And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. I am pleased to be joined by diane rav itch, a former assistant the education secretary under bush 41. Ten years ago, she published a scathing critique of the standardized testing system she once supported in programs like no child left behind. Since then, shes become a defender of Public Schools. I am honored to have Diane Ravitch on this program. How are you holding up so far . Im glad to be with you. How are you holding up so far . I went paragliding the other day, im holding up really well. Youre paragliding, obama is water surfing, how can you be so calm at a moment like this . Im not calm, i hate whats going on. I theres a full scale frontal attack on our Public School system. Its an outrage, close to 90 of the children in this country go to Public Education and Public Education is the bedrock of our democracy, doors open to all. Taking in kids who are english language learners, kids with disabilities. Kids who are t
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. I am pleased to be joined by diane rav itch, a former assistant the education secretary under bush 41. Ten years ago, she published a scathing critique of the standardized testing system she once supported in programs like no child left behind. Since then, shes become a defender of Public Schools. I am honored to have Diane Ravitch on this program. How are you holding up so far . Im glad to be with you. How are you holding up so far . I went paragliding the other day, im holding up really well. Youre paragliding, obama is water surfing, how can you be so calm at a moment like this . Im not calm, i hate whats going on. I theres a full scale frontal attack on our Public School system. Its an outrage, close to 90 of the children in this country go to Public Education and Public Education is the bedrock of our democracy, doors open to all. Taking in kids who are english language learners, kids with disabilities. Kids who are t
There are now just three days until donald trump is sworn in as president and it will happen against the backdrop of deep unpopularity among the American People. A new nbc news wall street journal poll finds just 38 have a positive view of trump while 48 have a negative view, making trump the most unpopular incoming president in the history of the poll. Of course, trump doesnt buy it. After other polls showed similar ndings trump tweeted the same people who did the phony election polls and were so wrong are now dog approval rate l polgs, they are rigged, just like before. The polls are not rigged but they can be wrong sometimes. We should note National Polls entering election day turned out to be pretty accurate. Hillary clinton won the National Popular vote by 2. 86 million vote, about two percentage points. On election day, National Polls showed her leading be i three points. Again, pretty close. Thats in part, of course, and important to remember that its not trumps popular vote tot
Lawyer is literally having nightmares about trumps presidency. When the president does it, that means it is not illegal. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. There are now just three days until donald trump is sworn in as president and it will happen against the backdrop of deep unpopularity among the American People. A new nbc news wall street journal poll finds just 38 have a positive view of trump while 48 have a negative view, making trump the most unpopular incoming president in the history of the poll. Of course, trump doesnt buy it. After other polls showed similar findings trump tweeted the same people who did the phony election polls and were so wrong are now doing approval rate l polgs, they are rigged, just like before. The polls are not rigged but they can be wrong sometimes. We should note National Polls entering election day turned out to be pretty accurate. Hillary clinton won the National Popular vote by 2. 86 million vote, about two