Training kicked in really fast and thats a point well taken, and i appreciate lee you showing that clip because it illustrates an important distinction that we need to make. We dont want to send the message to america that bullying is normative; that bullying is normal, and that clip illustrated that the school is sending that message, and there is a difference, an important distinction between the school sort of embodying and sending the message to the kids that bullying is just a part of growing up and believing that bullying in our school is normative because it simply isnt. The data shows bullying is going down and that is not a popular thing to say these days. Bullying is a very important social problem that we need to fix, but it is not an epidemic and its not on the rise and neither is Cyber Bullying and the top scholars in the country and in social science and psychology that saying that, so thats an important distinction so thank you both so much. And there is that and theres
Matthai kuruvila, also with the San Francisco chronicle. And paul rogers with San Jose Mercury news. The high Court Announced it will review proposition 8, californias ban on samesex marriage and the federal defense of marriage act. Paul, well begin with you. What can we infer from this . Whats the time frame . Can we expect any sweeping judgments . Well, a timeframe is the arguments are going to happen in march then we expect a decision by the end of the Court Session which is june 27th. It will probably go right to the very end. As for how sweeping and how big of a decision we can expect, thats sort of the 64,000 question that Court Watchers were already speculating about today. Are we going to get a narrow ruling one way or another on either one of these two cases or is it going to be one of those once in a generation social civil rights type cases like roe v. Wade or brown v. S. Board of education . And i think nobody knows. How much attention do you think they give to that, to Pub
Matthai kuruvila, also with the San Francisco chronicle. And paul rogers with San Jose Mercury news. The high Court Announced it will review proposition 8, californias ban on samesex marriage and the federal defense of marriage act. Paul, well begin with you. What can we infer from this . Whats the time frame . Can we expect any sweeping judgments . Well, a timeframe is the arguments are going to happen in march then we expect a decision by the end of the Court Session which is june 27th. It will probably go right to the very end. As for how sweeping and how big of a decision we can expect, thats sort of the 64,000 question that Court Watchers were already speculating about today. Are we going to get a narrow ruling one way or another on either one of these two cases or is it going to be one of those once in a generation social civil rights type cases like roe v. Wade or brown v. S. Board of education . And i think nobody knows. How much attention do you think they give to that, to Pub
San francisco chronicle. And paul rogers with San Jose Mercury news. The high Court Announced it will review proposition 8, californias ban on samesex marriage and the federal defense of marriage act. Paul, well begin with you. What can we infer from this . Whats the time frame . Can we expect any sweeping judgments . Well, a timeframe is the arguments are going to happen in march then we expect a decision by the end of the Court Session which is june 27th. It will probably go right to the very end. As for how sweeping and how big of a decision we can expect, thats sort of the 64,000 question that Court Watchers were already speculating about today. Are we going to get a narrow ruling one way or another on either one of these two cases or is it going to be one of those once in a generation social civil rights type cases like roe v. Wade or brown v. S. Board of education . And i think nobody knows. How much attention do you think they give to that, to Public Opinion . Where the public s
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. In a rare move the federal government is weighing in a o a lawsuit challenging how youths with disabilities are treated in contra costa city hall. The suit charged that teens are denied special education and Rehabilitation Services and kept in isolation for up to 23 hours a day. Lawyers heard from family members about the conditions. He has actually been kept in solitary con fifinement for as g as, i believe, up to three weeks to a month. No schooling. None whatsoever. The whole three weeks that hes in solitary confinement. The allegations have led to finger pointing amid a larger debate about such practices. To join me, daffodil altan, producer at the center for investigative reporting, two, two ktvu consumer editor, and jill tucker, San Francisco chronicle education reporter. How many kids are locked up, and what is the significance of this intervention by the federal department of Justice Department and education . Well, there are about 30