Pringle, here to talk about President Bidens plan on education during the pandemic. Nora dunn sense of this tweet. The white house confirmed President Bidens goal of reopening a majority of schools in the first 100 days does not apply to high schools and there is no word of a timeline for reopening secondary schools. Becky pringle, what do you know about the plan . Guest good morning, greta. It is good to be back on washington journal. We have been so encouraged by President Bidens understanding it is absolutely essential our students, educators get back to inperson learning. As a finance teacher for 30 years, there is nothing i know i would rather do than be in front of my students doing science labs. We know and have been saying for 10 months we need the resources. Thats exactly what President Biden plan President Bidens plan starts with. He knows we have to make investments in our schools. Not just that. Is 1. 9 trillion package he sent to Congress Also includes money to states. We
See more on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. Joining us this week on the communicators is alan pratt, he is the executive director of the National Rural Education Association and he joins us from chattanooga, tennessee. What is that association and what do you do . Our association is the voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as an organization. One of the things we do is we advocate for all areas, all issues that involve a rural schools and communities and right now we are looking at a Digital Divide and we are looking at the reopening of schools in a very different way. That is what i a lot of our work has been focused on over the last five months. When you look at online availability for education, where do you see the deficits . I think home access is the biggest deficit and in rural, remote areas or areas outside
Congressional Budget Office testify before the Senate Subcommittee on physical response ability and Economic Growth. Thank you all for participating. I think it will be good. Im sorry we cannot have it in a more, what to say, a more kind of formal setting because it may have been better because im not sure if there is any hearing we have that was more important than this. Our Witnesses Today will be philip schlagel, director of the congressional Budget Office and jean todaro who is the comptroller general of the United States and head of the u. S. Government accountability office. With that i will make my Opening Statement and then turned to maggie, my Ranking Member, and then Ranking Member wyden for the entire committee has a statement he would like to make as well. Again, thank you all for being here and im grateful to all who are there during us by internet. Todays hearing will address the topic that was shied away from Syrian Refugees and when it comes to our health we make choice
Association and what do you do . Then our association is voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as an organization. One of the things we do is we advocate for all areas, all issues that involve rural schools and communities. We are looking at a digital divide. We are looking at reopening schools in a very different way. Thats what a lot of our work has been focused on the last five months. When you look at online availability for education, where do you see the deficits . I think home access is the biggest deficit in rural, remote areas or areas outside of urban, suburban areas. We have connectivity issues with cell phones and wired access as well. We have a 40 beauty issues affordability issues. We are looking at the lack of access and affordability of the surface. How many students are we talking about . Allen overall, you know, rural represents about 9. 7 million students. But you ar
Section a General Information and section b opening items. First item is approval of board minutes. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Any corrections. [roll call]. Clerk thank you. [roll call] speaker cards for the regular agenda and for closed session are necessary if you wish to regards board of education. Members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. And presented it to the executive session. To my right and to your left. Members of the public are reminded that individual members of the public have two minutes to address the board and or the item and or the time as set by the president. According to board rules and procedures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. Item number 2, dr. Matthews. Thank you, president sanchez. Good evening, everyone. This month the entire country will join us to elevate the diverse histories, experiences, stories, and voices of African Americans