I also just received a huge honor of being selected National High School Principal of the year. Worcester is the second largest city in new england and worcester tech this the largest high school in a city. With 1400 students in 24 different tactical programs within for small learning communities. 63 of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch, 19 our special ed and ethnic background reflects the citys demographics. We were the lowest performing high school in our city and one of the poorest performing vocational schools in our state. Presently we have a 92 first time passing rate in englishlanguage arts, 84 in math, 96 insights, and last year 96. 4 of our students graduate in four years. The achievement gap has decreased significantly and in some groups it is nonexistent. Students who prepare for success with a rigorous curriculum including a variety of advanced placement courses that combines academic with handson experience in school and the workplace through internship and co
Time for a period of general speeches followed by debate and a procedural vote on a u. S. District court nomination. Thatll be followed by a vote on legislation sponsored by senator Claire Mccaskill dealing with Sexual Assaults in the military a. Also on the agenda, Senate Democrats plan an allnight session to talk about Climate Change and other environmental issues. Over in the house, theres no legislative business today. The chamber will gavel in at 2 00 eastern for a pro forma session. The house will return tomorrow at noon with eight suspension bills being considered including a resolution that calls on the u. S. To impose sanctions on russia for its intervention in ukraine. You can watch live coverage of the house on cspan and the senate here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and fadi chehade is the president and ceo of the Internet Corporation for assigned names and num
Important to us that we are, were solid. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff secretary of state john kerry and his counterpart from iran worked in vienna today, trying to find a breakthrough in talks on Irans Nuclear program. Kerry met oneonone with Iranian Foreign minister Moahmmed Javad Zarif twice during the day, for several hours. There was no indication of any real progress. The u. S. And five other nations are trying to reach an agreement with tehran before a july 20th deadline. Woodruff a full audit of afg
Confess that iran was engaged in Nuclear Weapons related activities, given all of this. So i think negotiators are going to have to be very resourceful in finding a way to resolve this. I think the key will be to frame the issue in such a way that iran doesnt have to admit past guilt, but provide sufficient information to satisfy us that some activities engaged in the past do not have implications for covert programs in the future. Thats going to be hard, that its going to be essential. And the final issue i will mention is duration but if you look at the joint plan of action, it only says at the end that the conference of agreement will be of longterm duration. The parties could Reach Agreement on a precise number of years. It becomes very important because another element of the joint plan of action is that once this comprehensive agreement expires, then iran will be treated in the same way as any nonnuclear weapon states party to the npt. And what that means is that perhaps some of
This is bbc world news america. A ceasefire in gaza. They will consider if they will end the fighting. The judge of england votes to allow women to become bishops for the first time. A decision that has prompted controversy in celebration. Chinas expanding network. Delivering aains business boom. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. After a week of conflict in israel and gaza, tonight egypt has released a proposal for a ceasefire. It comes after a weekend of sustained rocket attacks that have seen house and the palestinians leave their home. Spending their day in gaza and has just sent us this report. This is a typical street and a better off part of gaza. Not too densely populated by local standards, but still crowded enough for one bomb to hit more than one target. A group of men chatting on a front step. The men into friends without realizing were also under israelbased surveillance. Probably by the same drones that seconds later fired the mis