Our number of graduates by over 1,000 students a year, increased on time Graduation Rate for our africanamerican, latino students by over 60 . We have decreased dropout rates by over 60 . We have gone from a School District with our students having the lowest rate of year on year student progress of any major district in the state to being now the district for three years in a row where our students on a student by student basis are demonstrating the highest rate of yearly academic progress. As a result our enrollment is booming as families come back to and stay in our schools. In the last seven years our enrollment has increased by a remarkable 25 . Nevertheless we continue to have significant achievement gaps between our students based on income and race and ethnicity. We are determined to eliminate those achievement gaps. One key to our progress is our refusal to be imprisoned by debates and false conflicts that we often see around us. We need to focus on what works for our kids. We
Safe. Tonight is the night talk show icon David Lettermans last show, what is on tap for his final episode and extra sweet good bye from bill murray, last night. A perfect ending. Yes indeed. Getting close this is it, last she. But first lets get our forecast, good morning. Good morning. We are starting to see a quiet stretch of weather settle in over our area. A couple of hiccups which we will discuss but since we have a Holiday Weekend coming up it bodes well for our area for now things are nice, clear quiet for our region. We have a clear sky over ben franklin bridge and things are tranquil say for the the fact that you will see a hint of the breeze kick nothing here and as it does show that will be noticeable with time. Other thing how much cooler it is, how much more comfortable and we will keep that sunshine. We will start off on a good note and we have a nice stretch of days. We will have full tea tails straight ahead. Well, it is down to two in philadelphias race for mayor. Jim
Not a new phenomenon. These tragedies, yes, are part of a dark legacy of injustice born in the sufferings of the middle passage, nurtured through slavery and codified in jim crow. On april 4 1967, Stanford University dr. King described these issues in his two americas speech. He said theres one america. One america is overflowing with the milk of prosperity and honey of opportunity. Tragically and unfortunately theres another america. This other america has a daily ugliness about it that constantly transforms of hope into the fatigue of despair. The ugly fact is that two americas still exist nearly five decades later. An africanamerican male is killed by a police officer, a selfproclaimed vigilanty one in every 24 hours. A reason why men from communities of color unfortunately make up more than 70 of the United States prison population. And sadly, our laws have a criminal having a criminal justice record means a lifetime barrier to the honey of opportunity as dr. King described. A form
Health problems and live coverage of that on cspan3 at 10 00 a. M. This morning. We will be here with the 2016 president ial contenders and the expanding field. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And independents, 2027488002. With Mike Huckabee becoming the sixth republican, a fourth line for evangelical voters 2027488003. Join the conversation on twitter, cspanwj or facebook. Or you can send us an email. Usa today saying that with my car could be with Mike Huckabee in the race, they are vying for the christian vote. Huckabee launches his bid for the white house, 59 years old he won the iowa caucus in 2008 when he ran the first time. They say he will spend today and thursday in iowa and then head to South Carolina where evangelical voters are more prevalent than in new hampshire. That is usa today. the wall street Journal Editorial Board article of his bid. They say his campaign economic populace is making a comeback on the right and not always in a good way. Mike huckabee
Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America, im morgan radford. Relief efforts are picking up nine days after typhoon haiyan struck the philippines. More than 3,600 died. Those who survived are finally getting the help that they need. Food, water and medical supplies have started getting to areas that were completely cut off by the storm. The u. S. Military is now dropping food and water to survivors in the area. But more than 1,000 people are still missing. Some 4 Million People are homeless. For the latest we are going to talk about talk to craig leeson, who is standing by in the philippines. First lets tell you about an attack in afghanistan where more than 2,000 afghan elders will meet in kabul. Theyll vote on the future of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. The u. S. Is trying to hammer out an agreement to keep forces on the ground beyond 2014. That effort was dealt a blow on saturday after suicide bomb attack killed six people. Jane ferguson reports from kabul. It was an attack on the