regulations. And Human Experience it is forbidden period. What virtue or courage is there in beheading someone defenseless, raping a young girl . Does a person who calls themselves a fighter believe this is, this is a definition of courage . These people are an smile eighted annihilated conscience are so far outside of Human Experience. Young adherents seeking to join them must know what they purport to join is not some adventure. Its a road to destroyed, utterly criminal existence. If youre looking for some meaning in your life, do good deeds. That will be your salvation. This is the First Official trip for a high commissioner for human rights to washington in eight years. It has been important for me, and my office to reengage with the a
Deferring to this week, trying to make the process slightly better. I certainly appreciate in spite of the fact we dont have a full presentation, i appreciate the presentation hes going to make. Mr. Secretary. Well, mr. Chairman and Ranking Member corker, it really is a pleasure for me to be back before the Foreign Relations committee. During my time here we have some things right. We certainly wound with up wishing we had done things differently. Most of us would agree and i saw it during both parties chairmanships including the years senator luger and i were here that this Committee Works best and makes the greatest contribution to the Foreign Policy and our country when it addresses the most important issues in a strong bipartisan fashion. This is one of those issues. The chairman and the Ranking Member both said that. This is one of the moments when the bipartisan approach really is critical. As you know, the president is committed to engaging with the committee and all of your col
The out of cost pocket insurance is going high. I dont know whats happening with new york. Everybody needs to create a p. O. Boxer for new york to get low health care costs. We will be going shortly to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Secretary of state john kerry is expected to testify on isis. Also, earlier we could hear about the release of the cia report. The report on the cia about their interrogation techniques. Well take a few more calls before the Senate Hearing begins. San antonio, texas. Catherine, go ahead. Thank you. As a spanish person its really an eye opener. Let me tell you something. I came here 40 years ago. The country was so different. There was not this division that it is now thats been driven by so many people. I sit here and i watch this. I think to myself this is the country that i came from. They come up here. They lie to you. They get away with it and they take our money. There is no repercussions for these people. We as the American People need to cla
Dollences to the family of the brave family killed by isil. Together with jordan we mourn the loss of a hero that that galvanized the nation and the world. I hope this heinous crime helps us put in place what thus far has been lacking, comprehensive strategy to achieve goal to degrade and destroy isil. Let there be no doubt we still do not have a viable strategy to counter isil. And if you are not winning in war, you are losing. America has no greater ally in the fight against terrorism than jordan. As we made clear to King Abdullah in our meeting yesterday, this committees concern is to ensure jordan has equipment and resources necessary to continue taking the fight directly to isil. Many of us on this committee will be sending a letter to the administration on this urgent issue of concern and we invite all of our fellow Committee Members to join us on that letter. I think there was a consensus on both sides after the meeting with King Abdullah that we would send a letter out this mor