Everyone quiet but you all got quite all by yourself with no direction. My name is jason botel with the department of education. I want to welcome you and thank you very much for coming to the k12 education summit. We appreciate you all being here and looking forward to a great conversation. In just a moment secretary devos oh, but before she does just what wanted to say couple housekeeping things. We have bottled water and coffee in the back seat can feel free to partake. And there are restrooms at the ends of the holes. If you do leave the building you can come back in but you have to go through security again, so just wanted to warn you about that. Those of you who will be participating in the conversation, you have microphones in front of you, you do need to turn the von when youre about to talk. Theres a button that says talk. The red light will come on which will tell you microphone is active. When youre not speaking please turn it off. We would appreciate that and you would prob
All that and more 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 individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien houston, the nations 4th largest city, is virtually paralyzed tonight. Huge swaths are underwater in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm harvey. At least eight people are dead, thousands rescued, untold numbers stranded. About 30 inches of rain has fallen already with 20 more inches possible. Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports from houston reporter hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going, with whatever is at hand. Its just gonna get worse and if they dont get out tod
All that and more 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 individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien houston, the nations 4th largest city, is virtually paralyzed tonight. Huge swaths are underwater in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm harvey. At least eight people are dead, thousands rescued, untold numbers stranded. About 30 inches of rain has fallen already with 20 more inches possible. Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports from houston reporter hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going, with whatever is at hand. Its just gonna get worse and if they dont get out tod
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We can communicate any change in direction or any new information at this point. Okay, well thank you. See the rest of education secretary devoss testimony online in the Video Library at cspan. Org. Back now to our coverage on the conference of the federal role in education. Remember to use the sign in sheet wherever that is going around. Please sign in. Right here. I think. I dont know. Should i pass it . Ill pass it down. Im going to hand it to you. Sign the sign in sheet. Awesome. Were here today to talk about the every students succeeds act. Im a reporter at politico here in d. C. , i cover education policy. And we are going to talk about this law that passed in 2015, that replaced no child left behind and where states are at right now. Were going to talk about that today. To bring you up to speed, essentially, there are two submission windows for states to send in their plans under this law for Holding Schools accountable for how they plan to intervene in schools. For how they pla