100 representative American Kids entering high school. What does fate have in store for them . 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. A total of 50 wont go to college. Thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. Meanwhi meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. On a recent international test, u. S. Students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. Overall, the World Economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. Whats odd is that weve been outspending most developed countries by a long shot. In 2007, we spent over 10,000 per student versus the 7,400 average for rich countries. How can we spend so much money and have so little to show for it . Well ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in American Education here on this special essay. Well examine the role of teachers, testing ands technology. And we ask the man who spent
and backstage pass. one like you ve never seen before. through therence of a famous photographer to the biggest rock stars to ever walk the planet. all of that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. the university of california-davis is investigating what it describes as a chilling incident caught on tape. it happened on friday night. a campus police officer is seen spraying occupy protesters with pepper spray point blank in their faces as they sit in a circle. the university says police were trying to clear out the occupy encampment and felt trapped by the protesters. 11 people required treatment. two were hospitalized. joining me now live from the uc davis is sophia cameron, she was one of the protesters who was pepper sprayed. thank you so much for joining us tonight. were you shocked when you saw that officer pull out that can? i m sorry. could you repeat that. i said were you shocked when you saw that officer pull out that can of
people are trying to find an end in sight. and as he bubbles to the top of the 2012 pool, what makes newt tick? with gingrich campaign adviser bob walker and former gingrich staffer, political analyst rich galen. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. for more than two months, debt committee members have struggled with the complications of public policy and the reality of party politics. by way of good news, they re still talking to each other. we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created to try to find sufficient common ground. i think all 12 members of this committee have really committed to doing that. we re working hard. still, it s hard to figure how they can in the hours left agree on a deal that has eluded them for months. joining me now for her first sunday interview as democratic co-chair of the super committee, senator patty murray from washington. thanks for being here at a tough time. there are multiple
the extraordinary william shatner. captain kirk himself opens up about star trek and why his co-stars hate him. what are you talking about? i thought i was loved. how he d like to be remembered. blazing in the sky with sky-writing, with fire, shatner. and the greatest moment of his life. what has been the single greatest moment of your life? doing the piers morgan interview. well, obviously. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we start with breaking news, with shocking new developments in the case of natalie wood, the actress who once said her greatest fear was dark seawater, who drowned 30 years ago next week. her body was found bay mile from a yacht she d been on with her husband, robert wagner, and fellow actor christopher walken. the los angeles county sheriff s office reopened the case yesterday in response to claims from several people who said they have additional information about natalie wood s death. joining me now is natalie s si
southern desert. fighters had been chasing the younger gadhafi for more than two weeks to the capital of libya right now, tripoli. what can you tell us about how this all unfolded? reporter: well, we re hearing from senior military officials among the revolutionary fighters who are telling us that the capture took place after a stake out, an 18 day stake out deep in the southern deserts of libya. we understand that is where saif gadhafi was hiding and they tell us they believe he was trying to make his way to neighboring niger. now after 18 days of this stake-out they finally moved in on a convoy at about 2:00 p.m. local time and after a gun battle that took place for about two hours they say that saif and members of his entourage surrendered to the revolutionary force and after that he was taken to the western mountain city where the fighters captured him came from where he s being held now in an undisclosed location. what s the overall reaction from ordinary people in t