Where are parents can customize the learning experience. It could grow by the way probably to 100,000 if we had the budget to be able to make that happen. In states that are focused on this for special needs kids and for in the case of nftd adef and oth nevada and other place, my vision of this with the right policies in place, the most open system, would you have a half day, perhaps mom could pick a half day of of a traditional Public School, take an ap calculus course thats not available in that classroom setting online from one of the Virtual Schools, take an online music class from juilliard and a spanish course with a local retired school teacher. In that system, my guess is that our education outcomes would be much stronger and more sustainable to be able to deal with the world that were moving towards. So the question is, what are the issues at hand to implement this vision . And its complicated. Theres a lot of things that have to be worked on. What does accountability look lik
That. Flairs that today proved to be fire hazards twice this week. The new eastern span of the bay bridge, plagued with problems, experiences a new issue. The potential danger of discarded roadside flairs. They are believed to have sparked this smoky fire around noon today, and a similar fire in the same spot monday night. Surveillance footage of the area helped identify flairs as a cause of both fires. We have crews that were actually seen in the video, actually placing flairs on the eastbound lanes. It is thought that those flairs were probably either moved by the wind, or passing traffic, that rolled a flair into the great area. Reporter the rubber seal that covers the expansion joint caught fire. There was approximately 6 feet of seal that was damaged from the fire on monday evening, and today, there was approximately half of that. About three feet. Reporter caltrans crews carry flairs and routinely use them to warn drivers of maintenance work. They raise questions about the vulner
Being here today. Today wouldve r3rd Milton Friedmans 10 birthday. He is considered the father of the modern day School Choice movement. And what a movement it has become. Today, 59 private School Choice programs operate in 28 states and right here in the district of columbia. These options, whether vouchers, tuition tax credit scholarship programs, or Education Savings Accounts which we are here to discuss today provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their childs individual and unique learning needs. Instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live, these models of School Choice free people and children from assignment by zip co policies that bind them to a neighborhoodde. As friedman said, School Choice ensures children are free to choose and 1955, he first outlined his concept of free School Vouchers. In his essay friedman posited government administers the schools is neither required by the financing of education nor
I think it seems to me we all have agreement that we need to fix it, even within the department. And professor light, you made a comment that i think is very important, something im concerned with. We could work real hard, have all of these intensive negotiations, Everything Else, but it doesnt seem like its that difficult to me. I think that the money were spending now we need to come up with a simple fix. Not a 100 dollar saddle on a 10 horse. For those involved in this, keep it simple and get it done quickly. We need to get the Inspector Generals back to the point where they can do their job, a very important job that theyve done very well for many years. Thank you, mr. Chair. Before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. Expect that, and maybe from the other members that arent here. Whats the normal time that we wait . Up to one week well take questions for answer in writing. Youve all had a chance to read the oic opinion and hear the tes
Ahead of the biggest Consumer Product Technology Event of the year. Electric is the buzz word at the motor show, but a debate rages on across german cities. We have have clear vatgy because our objective is that every car can enter into the center of a city and we would find solutions with the government and the is regulator to do something very good for our customers. Welcome, everybody. Lets take a look at these markets and see what they are doing. We inherited a strong lead from asia over there. In asia. Damages from Hurricane Irma appear to be relatively lower than initially forecast, so thats helped sentiment. North korea didnt follow through with a missile test or a Missile Launch over the course of the weekend and broadly we are seeing the u. S. Dollar consolidating, as well the ftse 100 is up by. 2 of and modest gains for the cac 40 and the mib. Financial services and banks are up today leading the the game as travel and leisure, Household Goods under water, but not to the a gr