The president went so far as to call the change a christmas miracle. Critics have said no child left behind gave too much power to washington in controlling state education policy. Earlier today, we talked to dr. Paul gausman, superintendent of sioux city schools gausman says he feels there was more good than bad in no child left behind, but there isis lot of anticipation and excitement leading up to these changes. Mostly in regards to standdized testing but the challenges with no child left behind have to do with assessments, every state takes a different approach to assessments, students perform at Different Levels many states like iowa continue to change the form of the assessment, the reporting of the sessment,so its very difficult to discover, but the federal governrnnt still has to underer the previous lawaw hand out these negaitive designations to different schools and different districts based on their performance. Deborah saying it involved and not enough teaching. It also had
Still have solid argument. Reporter a solid argument being sought in the frozen solid landscape. Cuttingedge science on the Northern Edge of the world. Mark phillips, cbs news, svalbard, norway. With three simple words. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young action teams of High School Students are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea its easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares well, it looks a little like the Arctic Circle in the midwest, which is now blanketed in storm warnings. Heres dav
If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares well, it looks a little like the Arctic Circle in the midwest, which is now blanketed in storm warnings. Heres david begnaud. Reporter over the last 24 hours this has been the scene across much of kansas and parts of oklahoma. Every time it crackles it means Something Else is coming down. Oh, its coming down. Repepter an inch of ice e covered power lines that knocked out electricity to thousands of homes and businesses. State of emergency in all 77 counties. You know, all night we could hear the limbs cracking and the ice falling and we just didnt know what to expect. Reporter at least four people died after major flooding in texas. Authorities received nearly 37 calls for water rescues since thanksgiving. You are freaking lucky. I know. No
A cbs news investigation on the peace corps shows nearly 20 of volunteers experienced some type of Sexual Assault. More than half of those say they suffered repeat attacks. Whats more, many who came forward say they suffered retaliation from their bosses. Kris van cleave reports. Reporter nearly 7,000 peace corps volunteers are currently serving in about 65 countries, and according to a recent anonymous peace corps safety questionnaire obtained by cbs news, roughly 1 in 5 volunteers reported being sexually assaulted during their service. The report also shows nearly one volunteer wrote, in reporting an assault i made myself a target. My thought was theyre going to rape me, these men are these men are going to try to rape me. Reporter 23yearold peace corps volunteer denay smith had been in the remote Dominican Republic town of los mesquiteos for eight months when in april two men with machetes forced her off this, the vimmages main road. Smith fought them off and reported the assault to
Those evacuated hours into the siege. She is still traumatized. I can still hear the gunshots. Now you can hear them in your mind . Mmhmm. Reporter it is likely that more charges will be filed in the next several weeks. As for the death penalty, scott, the local d. A. Says that decision is several months away. Barry, thank you. Late today Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke was released on 1. 5 million bail. Van dyke is charged with murdering 17yearold laquan mcdonald, who was armed with a small knife. Video released last week showed the officer shooting mcdonald 16 times as mcdonald was walking away. A baltimore Police Officer went on trial today in the death of freddie gray, who suffered a spinal injury in april while being driven in a police van. William porter is charged with manslaughter. Five other officers will be tried later. The city has been gearing up for this case, and heres jeff pegues. The city and the Police Department need to do better. Reporter kevin davis, baltimore