Crude rollover continued a little bit as the dollar trends higher. David at 10 00 this morning eastern time, President Trump will speak at the conservative Political Action conference outside washington. At 10 15, new yorks William Dudley and Eric Rosengren appeared together in new york here it the fed releases its semiannual policy report to congress. At 12 30, President Trump goes back to the white house to meet with australian Prime Minister malcolm turnbull. Alix we discussed the top three stories of the morning. A 315 billion china blowup. Higher wages may not lead to higher inflation . Where is the inflation in japan . David we are going to welcome Lisa Abramowicz and michael mckee. I heard when they bought the waldorfastoria. This shows some of the places where they made investments around the world. This came from nowhere, for me, and grew really big. Now the Chinese Government is saying, not so fast. So manyis raises issues, especially after what we have seen with hna, another
So for me accountability isnt just numbers, its not just a transparency. Is not information. We cant label the problem. Problem. We have to do something about it. This is stepping in when children need something better. We need to be held accountable. That to me is what a true accountability is. The issue of adequate and equitable funding is a big issue for this overrides community, for the urban league. I the opportunity to serve on the commission that looked at the issue. Paint a picture of where we are when it comes to the lack of equitable funding. What does it really mean . Once the picture . What do you see from where you sit . Its devastating. We us of article as a nation, marc. Folks a note on the k12 side federal money is like eight to 12 , half the money comes from states and 40 at the local level. Look across the nation, i go back to my home in chicago, we got less than half the money each year than wealthier suburbs four or five miles north of us along lake michigan. Think
Tuition. What new York Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing for two and fouryear degree are for state klemps for low and middle income families. Sounds great. But its one part of paying for an education. That is our cover story the cost of college. If you come from any family earning 125,000 or less, the state will provide free tuition. The average cost of tuition at a Public College nationwide is approaching 10,000. At private schools its more than 33,000. But thats only part of the actual cost. Room and board averages more than 10,000 at public klemps and even larger expense in tuition. Nearlies 12ds,000 at private schools. More than 20 million americans attend private or universities and many taking on massive debt. In 1996 the average College Student graduated with nearly 13,000 in loans. The 2016 graduates that number nearly tripled. It should be a wakeup call to this nation if you really want to be competitive globally we have to have the best educ e educated work force. So is Gove
There is a movement out there to eliminate the disorder descriptor. The department of Veterans Affairs estimates that only between 11 to 20 of the veterans experienced ptsd even when considering the 20 . This is a very Broad Spectrum and its true the majority of the veterans do not experience ptsd but many think that its much higher. If somebody pops a microphone right now or spell a glass of water and it made a loud noise, what would happen to me . I had a hyper startle reflex. Does it impact my ability to contribute to my community . Thats the other issue. Ive been bitten by a large German Shepherd and every time i pass a German Shepherd, my leg hurts. [laughter] so lets be careful how we define this. Ptsd is a human condition not a veteran condition. 5. 2 million adults experience into during a given year and about 7. 8 of the population will have ptsd at some point in their lives. The four year College Completion rates are higher among the nonveterans. 33 complete college and earn
For the president and congress. So you can submit them to the u. S. Commission on civil rights by either mailing them to the commission to the office of civil rights, 1331 pennsylvania avenue, thats 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest suite 1150 washington 20425 or via email at Public Comments at usccr. Gov. Thats publiccomments uscc r. Gov. With that out of the way i would like to introduce and swear our panelists in and Stella Flores from vanderbilt university. Peggy carr from the u. S. Department of education and dr. James t. Minor also with the u. S. Department of education. Will you each raise your right ha hand, please. And i ask that you swear or affirm that the information youre about to provide to us is true and accurate to the best of your believe and belief, is that correct . Yes. Professor flores, please proceed. Thank you, commissioners, for the opportunity to speak on the civil rights implications on College Access, persistence and completion for underrepresented minority