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Lester holt but he had this to say about the former fbi director, james comey better hope there are no quote tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press joining us to talk more about the president s tweet, whatever else we can squeeze in here to talk about this is richard levick, thank you very much for joining us, you wrote a great piece about this just a short time ago. Lts start with this tweet this morning. This sounds like a threat to me, and it sounds like an implication implying that we have tapess dont you go saying that you didnt say this to me. What is your take on this i agree. Sounds like a threat. I dont understand why it would be necessary talk you know, the last that time we had a president in tapes it didnt end very well it certainly doesnt seem to make a lot of sense. President needs to do is put down that phone. We have seen in the past that sometimes whats said in these tweets doesnt necessarily hold truth. How seriously do you think we should ta
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
Hi everybody. We are going to get stashted. I think everybody is still trying to find the room. So just a couple House Keeping things if you are tweeting, please use the ewa 17. Everything here is on the record. Remember to use the signin sheet. It is right here. I think. Shall i pass it . I will pass it down. I am going to hand that to you. Okay. Yes, sign the signin sheet. Were here today to talk about the every Student Succeeds act and the state. My name is caitlin emma. We are going to talk about this law that passed in 2015 that replaced no child left behind and sort of where states are at right now. So we are going to talk about that today. So to bring you up to speed, there are two submission windows for states to send in their plans under this new law for Holding Schools accountable, for how they plan to intervene in schools, and how they plan to intervene in groups of students who are consistently under performing. 16 states in d. C. Have submitted for the spring window. And a
The committee on Education Workforce will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays full committee hearing. I thank our panel of witnesses and our Committee Members for joining todays discussion on the implementation of the every Student Succeeds act, essa. Essa can be considereded a milestone for k12 policy because it was a monumental shift in the role and states and School Districts would have in the future of education and it sought to achieve two specific goals for k12 education and autonomy and accountability. States and School Districts were given new independence when creating a k12 Education Program that works best for their own students, ending a washington knows best approach to education. Additionally, essa prohibitively influenced the states adoption of particular standards and repealed federal mandates for teacher performance and protected a states right to opt out of federal Education Programs. Part of this is goal for state and School District autonomy was to for