Communications high school and arthur larry nelton in south philadelphia. Nbc 10s Christine Maddela was there as the exprincipals turns themselves in. Christine, tell us the case against them. Reporter barbara was the principal here at the now closed communication technical high school, Technology High school, when back in two2003 when the schools standardized tests math and reading scores sudden shot up. They are the two latest principals arrested and charged in the widespread cheating scandal. Former principals larry melton and Barbara Mccreary were escorted into the Police Department dust before noon. She created an answer key to change wrong answers into right ones on the schools pssa test, what larry melton is accused at doing at Bok Technical High School before it closed as well. Melton erased wrong answers and filled in the right one so the school could make annual yearly progress. A hood covering most of her face, her hands shackled in front of her. She and melton are charged w
Here to talk about the justice for all march in d. C. What is the message behind the march . Guest we want the congress and the National Administration to jur with the state grand ies that seem to have a real conflict of interest when it comes to investigating and moving forward with Law Enforcement. The recent grand jury decision not to move forward it to trial in ferguson, missouri and Staten Island, new york, represents over and over are again occurrences when we engage questioningorcement fatal shootings or brutality. Todays march will be led by the mother and father of Michael Brown junior from ferguson. The wife and mother of eric of theand the mother 12yearold killed by police in cleveland, ohio. Parents and the. Amily members there his domestic partner and child will be there. These are the people who have seekdirectly hurt and only a public trial so that evidence can be put out when there is adversarial representation, not enclosed proceedings were a works dailyutor with these
And by contributions to our pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Seven time grammy winner al jarreau is with us. At the heart of the cd called my old friend celebrating to the arti artistry duke whom they shared magical moments over their 50 year friendship including the love and friendship with duke. Lets take listen. I want to hear kind of song they dont play anymore if they play it, we can endure what i wouldnt have given just to have been in that studio. I saw stanleystanley. George was quite an artist. Take me back to the beginnings of your friendship. Theres a george called al jarreau and george duke live at the half note. 1965. My wife would say bc, bc. Dont forget to add that. We were there in the hate ashburry. People were doing other music than what we were doing. Find an audience for this little stuff we were doing. Testing the waters and maybing the decisions to go forward with this kind of jazzy approach to the music. So we did and had this marvelous career. Such
Violent home books were a never ending source of inspiration a way to provide meaning to life at difficult times. One special teacher she says, mrs. Belton helped shanna develop her passion. She says she taught me it was possible to read and write my way into another life. Thats a pretty good description of education in general. Today miss peeples passiones that onto her students. They pour their stories onto the page and she tells them everyone has a voice, everyone has a story worth sharing. They discover their experiences arent so singular, that whether theyre an eat openian refugee or never set foot out of texas theyre not so different and not so alone as a consequence. Shanna works hard to earn and keep their trust and help them find new ways to grow ak academically academically, to reach for their future. In a sense i sell hope she says. I love that line. In a sense i sell hope. And her students are hungry for hope. Most kids are hungry for hope. Since shanna arrived there five y
Class learners is our mission and we answer it in our classrooms every day. Thank you secretary duncan for your advocacy of authentic learning and service for our students and your support of teacher leadership. Thank you to my wonderful family. Im nothing without you. Thank you to kayla, my student to the texas delegation and to my administrators. [ applause ] finally, thank you to the talented passionate and remarkably goodlooking group of state teachers of the year with whom i am privileged to join today. Each of them is a study in excellence and each of them is a representation of what a great teacher is. I am honored to stand here today. As a teacher of refugee students, i have been privileged to see Public Education through the eyes of students from countries as diverse as berm a, somalia, iraq, and cuba. Being here today makes me think of my student. She was a shy teenage girl who had little formal schooling and much suffering in her native berma. One day a snowstorm shut down t