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>> better late than never. >> i thought it would happen naturally oul out in the woods. >> you are like me. >> i didnt want him contradicting me. 3rd grade, kids are taught more than i know now. im real clear today. >> it all doesnt make sense, does it? >> the truth is, talking to people about this book now, anecdotally, i dont know about you. i havent heard any fathers an sons that said, lets talk about sex, son, what dad and kid wants to have that conversation? >> can you imagine my dad, my br...

It just african-american youth unemployment right now is something like 26% in this country. the president has been in office for five years. you can talk about these initiatives. they may make a difference. but the broader economic policies that the president is pushing, that he is fighting it out with the republicans on the hill, those have a huge impact as well. when you have got 26% african-american youth unemployment, i think its about 15% for hispanic youth unemployment, obviously broader ...

Is something like 26% in this country. the president has been in office for five years. you can talk about these initiatives. they may make a difference. but the broader economic policies that the president is pushing, that he is fighting it out with the republicans on the hill, those have a huge impact as well. when you have got 26% african-american youth unemployment, i think its about 15% for hispanic youth unemployment, obviously broader unemployment is bad for people, white, asian, black, y...

People not just of color but helping people all around the country if you look at it just african-american youth unemployment right now is something like 26% in this country. the president has been in office for five years. you can talk about these initiatives. they may make a difference. but the broader economic policies that the president is pushing, that he is fighting it out with the republicans on the hill, those have a huge impact as well. when you have got 26% african-american youth unemp...

People not just of color but helping people all around the country if you look at it just african-american youth unemployment right now is something like 26% in this country. the president has been in office for five years. you can talk about these initiatives. they may make a difference. but the broader economic policies that the president is pushing, that he is fighting it out with the republicans on the hill, those have a huge impact as well. when you have got 26% african-american youth unemp...

>> levon scores at the very bottom. the first percentile for math. the third percentile for reading. >> levon, sit up, please. >> he needs a lot of support. instead of one lesson, lit be two lessons a day until he tests out of the program. >> have you seen a boy or girl as far behind as levon get to where they need to be in a year? >> i cant say that i have. >> theres a lot at stake. >> theres a significant probability that a 3rd grader not reading on the 3rd grade level will not graduate from h...

Should be, about in october, november of kindergarten. >> kinder garden, levon is nearly two full years behind. >> levon. >> to get on level, he needs to cram three years of learning into 195 days of 2nd grade. it may seem impossible. >> question mark. >> you knew it was that bad? >> i didnt know it was exactly that bad. i had been helping him at home. >> levons mother, erica, says shes been teaching levon and reading with him since he was a baby. but since kindergarten, school has been a tortur...

>> hes still well below grade level, but just the improvement and the ability for him to sound out words is very important. we keep the standards where they are and we just try to push him. >> do you worry about him going to 3rd grade? >> yes. 3rd grade is when they start state assessments. >> do you think levon is going to be promoted to 3rd grade or will he be held back? >> were looking at that. >> it matters because 3rd graders not on grade level are more likely to become dropouts. >> mastery...

Five points, the win, and the second place trophy. >> lets get a picture. >> as the school year winds down, its clear levon had wins in the classroom, too. he grew from the bottom one percentile in math to the 31st percentile. >> whats the rule? >> amazing growth, but still below the 50th percentile, which is average. in reading, sessions two times a day. >> you already know it? good job. >> hes about at the beginning of 2nd grade level. >> is he going to be up to grade level in reading by the t...

>> have you seen a boy or girl as far behind as levon get to where they need to be in a year? >> i cant say that i have. >> theres a lot at stake. >> theres a significant probability that a 3rd grader not reading on the 3rd grade level will not graduate from high school. then theres a correlation between high school and crime. not graduating from high school. >> ahead -- >> what we dont need in charter schools is the two drill and kill. >> is levon really learning or just learning to cram? ♪ [...