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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 and in a time essay. well examine the roll of teachers, testing and technology and well ask the man who spend billions of dollars trying to fix education about how hes spending his money, microsoft founder and philanthropist, ...

a country. indeed our democracy depends on an educated citizenry. lets take a look. 100 american kids entering high school, what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that hundred 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 attends college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in...

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. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting 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 wor...

He just -- just ignorant of the conduction of leadership roles and you know, i think now that he has seen you know, that it upset me and knows that its not really how we do business i think hes changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he will soon have a hearing with administrators to appeal their ban on group worship services of the members and have it removed from the list of security threat groups. robby mcanalley faces a different chall...

Trial lawyers to blame for obesity in children? >> i am glad california is not a hot bed of this activity. it is happening in virginia where they are removing swing seats . why do you need a court moratorium. and why cant the schools do it himself. why is a tort getting in there and get fat on lawsuits aimed at schools and the kids are getting fat. i am for keeping the swing sets and monkey bars. >> i think it is the fault of the parents. they are turning children over to government and schools ...

Trial lawyers to blame for obesity in children? >> i am glad california is not a hot bed of this activity. it is happening in virginia where they are removing swing seats . why do you need a court moratorium. and why cant the schools do it himself. why is a tort getting in there and get fat on lawsuits aimed at schools and the kids are getting fat. i am for keeping the swing sets and monkey bars. >> i think it is the fault of the parents. they are turning children over to government and schools ...

Its a serious responsibility that these schools have. interestingly enough, the department of health there have really -- theres a document that discussing managing severe allergies. its extremely extensive. it discusses all of the roles that the administrators have, that the parents have, that the students have. its actually an excellent plan and ive reviewed it. so i am surprised that something like this would happen. it is clear, don, that someone dropped the ball here. >> obviously. sunny ho...

do you have the tape? >> yep. lets listen. >> guess what, joining us now on the phone, edith and carolyn. lets give them a big round of applause. >> yeah! >> by then it was almost 3:00 in the morning and all of us were giddy to begin with. we were having a little fun covering this election. >> wolf, this is the back story, he never left the computer, never goes to the restroom. anderson was sitting on the floor. erin took her shoes off. what was john king doing? >> he was looking at th...

Conduction of leadership roles and you know, i think now that he has seen you know, that it upset me and knows that its not really how we do business i think hes changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he will soon have a hearing with administrators to appeal their ban on group services of the members and have it removed from the list of security threat groups. robby mcanalley faces a different challenge. he not only is isolated from his y...

He just -- just ignorant of the conduction of leadership roles and you know, i think now that he has seen you know, that it upset me and knows that its not really how we do business i think hes changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he will soon have a hearing with administrators to appeal their ban on group services of the members and have it removed from the list of security threat groups. robby mcanalley faces a different challenge. he...