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Period when everybody leaves, when its not sexy to be there at all, thats when we come in and focus on rebuilding schools, which are disaster-proof with computer labs, because they help children and at the same time family, community members and future generations. >> you were in the position to do that because of being a model. author, philanthropist, but people knew you first as being this beautiful woman. what does it mean to land on the cover? >> it was -- it was the most incredible sort of ...

Sex abuse at a military base in ft. mead. a horrible headline. what do you know? >> the fbi is investigating one alleged case of child sexual abuse at ft. meade on base. it involves one man and one child. we dont know the age right now but i can tell you the base has send out hundreds of letters to parents thinking that their children may have also come in contact with this man who worked at the youth center because they want to make sure that these parents talk to their children to see if poten...

>> well, i got brave, because ive been brave all my life, because one lesson that my grandfather taught me before he passed away was, to never give up, and always be brave. dont let nobody push you around. and make sure you do -- make sure you do what you love. >> like now, like being an activist. standing up for what you believe in. tell me whats so special about your school, why you didnt want it to be closed? >> i didnt want it to be closed, because when i first heard that it was closing, and...

what happened after that? >> sefrbl yecertainly years ago slight rise in psa from screening, and then i had more testing and had a slight rise in my psa, and the yourologist wand to do another biopacy, and i got extremely sick, even though i had antibiotics, i got a severe bacterial invection. my blood pressure went low, and i was hospitalized for four days in houston. >> youre okay now? thats all resolved? >> im fine. i had a heart rhythm problem afterwards as well, but now everything...

Know, the american system needs to be one which encouraging people to be curious, adventurous, taking risks, not the sort of system where everyones hurtling towards a desk and they often cite you as an example. they say, well, look, bill gates dropped out of college, spent hours and hours in computer labs just dreaming up stuff. this was not working methodically toward a test. >> well, certainly if my example is meaningful, its just one data point. being good at math and having that knowledge wa...

Everyones hurtling towards a test. they will often cite you as an example. theyll say, well, look, bill gates dropped out of college, spent hours and hours in computer labs just dreaming up stuff. this was not working methodically towards a test. what do you say to that? >> well, certainly if my example is meaningful, its just one data point. being good at math and having that knowledge was critical to my being able to understand computers, to write code. yes, i memorized the tables and how thin...

To be one which encourages people to be curious, adventurous, taking risks, not this sort of style system where everyones hurtling towards a test. they will often cite you as an example. theyll say, well, look, bill gates dropped out of college, spent hours and hours in computer labs just dreaming up stuff. this was not working methodically towards a test. what do you say to that? >> well, certainly if my example is meaningful, its just one data point. being good at math and having that knowledg...

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...