High school where one student who wanted to fail, didnt. This student, Melissa Mejia publicly acknowledged that she wanted to fail a class and that there was a grade changing scandal at her high school. It has shaken up the entire new york City Education system. She publicly knowledged in an article she wrote for the post that she wanted to fail high school. She did fail one class but it went came time for graduation she passed the class. The teacher admitted she was pressured to pass her, so i went to Bryant High School in long island, i talked to peter meyer who was a teacher there and the president of the former parent association. They told me it starts with the governor and goes down to the chancellor, superintendent and then the principal start pressuring teachers using various tactics. Our principal would chase down teachers to improve the graduation rate, their their changing grades behind our back, and its just a tragedy. In 2013, he reported to the superiors and they retaliat
Were chasing the story at a high school where one student who wanted to fail, didnt. This student Melissa Mejia publicly acknowledged that she wanted to fail a class and that there was a grade changing scandal at her high school. It has shaken up the entire new york City Education system. She publicly knowledged in an article she wrote for the post that she wanted to fail high school. She did fail one class but it went came time for graduation she passed the class. The teacher admitted she was pressured to pass her, so i went to Bryant High School in long island, i talked to peter meyer who was a teacher there and the president of the former parent association. They told me it starts with the governor and goes down to the chancellor, superintendent and then the principal start pressuring teachers using various tactics. Our principal would chase down teachers to improve the graduation rate, their their changing grades behind our back and its just a tragedy. In 2013, he reported to the s
History tv, Texas Christian University history professor jean smith talks about Thomas Jeffersons challenges with the Louisiana Purchase treaty. He discusses jeffersons concerns over whether it was unconstitutional come at the resistance from the federalist party, and the territories inhabitants demands. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the seminar room under the dome on the fourth floor. I am doing this for television, so excuse my formality. I am a professor of history here at the university of missouri and the director of the institute on constitutional democracy. Tonight, we celebrate Constitution Day 2017. Constitution day was on sunday this past year, so we decided to the clear it constitution week with two speakers. We would like to thank the council providing grant that allows us to double and add a second speaker, and force th fon coming tonight. I also wanted to give an explanation, a formal thectation is of what candor institute is. Founded in 2014, the institute is a joint proje
From the federalist party. The university of missouri posted this hourlong talk. Thank you for being here tonight. He can talk about anything. Tcu has been a professor at for four decades. He has published numerous books and articles on american territorial expansion. I bring this and because, when i was a grad student, this is one of the first books i read. One of his most recent one come sleep gamble, the war of 1821. Warfare, navaln history. He also taught at the Tennessee University billings. He has served as a Museum Curator and he was the class of 1957s distinguished chair of Naval Heritage at the u. S. Naval academy. He is currently serving as the director of the center for texas studies, which is at tcu. I would be amiss if i didnt tell you that he is a rabid tigers fan. He will be at the game saturday routing on the tigers rooting on the tigers. Auburnater university. Please welcome Jean Ellen Smith gene alan smith. Gene thank you so much for letting me come here and bore you
Nba title in three years. Of course, as expected, tickets are sold out at oracle arena for the game five matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Its a bit of deja vu for warriors fans as theyre once again up 31 heading into tonights pivotal matchup. I was going to shoiv you video of them returning home from cleveland over the weekend. Last year, when the team was up 31 to the cavs, they were out forward Draymond Green who was suspended for his actions the previous game. They went to lose that game as well as the series to the Cleveland Cavaliers. This year, theyll have draymond and of course kevin durant. The warriors missed their chance to sweep the cavs friday night. We had a chance to hear from steph curry and kevin durant talking about the focus heading into tonights game, specifically about the opportunity to win the title in front of the home crowd. It would be a great night to get it done, to take advantage of the home crowd, the energy. You know, how poorly we played in game f