Syrian army, not shia militias tied to the asad government. Did nbc knowingly cover up the truth . Well speak to Asad Abu Khalil who openly questioned nbcls nbcs claim back in 2012. Then to the house the herman built. What you see before you is a model built to scale of Herman Wallace is cell. He spent years in solitary confinement for a crime he could not have possibly committed in louisiana. 27 of those years were spent in the cell. Amy we will speak to artist Jackie Summell about hermans house, her collaboration with former prisoner and black panther, Herman Wallace. And we will get an update on the case of glenn ford freed from death row after 30 years. He is now dying of cancer in hospice care. While exonerated, he has not been compensated. But first, in an act of mass civil disobedience, tens of thousands of new york parents rebelled this week against years of standardized testing from the politicians in albany. We will speak to a parent and school superintendent. All that and mo
And embrace all of these wonderful writers that have given voice to let them help us emerge from the stereotype. Now, Anya Kamenetz books that standardized testing in todays Education System. It ranges from the introduction of common core state standards to the cost of tax payers up to 1. 4 billion per year. My name is monica golden and above passage is very happy to welcome him Anya Kamenetz and her latest book transfixed why schools are excessive standardized testing, but you dont have it be. The test is about the failures of testing in american schools. Children are more than test scores but in the last 20 years schools have dramatically increased standardized testing. In the era of no child left behind and the common core americas schools are sacrificing learning of favorite testing. How do we preserve states for selfdirected learning and development, especially when we so want all children to hit the mark. Npr education reporter explores all sides of the problem and my parents and
A mans habits become his character but its the most intimidating of the christian virtues in a certain way for me because its the work of a lifetime. When you do meet people in that category there is a kind of radiance. David and michael, thank you so much. [applause] [applause] nagl Anya Kamenetz looks at standardized testing in todays education system. The discussion ranges from the introduction of common core state standards to the cost to taxpayers up to 1. 4 billion per year. My name is sub 10 in both passages very happy to welcome Anya Kamenetz and her latest book the test why our schools are obsessed with standardized testing but you dont have to be. The test is about the failures of testing in american schools. Children are more than test scores and in the last 20 years schools have dramatically increased standardized testing testing. In the era of no child left behind and the common core americas schools are sacrificing learning in favor of testing. How we preserve learning a
I have presented about innovation in education. With the help of technology and other kinds of approaches to Student Centers and i wanted to direct this to kind of book for education with children at about a proposal for the kind of book to talk about projectbased learning and social and Emotional Learning and blended learning. And the proposal just wasnt that convincing the i talked to my agent about why and i said 915 kids go to Public Schools and what i meant is that thats is not a lot of room for innovation in Public Schools these days because our schools are being held accountable for the outcomes of these very weak and limited standardized tests and test scores dont capture what teachers are trying to accomplish with these are the sorts of experiences and models. And so thats what it feels like not break in fencing innovation story here. My agent said youve got to write about that. Youve got to write about the gorilla in the room which is the standardized testing. So i set out br
Their allies with hezbollah. Amy that was Richard Engel three years ago. Now, two years after being kidnapped in syria, nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reveals he was actually seized by militants tied to the u. S. Backed Free Syrian Army, not shia militias tied to the asad government. Did nbc knowingly cover up the truth . Well speak to Asad Abu Khalil who openly questioned nbcls nbcs claim back in 2012. Then to the house the herman built. What you see before you is a model built to scale of Herman Wallace is cell. He spent years in solitary confinement for a crime he could not have possibly committed in louisiana. 27 of those years were spent in the cell. Amy we will speak to artist Jackie Summell about hermans house, her collaboration with former prisoner and black panther, Herman Wallace. And we will get an update on the case of glenn ford freed from death row after 30 years. He is now dying of cancer in hospice care. While exonerated, he has not been compensated.