We are going to work. His answer made me angry. It still makes me angry. As a child of tomorrow, it isnt the boy sitting with me in my classroom. Now that tomorrow has become today. I am today. You are today. The time for every child to have the right to life, the right to freedom, to freedom, the right to health, the right to education camera to dignity, right to equality and the right to be. [applause] today, today beyond the darkness i see the Smiling Faces of children. Do. Close your eyes and feel the child inside you. And so you can listen to that child, listen please. Today Mahatma Gandhi, nelson mandela, Martin Luther king calling on us. Let us democratize knowledge. [applauding] let us renew. [applauding] together let us globalize compassion. I call upon you in this room and all across the world. I call upon a march from exploitation to education. Education. [applauding] i call for a march from poverty to shared hospitality, from hospitality, from slavery to liberty, and from v
Let me me before you keep thinking about your answer to do something else. To frame the question we are talking about questioning and accountability and that goes off into education and i have to refresh myself with 15 minutes even though ive been fooling about it for years. The federal government under no child left behind requires 17 standardized tests today to seven tests, seven in reading. Grade three through eight and once in high school. And then three tests in since i intend once in grades three through five and six through nine and once in high school there are 17 tests that must be used by the law as a primary means of determining the academic performance of the state. Florida reported that. There are 183 state and local tests in addition to the 17 federal tests and when this report they start to make a spotlight on the test is that maybe that is too many tests and they started getting fewer tests. So if we are talking about what kind of tests. Its whether whether it is the fe
High School Students will award 150 prizes totaling 100,000. Create a five to seven minute documentary on the title of the three branches and you. The videos must show varying points of view and must be submitted by generate 20, 2015. Go to student camp. Org, for more information. Grab a camera and get started today. Each week, American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. From the Lyndon Johnson president ial library, a 1968 documentary produced by the office of economic opportunity. The mexicanamerican a new hope for opportunity to fix efforts to assist spanishspeaking americans as part of the war on poverty. Many of the programs continue to the present day under other federal agencies. Ever since my teaching days, i have worked for the education of progress of the spanishspeaking people of this great country of ours. Juan is a mexicanamerican. I emphasize american. I created the Mexican Affairs committee in 1967. It is made
At walmart. I remember thinking, im a desperate author but not quite that desperate. It turned out it was a fraudulent charge and had nothing to do with my book, though you think about it, if someone had stolen my credit card to buy my book that might have been the perfect crime. But for me personally, the most interesting aspect of this episode is that my wife noticed the fraudulent charge immediately. And its because she monitors our credit card like a hawk. I never would have noticed this charge. If i had it would have been months and months later. She noticed it almost in real time. Several months ago i was out of touch for a while, i came home, and my wife said, i hadnt heard from you for hours, but i wasnt worried because i knew you were at the bar watching the hockey game. Literally every beer i was buying coming up on the screen, and i know some of you are worried about the nsa creating a 24hour surveillance state, dont worry, ive been married 2 1 2 years, you get used to it. I
Its very helpful to us as senate xxs. And i thank senator murray and the staffs for working and having presented all of those points of views. You all get an a for sticking to five minutes. Well see if the senators do, as well, as the time comes. Ill take my five minutes and senator murray and then after that, senator collins senator warren senator robert, senator bennett will be first four. Well go by first arrival and conclude by noon. My my view theres a clear federal role i have to refresh myself. So seven tests in matt, three for reading once in years three through eight and then once in high school. And then three tests in siensz once in three through five and once in grade 6 through nine and once in high school. And these are 17 tests that must be used by law, as the primary means of determining the yearly academic performance of the state and each School District and school in the state but those righthand turn the only tests that kids take. Thats one spot light we ought to put