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Affluent, you would generate this much money. thats without the economic factor being put there. >> but on the other side of that you could argue that revenue would collapse because the economy would collapse. >> bill: economy would go down because you are pulling money out of the economy. >> can i quickly give you a stat? i love. this if you took going back to the boone, 100% of everything that everybody made who made over half a million dollars in this country. 1.3 trillion, not enough to even...

Well below their peers and more affluent neighborhoods. >> at orchard gardens the improvements go behind test scores. >> behavior is night and day. literally spent the first week of school teaching them how to walk in and out of my classroom. >> reporter: eric hall thinks his school is doing all right. >> a turnaround school, like headaches every day, but they actually made it fun. >> reporter: reporting for "in america," im suzanne malveaux. how can america compete if our kids dont learn the ...

Justin cohen works to improve failing schools. he calls botts goals ambitious and cautions against declaring early victory. >> what happens is schools that have achieved fragile gains can often slide back into underperformance once either resources are taken away or attention is distracted. >> reporter: he says theres more at stake. >> what i worry about with school turnaround is we -- we hit a plateau or we increase student scores to some extent, but they are still performing well below their p...

>> these could be monumental gains when you consider only 10% of the students were proficient in years past. >> now, were anywhere from 35% to 50% proficient in english, and anywhere from 15% to 75% proficient in math. >> these are projections. official scores from state tests wont be available until this summer. justin kiworks to improve faili schools. he calls the goals ambitious and cautions against declaring early victories. >> schools that get fragile gains can slide back into under perform...

Projections. official scores from state tests wont be able until the summer. justin cohen works to improve failing schools. he calls the goals ambitious and cautions against declaring early victory. >> what happens is schools that have achieved fragile gains can often slide back into under performance once resources are taken away or attention is distracted. >> reporter: he says theres more at stake. >> what i worry about with school turnaround is we hit a plateau or we increase student scores t...

None of that delivers a penny. every dollar for deficit reduction comes from basic programs like medicare and medicaid that while there are some reforms one needs to look at there, the ryan proposals dont reform the overall health care system. they just slash medicare and medicaid. people on medicare who are affluent, theyd be fine. theyd be able to purchase all the supplemental coverage they need. people on medicare who have very modest incomes, elderly widows at 15,000, 20,000 a year, poor chi...

None of that delivers a penny. every dollar for deficit reduction comes from basic programs like medicare and medicaid that while there are some reforms one needs to look at there, the ryan proposals dont reform the overall health care system. they just slash medicare and medicaid. people on medicare who are affluent, they would be fine. they would be able to purchase all of the supplemental coverage they need. people on medicare who have modest incomes and elderly widows at 15,000 to 20,000 a y...

Every dollar for deficit reduction comes from basic programs like medicare and medicaid that while there are some reforms one needs to look at there, the ryan proposals dont reform the overall health care system. they just slash medicare and medicaid. people on medicare who are affluent, they would be fine. they would be able to purchase all of the supplemental coverage they need. people on medicare who have modest incomes and elderly widows at 15,000 to 20,000 a year and poor children on medica...

White, but between poor and affluent. and what the urban league is doing here today is really trying to not only highlight those numbers, but talk about specifically what people can do to try to bridge the gap. >> so what are some of the options that are out there? where do we go from here? especially given the state of the economy. >> well, i think that its one, continuing to push the government to do what it is they need to do. nobodys taking responsibility out of the hands of c pushing l, whe...

Matter thats causing controversy. in memphis, tennessee, people recently voted to disban the citys school system and merge it with affluent surrounding shelby county now going to court to stop that plan. what is at the heart of the dispute and what roles do quality education and race play in the debate? david pickler joins us now. good to have you with us. what is driving shelby countys legal response in this fight, educational performance issues or is this a money issue? >> i think its really b...