On the money starts right now. Books and backpacks and binders, it is backtoschool for millions of American Kids and teachers but should there be a thing. Is a twomonth vacation an idea whose time passed and should we break tradition and look at yearround education. That is our cover story this week. For some students, school is never out. Classes are in session all year long. 3700 schools are on a yearround school in 2011 and 2012, most recent available said that is 4 of public schools. Instead of a long summer off, the 180 Day School Year is being reorganized with Shorter Breaks throughout the year. Proponents say yearround school is designed to stem Summer Learning loss. Most students lose math schools and low income children lose reading schools. Another advantages include reducing student and children burnout and for low income families access to health care and free and low price meals but it creates scheduling problems for family. It is hard to find childcare during the breaks i
Riders from new york to boston than all other airlines put together. 50 of people that travel this distance. And between washington d. C. And new york city, amtrak carries twice as many passengers as all Airlines Come bind. Today it carries 75 of inner city travel letters between new york and washington. Amtrak has done all this with the threat of funding cuts and privatization especially of the profitable northeast corridor hanging over its head. We know that in other parts of the world privatization of high speed Passenger Rail has tried and failed to solve the problems it was intended to solve. These plans were almost always preceded by funding cuts, system i can safety and reliability problems caused a great deal of upheaval in the transportation and forced countries to renational lies a system. With that being said, we think that amtraks longterm next general plan for the northeast corridor provides a temp plate for a Public Private partnership that is worth discussing. If the par
Jerpthe question we should e asking is, is our complicated reality well served by these simple statistical wonders. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corp
Jerpthe question we should e asking is, is our complicated reality well served by these simple statistical wonders. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corp
Msnbc. Hi there, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg and welcome to your business. Where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. Starbucks has launched a new initiative called create jobs for usa. The program is focused specifically on Small Business owners. The companys donated 5 million in seed money and its soliciting donations from customers and employees. This will help fund Small Companies through a partnership with the opportunity finance network, a group of Community Development Financial Institutions that focus on underserved markets. I sat down with starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz to learn more about the campaign. Thank you so much for joining us today. Im so excited about this opportunity, and i cant wait for you to tell us a little bit more about this. You can see, i got my bracelet. Love it. So tell me how youre going to be helping Small Businesses. And as a result, create jobs. Well, i think before i answer that specifically, can i frame the problem for you . Absolute