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It was community people. >> reporter: two weeks ago a major blow her kids like dozens of others in columbus would be staying home all because of the sequester. those deep across the board spending cuts that forced federal programs like head start to cutback. in columbus that meant holding a lottery to see which students would stay or go. her childrens names didnt get picked. >> shes reading off the names and youre praying for her to read your name. she hasnt said my name yet. you get down to the...

It was community people you knew from your community. >> reporter: two week ago, a may know blow when jones learned her kids like dozens of others in columbus would be staying home. all because of the sequester. those deep across the board spending cuts that forced federal programs like head start to cut back. in columbus, that meant holding a lottery to see which students would stay or go. their name didnt get picked. >> she is reading off this name and youre waiting, waiting, and praying for h...

To npr on the day of the shooting. i would like to listen to that for a moment. >> my heart breaks for my little students who had to listen to those gunshots. and i -- so theyre going to have to work out their own trauma. little -- some are 6 years old, 6 and 7-year-olds. i couldnt muffle the -- you know, i didnt know what to do to -- i couldnt stop those sounds. >> abbey, you maybe couldnt stop the sounds, but you did help save children in that school that day. how have they been getting along ...

On carry laws are currently being debated and what we did hear there was that the students, every school administrator, you know, every chief from there was all saying that this is not something that they can have on campus. you know-- professors were saying that school needs to be a place to come together and have an open debate and if theres concern in the classroom and you dont know who is carrying, it does limit the experience of the teachers there. so, i dont think that this is something we...

Today is tuesday, april 9th, 2013. this here is the daily rundown with chuck todd. this show has everything from soup to nuts. now shout. dont just stand there. get right to your daily reads. >> wow. we let a viewer call me a nut. all right, folks. when we say get creative thats the kind of thing were talking about. that comes to us from mike in st. thomas, north dakota. lets get to my first reads. as the senate prepares to take up gun legislation lawmakers who oppose new restrictions on guns wi...

Gun laws drawing more than 700 teachers and administrators in the dallas area this weekend. and reacting to the tragedy in newtown, participants who completed the live training, texas allows licenses to carry concealed weapon. they plan to train armed teachers for gun fights. computer hacking is so bad in one country. theyve called in cyber experts to fight hackers who are trying to take down the government websites, including the stock market and the defense ministry. its our top story as we go...

Shot. the class is now open drawing 700 teachers and administrators into the ball lass area. the participants who completed the live ammunition firing training are eligible for concealed weapons charges. they approve add plan to train armed teachers for gun spites. computer hacking is so bad in one country they called in cyber experts who were trying to take down the government web sites including those defense ministry. it is the top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. israel, the ...

Gunned down. gun laws drawing more than 700 teachers and administrators in the dallas area this weekend. and reacting to the tragedy in newtown, participants who completed the live training, texas allows licenses to carry concealed weapon. they plan to train armed teachers for gun fights. computer hacking is so bad in one country. theyve called in cyber experts to fight hackers who are trying to take down the government websites, including the stock market and the defense ministry. its our top s...

One and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. welcome back. im -- the atlanta school system was rocked to its core. a former school superintendent were indicted in the largest school cheating scandal. indictments that came in part because of the investigative series cheating our children by the atlanta journal constitution. good journalism. on tuesday, the teachers, principals and administrators implicated in the scandal began turning themselves in....

Same way. theyre oral. theyre plan and experiment. conduct your experiment. write up your results, these are bigger projects that actually test the skills that we need in the 21st century. thats what they do in their assessment and examination. they dont use the tools we do. weve got to move beyond the kind of bubble and scan tron approach that weve been attached to. >> we had the npr folks who did the harper high school in-depth reporting on the show a couple of weeks ago. what i kept thinking ...