Your thoughts on changes to the nations education laws. Parents 2,027,488,202,748,001 and 202,748,003. You can send us an email or facebook. Start dialling in and well get to your thoughts and how you would change education policy in this country. But first joining us on the phone this morning is lauren camera, reporter for Education Week to talk about the debate. Lets begin with the house approving legislation narrowly last night to rewrite the no child left behind law. Why this debate now . The education law no child left behind expired in 2007. Right if did expire some time ago. Essentially what you have is people and states operating under a system of the department of education right now. Its been a big battle to get enough votes on either side to get this moving but it seems Like Congress is getting it going. What motivated lawmakers . What has this administration been doing in the absence of reauthorization or rewrite of no child left behind. What are they doing to motivate the
This was around 4 30 a. M. This morning. The investigation shows the current ruing through the third running through the third rail jumped for an unknown reason. It carries a current of 1,000 volts. When it jumped, it made a loud noise that some on the train described as the explosion. This is calling into question the state of the infrastructure. Ktvus tom vacar is joining us live now from oakland with more on this story. Reporter you got to consider this. When a system operates at the edge of its capacity, nearly all the time a minor slow down or break down, that means major congestion and frustrations are guaranteed to follow. Of course, nobody wants to hear about fair increases, tax increases to catch up on maintenance to all systems. But we are on our way to losing systems that it took generations to build up. When b. A. R. T. Breaks down, like today, interstate 880 becomes a 15 mile long parking lot. Which is frustrating. We are in need of a transportation bill. In fact, we need
Postincorrier. At a conformation hearing to be the next joint chief chair it was said worship poses the greatest National Security threat to the United States. That is next. And then a look at the Supreme Court cases decided by the court this term. And later a conversation with California Congress woman loretta sanchez. Here is some featured programs for the weekend with the up coming release of harper lees new involve cspan2 booktv focused on the novelist. We talk about the impact of lees book to kill a mockingbird and her life since the publication. And we will reair this Program Sunday evening at 6 30. And hue hewitt talks about Hillary Clintons second run for president. And congressional remembering of the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war with readings and remarks by members of congress. And sunday evening, carly theorina visits with voters. And on lectures and history, Flagler College professor speaks on the Great Depression and roosevelts action to help the people and the econ
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Justice stevens was the senior liberal justice but when Justice Stevens was in that position is certainly made a big. Trying to draw them altogether. Justice gainsborough tries to do the same thing is cautious and signing dissenting opinions when necessary. I they seem to exert a kind of discipline cohesion the stereotypically expect more of a conservative when he saw and the marriage case and opinion no one would mistake for having been written by anyone else. All four of the liberal justices who joined him thought exactly the same thing because none of them wrote a concurring opinion or sought a single punctuation mark being out of line. They do have that unity. The conservatives seem to have some down significantly and sometimes minor ways of wanted to get to the same place. One other thing is going on. There is a generational divide the sometimes shows between the chief Justice Justice scalia one mostly of the fact that he sees the five votes to do something he wants to get it done