I hereby appoint the honorable scott r. Tipton to act as speaker pro tempore on this dafmente day. Signed, john a. Boehner speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour, each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. It was interesting to listen to some of the congressional reactions after the United Nations Security Council on monday unanimously approved a resolution that creates a basis for International Economic sanctions against iran to be lifted. This was a 150 vote for
California, teachers and government. Welcome to both of you and welcome to the fellowship program. How do you engage High School Students in government . Is a challenge because political discourse faces is so much emphasis on stem. Kids understand that side but they do not always acknowledge why the humanities are important. Start with a relevance. Matter to you and contextualized science and engineering and math and technology. Beginning cell is Something Like, this might be the only government you might take. Be a juror forever and i need tools that will help you for the rest of your life. It is helpful to note not just what is happening now but why it is happening. We know the Attention Span of the generation can be relatively small. What are some of your secrets . It is a chance to learn about their story. The story starts with people who have come long before them and shape the way the world around them operates. If they realize that wait a start, it does not just with me but what
Welcome to cspan teacher fellowship program. How do you engage High School Students in government . Its definitely a challenge. The kids understand why that our matters, i think it is challenge, why does this matter to you . For. Are we doing it thats where the cspan library is very important. This might be the only government clash you ever take. You will be eight voter forever. It is helpful to do that. We know with twitter and social media and the Attention Span of the generation is relatively small. Component this is the chance for them to learn a little bit about their story. With peoplestarts who have come long before them who have shaped the way the world operates and they serve to realize this doesnt start with me but what where i am coming from is all part of a bigger story. It allows them to take in other peoples opinions through social media and again through video and be able to think, this is how i see the world. You get this students at the high school level. Do you sense
Washington journal begins live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan. For the past 23 years, cspan has brought more than 60 middle and High School Teachers here in washington, d. C. For the summer to learn more about our nations government and how the process works. Also learning how they can use the cspan Video Library in the classroom. We welcome this years fellows, bill kamps and sunshine cavalluzzi. Let me begin with, how do you engage High School Students in government . Its a challenge because our political discourse places so much emphasis on stem. Kids understand why that side matters but they dont always come in as to why the humanities is important. Its our challenge to start with relevance and to contextualize. What are we doing it for . What are our responsibilities to do it well and thats where resources like the library are incredibly important because we can see in realtime how these things are playing out and why they matter. I think the beginning cell is al
We can communicate any change in direction or any new information at this point. Okay, well thank you. See the rest of education secretary devoss testimony online in the Video Library at cspan. Org. Back now to our coverage on the conference of the federal role in education. Remember to use the sign in sheet wherever that is going around. Please sign in. Right here. I think. I dont know. Should i pass it . Ill pass it down. Im going to hand it to you. Sign the sign in sheet. Awesome. Were here today to talk about the every students succeeds act. Im a reporter at politico here in d. C. , i cover education policy. And we are going to talk about this law that passed in 2015, that replaced no child left behind and where states are at right now. Were going to talk about that today. To bring you up to speed, essentially, there are two submission windows for states to send in their plans under this law for Holding Schools accountable for how they plan to intervene in schools. For how they pla