Creating individualized pathways to college and careers – and doing it at scale – is the goal of many districts in the U.S. One particularly successful model can be found in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, where students are gaining access to health career pathways thanks to High School District 214’s partnership with William Rainey […]
members of the african-american community who strongly opposed a same-sex bill in the maryland house. i cannot vote against my base. we re reporter: where are after american leaders going to go? this is my personal opinion. reporter: are african- americans going to abandon the president? i think so i don t think all of them but i think a number, a significant number, a number that would really hurt his political career. reporter: within hours an obama campaign e-mail trumpeted the president s position and asked for financial support. the polls have changed on this. many recent polls, now a majority support same-sex marriage. reporter: a protessor dotty lynch said with recent statement, the president was bound to be asked. it looked to all the world by just saying he was evolving on this that he was ducking the question. so in order to put it behind him, i think he really did the only thing he could do politically. reporter: but it could hurt the presid
into the debate over the silver line in loudoun county. a new study says the metro line a bedroom community part of the to a corporate hot spot, if phase two was to be approved. now, the, that study goes further, though, it says the metro line, if the phase two was not approved, that it didn t come out to this part of the county, that loudoun county could actually lose billions of dollars over the next 15 years. the progress on phase one is obvious, tracks and elevated overpasses are taking shape. but phase two, the extension to dulles airport and beyond, well, that s still being debated. it s a critical fork in the road, according to dr. steven fuller. without the silver line, he says loudoun county will lose more than $72 billion in the decade of 2020, to 2030. without metro, the county has an economy that s largely driven by the residents who live here and their spending. dr. fuller, the a faculty chair and professor with george mason university, unveiled the results o
policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marry men, women marry women, and heterosexual, men and women marrying another, are entitled to the same exact rights. reporter: gay marriage is an emotional issue, and not necessarily a winning one for obama/biden. this is a potential big wedge issue within the african-american community, within working class whites. this is an issue that will mobilize the evangelical and the very conservative vote. reporter: just yesterday, voters in the swing state of north carolina overwhelmingly passed a measure to ban gay marriage and civil unions. in swing state colorado today, mitt romney restated his opposition. i pointed out that i m in favor of traditional marriage between a man and a woman and i don t favor civil union or gay marriage. reporter: now president obama says he favors both. and just like that, doreen, it s a major election year issue. steve, i haven t seen the whole interview at this point, but di