You dont show that by counting out anyones child. You give them all a chance, and thats what we did in florida. [applause] a lot changed in those years. Graduations grea rates went up. The number of students passing exams increased four times over. We became the leader in Early Childhood education, and we still are today. Among minority children, florida saw the greatest gains anywhere in the United States, and what is that show . It shows that every child can learn, no matter the race, background, where they live. I know this can be done. The debate is changing. Old orthodoxies are falling away, but we can never forget that longterm reform does not help a child right now. Years of learning are years that are lost forever. I think of the kids in washington dc who receive opportunity scholarships, a couple of thousand boys and girls, almost all black, have been given a chance to leave the worst schools and go to the best. Yet every to leave the worst schools and go to the best. Yet ever
I think it seems to me we all have agreement that we need to fix it, even within the department. And professor light, you made a comment that i think is very important, something im concerned with. We could work real hard, have all of these intensive negotiations, Everything Else, but it doesnt seem like its that difficult to me. I think that the money were spending now we need to come up with a simple fix. Not a 100 dollar saddle on a 10 horse. For those involved in this, keep it simple and get it done quickly. We need to get the Inspector Generals back to the point where they can do their job, a very important job that theyve done very well for many years. Thank you, mr. Chair. Before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. Expect that, and maybe from the other members that arent here. Whats the normal time that we wait . Up to one week well take questions for answer in writing. Youve all had a chance to read the oic opinion and hear the tes
Groups and it gets to be very complicated then the special interest lower the retirement age. Increase they have hear drastic hairdressers can retire at the age of 55 because their work with hazardous chemicals. [laughter] host how to readdress those problems we made more promises than revenue . Garett Social Security is running a small deficit but that will increase every year. It never goes away. Host in the payroll taxes used to be more than enough but now more are coming out. Boring paying out more and you dont have a lot of choices. Overall the future unfunded liabilities runs like 25 billion so it is real money we will have to find i dont thank you can bring in enough new money without seriously hurting the economy and not be fair to the young people. We will have to face the future not todays retirees but the future once with less every promised you could raise the retirement age, the best way has to do with how you calculate benefits. Right now use the 35 highest years of wages
Preparing children properly for the future . The head of ofsted warns that in england they are focusing on preparing pupils for exams at the expense of giving them what they call a rich and full knowledge. The battle of the sexes, the story of the 1973 tennis match between billiejean of the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King of the 1973 tennis match between Billiejean King and bobby riggs now made into a movie. Good morning. Its wednesday 11th october. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond, has suggested that its too early to commit large sums of money in preparation for leaving the European Union without a deal. He said it was his duty to be realistic about the near term challenges. Writing in the times, ahead of next months budget, mr hammond said i also need to ensure that we are prepared for all outcomes, including a no deal scenario. He goes on to say that the government and the treasury are planning for every outcome and writes we w
Then started driving in to those woods. State Police Helicopter now hovering fairly low overhead. We are sensing that something here has changed in the posture. What we know is this. This morning somebody spotted a guy who looked an awful lot like the suspect david watson. A distinctive person with distincttive tattoos. That man ran and ran into the woods. So police have been forming up here all day today. Among the things they found in those woods, a tunnel. A little bit of a drainage pipe. In there, they found essentially what they are driving as a nest. Packing materials were put in there as though someone was sleeping. They also found shoe prints. Footprints in that area. Also the person spotted was wearing a hard hat and a safety vest. Police now telling us those items were stolen from a facility nearby. We will be out here. If the s will bring you the latest. Back to you. Nancy all right, brad. Thank you. David watson vanished friday morning being transferred to the hospital. He