he also talked about something that probably didn t sit well with kids. i think we should have longer school years. we now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries. and that month makes a difference. don t forget, our coverage of education nation continues throughout the day. for more resources and information, check out our special website, educationnation.com. the number two in command was talking democratic strategy yesterday. last night lawrence asked president joe biden what he meant that the gop democrats are facing this year are not their grandfather s republican party. what i really said was that this is not even your father s republican party. these folks don t want to talk. these folks don t want to enter into a compromise. these folks don t want to come up with practical solutions.
opportunities in education today. i ll bring you a live preview from the plaza at 11:30 eastern today. we ll be followed by teacher town hall hosted by brian williams here on msnbc sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. plus check out our website, educationnation.com because there you ll find out where your school ranks nationally and in your state. you can also take a quiz with your child about learning and it s all there at educationnation.com. in a last-ditch attempt to save her home, the so-call octomom is hoping to rake in much-needed cash from a yard sale at her california home this weekend. let s get the details from amy palmer, senior editor with in touch weekly. what have you learn bodies this yard sale? she had this yard sale because she s behind in her mortgage payments. $7,500. however she, has a huge balloon payment due october 8th for, i mean, the gigantic number is $450,000. wow. so the fact is she s trying to sell these items. if you go through the list she
come together with leaders in politics and business to discuss the challenges and opportunities in education today. i ll bring you a live preview from the plaza coming up at 11:30 eastern time. and we ll be followed by teacher town hall hosted by brian williams live here on msnbc from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. you can also check out our website, educationnation.com. there you can find out where your school ranks nationally as well as within your state. you can also take a quiz with your child about learning. it s all there for you at educationnation.com. let s go to the worldwide fight against obesity and the country with the biggest obesity problem, yeah, it s us. americans lead the way in obesity among the 33 richest countries in the world, according to a new report. in fact, the world obesity forecast says 3 out of 4 americans will be overweight or obese by 2020. and that is 75% of the u.s. population. dr. ian smith is the medical expert on vh1 s celebrity fit club and also the
brian williams live here on msnbc from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern time. we re going to give you a sneak peek out on the plaza. plus we ll give you a check on our website educationnation.com and you can see where your school ranks nationally and within your state. you can take a quiz with your child about learning. it s all there for you at educationnation.com. tough feedback today for the gop s pledge to america. and some of the biggest critics are fellow republicans. conservative activists say party leaders missed an opportunity to get serious on spending. now some democrats actually seem happy to see a specific agenda to tear into. hello to you. good to see you. this pledge was aimed at winning over the tea party overall, but the activists say the whole thing came off as being too limited, overlooked some of the issues, earmarks, the balanced budget, those things very important to the tea partiers. does that suggest that
during a summit, parents, teachers and students will come together with leaders in politics and business to discuss the challenges and opportunities in education today. it officially starts tomorrow with teacher town hall. that s hosted by brian williams. he ll be live right here on msnbc from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. eastern. we ll give you a live sneak peek out there at 11:30 eastern. plus check out our website, educationnation.com. find out where your school ranks nationally and in your state. also take a quiz with your child about learning. that s at educationnation.com. a controversial resolution passed by the texas school board yesterday ames to curtail what it calls a pro-islamic and anti-christian bias in textbooks. the socially conservative board voted narrowly to win this in favor of the resolution which calls on future textbooks to put more focus on christianity. the resolution accuses publishers of indicting christianity for the same practices. for example, sexism, slavery, per