I know this additional flexibility provided under our proposed amendment would help get Quality Charter School office the ground. The amendment also allows for revenue to be more portable across School Districts to provide states with the ability o move toward more models. Or competency based education if they so desire. It ensures that Charter Schools are doing outreach to low income and other schools. Many Charter Schools are already leading in this regard d helping our most atrisk families to achieve success. We want to ensure they continue to lead the way and provide access to choice for more families. Im also pleased that my amendment i offered with brooks regarding Computer Science is made in order. My amendment with representative brooks would clarify that federal funds can be used for Computer Science education. Its particularly important because it relates to funding for teacher preparation based on the bipartisan Computer Science education act which representative brooks and
Good morning. Im melissa harrisperry. We begin with the breaking news still underway in nairobi, kenya. After 24 hours after a standoff began, masked gunman are still holed up in the building. At least 59 people are reported dead and 175 others injured. Four americans are among those hurt. A North Carolina woman was inside the mall at the time of the attack and described the scene. You could hear, while we were back there, them methodically going from store to store, talking to people, asking questions, shooting, screams, and then it would stop for a while, and then it would go to another store. Al shabaab, an Islamist Militant Group based in somalia is claiming responsibility for the attack. They say its revenge for the kenyas crackdown on the group in somalia which began two years ago. Al shabaab has pledged allegiance to al qaeda and has been lipged to other violence in eastern, kenya. But that is their most brazen attack yet. Nbcs ron allen joins us now with the latest. Rob, are yo
What is happening at the Henderson School? It’s a question on a lot of people’s minds these days. The answer will vary greatly depending on whom you ask, especially at this moment when tensions are running high between families and district staff. I am writing as an active Henderson parent and husband of Courtney Feeley Karp, who is an elected parent rep on both the
SALEM — Dominick Pangallo, the city’s 52nd mayor, will soon officially implement something that no other mayor has achieved in Salem’s near-200 year history as a city: school zones.