One day before ran out, Congress Passed a short term measure to avoid a Government Shutdown. The house and Senate Approved a package extending funding through january 19th, but theyre also kicking the can down the road on tricky political issues Like Health Care and protections for the socalled dreamers. President trump is expected to sign the bill before funding runs out at midnight tonight. Abcs Arlette Saenz has more from northwest. Vice president mike pence in afghanistan today for a surprise visit. He arrived yesterday for his first trip to the country as Vice President. He rallied us troops and met with top afghan officials. The visit makes pence the highestranking Trump Administration official to visit an active us combat zone. It comes four months after the president committed several thousand more Us Service Members to the 16year war right now investigators trying to figure out what sparked the fire that destroyed this house in germantown. Firefighters discovered the single st
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Not only are we sort of observing the 25th anniversary of the First Charter School in america but here we are with the kind of magnum opus that is everybody everything they wanted to know about Charter Schools. And maybe a bit of an exaggeration. Indeed, when i refer to it, i often think that its core message is every school should be a Charter School, but in reality, you actually are painting a broader and slightly different picture than that. What you call basically reinventing the system, not just more Charter Schools. So talk a little bit about the difference between Charter Schools, lots of demand reinventing the system. Guest for the audience, we should probably be clea be cleat what a Charter School is first because it turns out to the polls say half of america doesnt do what they are. Are. So, a Charter School is just a Public School that is run independently of the district, usually by a Nonprofit Organization and it is usually a school of choice but it doesnt have to follow a
But you are painting a broader picture than that. What you call basically reinventing the system. Talk about the difference between Charter Schools and reinventing the system. We should be clear about what a Charter School is first because it turns out they say half of america doesnt know what they are so it is run independently of the district usually by a Nonprofit Organization and its usually a school of choice but it doesnt have to follow all of the district and state rules. But its outside the bureaucra bureaucracy. Those that have embraced the charters the most systematically are the fastest improving cities in the country. So, im not saying make every Public School a charter. I am saying look at the data and if we want to do what works for kids, lets treat every Public School like a charter. We can call it Something Else, a renaissance school, play with school, whatever. But lets give it the autonomy so people who run the school can make the decisions and create a school model t
Basically reinventing the system. Not just more Charter Schools. Talk a bit about the difference between Charter Schools, lots of them, and reinventing the system. Guest well, you know, for the audience we probably should be clear about what a Charter School is first. Because it turns out the poll say half of america doesnt know what they are. I Charter Schools just a Public School that is run independently of the district usually by a nonprofit organization, and is usually a school of choice, but it doesnt have to follow all of the district rules and state rules. It has to follow us on they cant discriminate. It has give equal opportunity to get. It cant select children, et cetera, but it basically is outside the bureaucracy and they can rent own show. They have autonomy but there held accountable if they are done right. If you dont perform well, then they are replaced or closed. Thats what a Charter School is. My argument in the book is the places around the country that have embrace