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>> a problem that now has the attention of and funding from the white house. u.s. attorney andrew lugar is spearheading the effort in minneapolis. >> if you were to boil down the solution how youre attacking this how would you describe it? >> the way the community described it to me. they wanted more community engagement by law enforcement, more mentoring through more job opportunities, afterschool programs, in-school programs intervention teams that grow out of the community working together at...

Engagement capacity. in cincinnati here we just had a recruit class graduate just this week. their first week is not in the cruisers not chasing bad guys. their first week is a week of service. we call it emersion week here. theyre feeding the homeless reading in the after school programs here in this community and engaged with the elderly. the people of cincinnati that need us the most the people here that have the most lack our officers are getting to know from their first days on the streets ...

Something they can hold on to. change people can take in dosage so they say and sometimes i can even listen to that advice. you are the example of some of the great things happening. how many of you are going to college. i can tell you out there they dont think that. and they are wrong. they are full of it. you are doing great things and i want you to know about. >> what do you think of the importance of civic service in our communities? >> heres the deal. you all raised your hand you are going ...

Process of change, give people something they can hold on to. change people can take in dosage so they say and sometimes i can even listen to that advice. you are the example of some of the great things happening. how many of you are going to college. i can tell you out there they dont think that. and they are wrong. they are full of it. you are doing great things and i want you to know about. >> what do you think of the importance of civic service in our communities? >> heres the deechl you all...

Milwaukee, senator taylor. how would you turn around those -- how would you turn around those test scores and performance that you just talked about. >> i think we need to create a reading program across the board that is not only until our after school programs but in every component of the curriculum. we have to put -- >> thats money. >> you could argue that its money, ed, but some of those things are not. some of those things is just getting a math teacher to engage reading differently. for e...

They are invoe evaluate orz and game changers and people pushing themselves, moving us all forward, the next scientists, musicians, poets, dreamers, they are the nex list. welcome to "the next list." i am sanjay gupta. this week two innovators to design some of the coolest eco-vehicles to hit the streets. simon started this hybrid x team, an after school program that achieved national fame for building biodiesel and electric cars from scratch. and across the globe, the craftsmanship of an isra...

>> i entered education like most young idealistic teachers, and just believed that all that was needed is really good solid teachers that i could teach anybody anything and it was tough because i was trading on a relationship that i developed with the students that this content that i am teaching you, algebra and geometry, it will change your life, it is preparing you, trust me, and that is exhausting. there is some truth there, but some of it is not true. what ended up compelling me to leave we...

Not taking remedial classes once you leave high school. and so, some people critique us as more complex, more complicated. yes, it is. but it is more important than focussing on a third grade test score. >> nba all-star chris paul, who off the court has become a leading advocate for education reform, has started his own foundation. here is cp3 in his own words. >> i think a lot of times kids see tv and they see the artist and thats fine. they see us sports athletes and they think thats all you c...

Training, after school programs, and entrepreneurship. weve come on with solutions. were not just at the complaint desk. were at the solutions desk. >> martin, thank you for your time and we will continue to monitor as we go forward on the anniversary of the march in washington. >> thank you, reverend. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. ahead, anthony weiners revealing interview. hes talking about the scandal, his marriage, and, yes, getting back into politics, next. [ kit...

Afterschool programs. >> its private funding here, obviously. >> im not taking a position. im just throwing it out to the panel. >> any way you can get it done, obviously maybe there are better ways to get it done. if you can motivate your kid in some way to do better on a test, why not take that route? well see whether this actually pays dividends for the kids. >> if it actually works. >> its also rewarding teachers for performance. >> listen, im a parent. i believe in bribery and blackmail. th...