when i graduated from law school, i was 48 years old. good morning, my dear. i go to people s homes, give them in-home consultation. provide them with free legal services and transportation to and from courtrooms. i don t want children to have to go through what i did as a child. i want to see my clients become empowered. i can understand them, and they know that i will be there to protect them. winona ward has helped nearly 10,000 victims of domestic violence driving 30,000 miles a year doing it. to see the inspiring story of one woman she s helped or to nominate someone you think is changing the world, go to cnn.com/heroes. let s have a look at some of the top stories we re covering here at cnn this hour. former los angeles police department chief darryl gates died today at the age of 83. his 14 years at the lapd included the 1992 deadly riots. those who knew him say he cared deeply about policing and his death marks the end of an era at
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schools that repeatedly fail to meet ayp face shank shuns. berry was charged with public records fraut and paid a fine and on probation. alexander was transferred and completed community service. we have done some work with our monitors. reporter: today she s working with the school board to keep it from happening again. we re better than that. reporter: georgia students are now taking the 2010 crct test under new guidelines. and watching over the whole process? state test monitors aimed@at making sure these tests can be trusted. big topic. how students succeed and public education. something we ve really been focusing on, this show and on cnn. don lemon is hosting a special this weekend called fixing america s schools. it s a must watch for all of us whether or not you have children in the public school system. it s a town hall meeting with parents, teaches and students across the united states and the secretary of education, arne duncan.
they got the answer right as a result of that change. reporter: classes with an unusually high number of these changes were flagged. it sort of like having a blizzard in ft. lauderdale in the middle of july. you know, in theory it could happen. it s just so incredibly unlikely that you really need a substantial explanation. reporter: usually when we talk about cheating, the focus is on kids. in georgia, the finger is being pointed at teachers and administrators. cnn obtained affidavits in the case of two administrators at an elementary school in dekalb county accused of tampering with tests in 2008. former principal james berry admitted they went into an office and began to erase answer sheets and change answers. alexander, the assistant principal, says she read the answers to berry. he needed for 26 students to pass for us to make ayp. ayp is adequate yearly progress and improvement standard set by the federal no child left behind act.
kandahar that they re better off without the taliban who still rule large areas around here, and who continue to carry out attacks inside of afghanistan, second biggest city. michael holmes, cnn, kandahar. yeah. actually, great stuff. he makes it seem like it s all this is one thing about holmes, he makes it seem that way, but yesterday he was very close to a bomb that went off. yeah. no, absolutely. there were two attacks in afghanistan yesterday, and i know he was interviewed on cnn, just really breaking down what the situation was with the suicide car bombing that claimed several lives. he s there trying to show us how he gets the story but there s really tough stuff to do. isha, thank you for being with us. if you want to see more from michael and the back story team, check out cnn.com/backstory. just past 2:00 the east coast. an alleged conflict of interest that costs investors a billion dollars, gets goldman sachs