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
Verify the threats. A possible threat from isis ramped up security at the Hargrave Military Academy in chatham on tuesday. Hargrave is a military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. The schools president says they immediately got in touch with local Law Enforcement after receiving the message. Now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. Yesterday, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. They also sent a message to parents. There was an open house planned for this weekend but its been cancelled. All cadets will be allowed to go home through the weekend if theyd like. The president says theyve never faced a situtation like this before. Half days will become full days for the Henry County Public School system. Is changing its calendar to help make up for the recent snow days School Officials say theyre trying their best to change the School Calendar but keep spring break. Two planned half days in march have now become full days.
Scalia. sot rev. Rob schenck president , National Clergy council we came out here this morning to be here to witness his last visit. Scalias casket arrived for the final visit. Following close behind were his children and his former law clerks serving as honorary pall bearers. Once inside. The current members of the court joined the family in a Short Service led by scalias son. Father paul scalia. nats after the ceremony, the public was allowed in to view the body. Emily weatherspoon was the first person in line. The High School Junior from North Carolina says it she respected scalia. Weatherspoon raleigh, North Carolina hes definitely someone who really what he believes in and sticks with country. standup weijia jiang cbs news the Supreme Court president and mrs. Obama are expected to arrive at the court some time today to pay their respects but they will not attend the funeral tomorrow. The white house is sending Vice President biden to represent the administration saying he had a pe
From the south of the next couple days highs in the sixties by saturday and sunday alayna how long that will stick around and will southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. Wdbj7s Christian Heilman is here with more on the threat and whos on alert. Hargrave military academy in chatham is under increased security tonight. That threatening message on tuesday. It could be linked to the islamic state. Hargrave touts itself premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. Its located in chatham. The schools president says they immediately got in touch with local Law Enforcement after receiving the message. Now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. Today, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. They also sent a message to parents. Internal security is up at the school tonight. Other Law Enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. There was an open house planned for this weekend but be al
As an investigation continues, students at Hargrave Military Academy are back to their normal schedule. After an threatening message was recieved over social media last week with possible ties to isis, the campus shut down for the weekend. Law enforcement spent the weekend patroling the area and students were allowed to go home. School leaders say to normal and there are no updates on the investigation. Pittsylvania county Sheriffs Officers say they are aggressively following up on many different leads. The man accused of abducting and killing teenager Nicole Lovell now has a new attorney. David eisenhauer hired Tony Anderson from roanoke to represent him in court. The Montgomery County juvenile and domestric Relations Court confirmed the change yesterday morning. Eisenhauer was first appointed christiansburg attorney chris tuck by the court. Natalie keepers is also charged in lovells death. Both eisenhauer and keepers are in the western virginia regional jail. The Supreme Court of vir