When it resumes shortly, as i said, about ten minutes from now. While we wait, more on education now as the new school year is just getting underway for many School Systems around the nation. We look at challenges facing Public Schools in a discussion on this mornings washington journal. Host guest at our desk is the director of the National School Boards Association. As we dive into the topic of local School Boards and todays education debates, first, tell us about your group and its mission. Guest well, the National School Boards Association really represents our state associations of School Boards, and theyre the ones that have the membership of the local School Boards. Local School Boards are comprised typically of folks out of the community who have an in Public Education. So while theyre usually elected, some are appointed. Typically elected, most frequently not paid, so they do this as a civic duty. And because they have a concern about good Public Schools in their communities.
Difference. We know that its been woefully lacking information concerning criminal records. Only eight states that really supply the vast majority of information in that system. So i think that alone is going to make a jay or difference. You are talking about the administrative part. The president talked about the fact that its going to be up to the people. What can you do in your own community . What do you do now . On a personal level, certainly communicating back home in philadelphia what the president has laid out. Just yesterday as you may know, i talked about a set of principles the sandy hook premises we will be following in philadelphia trying to change and influence corporate behavior and business practices, gun manufacturers, distribute toirs and retail ters. This will be a topic of conversation at the u. S. Conference of mayors. So mayors from all across america, small, medium and large cities will be joining this effort to move forward with regard to what the president has
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After Women s March 4 Justice, it is clear anger runs deep â so what happens next?
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Many speakers and marchers â including Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins â have made it chillingly clear that women s anger runs deep.
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Brittany Higgins, the former Liberal staffer whose rape allegations sparked a national discussion about sexual harassment and assault in politics, made a surprise return to Canberra on Monday to speak at one of several March 4 Justice rallies held across the country. We are all here today not because we want to be here, but because we have to be here, Ms Higgins told a crowd of thousands outside Parliament House â the place where she was allegedly assaulted in 2019. We fundamentally recognise the system is broken, the glass ceiling is still in place, and there are significant failings in the power structures within our institution, she said.