Sanders search. Plus ten years after katrina. New orleans is a changed city, schools are dramatically different. And standing up. Our conversation with ba barry cremens. The focus of a new film. We begin this hours in northeast china where there have been a series of horrific and deadly explosions captured on television. In the city of tinejen, a blast in a warehouse that was home to dangerous and volatile chemicals. At least 32 are listed in Critical Condition and up to 30 other have been injured. Explosion shattered windows and knocked off doors from several areas in the city. First blast happened Late Wednesday night a warehouse shipping container. Adrian brown reports from nearby beijing. This was a Major Incident and it is continuing. According to local authorities, the force of the first blast quamed morequaled more than 310f tnt and the second more than 20 tons of tnt. Some residents said they felt it was like an earthquake. As many as 300 have been taken to hospital. There have
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
Eleven years on my state Public Utility Commission in South Carolina. If you know anything about South Carolina with the state that does not have the political balance on its commission. I was either one of one or one of seven, or two of seven depending on where things is not a very uncomfortable around commonplace for me. What i feel and what i hope will have Going Forward is the need to address the communication need of this nation. There is is a lot of work to do when it comes to broadband coverage. Mobile broadband is something i care about in particular. Really connecting communities and really bridget in the divide. Those are the things i care about. I trusted those were not have partisan. Do you plan on serving out your term . Or or would you like to be renominated. I plan on commune completing my term which ends on the 30th of june. This part of the process is something that i do not necessarily have that much of a say in, tradition would have it that particular post, one of th