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we are learning who will be speaking and singing at the funeral on saturday. well have a live report from outside the church. her ex-husband bobby brown will be attending. he plans to perform a few hours later at a casino in connecticut. dr. drew joins us with more on the drug angle. first, jason is outside the new hope baptist church with more late details. theres new information about who is going to be at the funeral saturday. what do you know? >> reporter: i can tell you earlier, i...

Facility. we have maximum security, medium security and minimum security offenders. what probably sets us apart is the different segregation units. >> offenders who assault staff or other inmates are moved to the secure housing unit, a prison within the prison, known as the shu. >> there have been discipline problems, theyve been assaulted and theyve had issues at other facilities. so they send them here. >> designed to look and function like pelican bay, a maximum security prison in california,...

District has been on an academic watch list because of below-average standardized test scores. mother and school board president vicki marshall helped convince parents they needed to try this and make it work. >> their biggest concerns were around how are you going to assign a grade point average? >> reporter: but changing course is not easy. educators estimate it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools nationwide have tried it. half couldnt stick with...

List because a below average standardized test scores. vicky marshall helped convince people they needed to try this and make it work. >> their biggest concerns were around how are you going to assign a grade point average. >> but changing course is not easy. educators estimate it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools nationwide have tried t.half couldnt stick with it. wendy batino who helps implement this model says without strong leadership and com...

Gould is still on board. why? she says discipline problems dropped 76% since the change and students now are more motivated than ever. deborah feyerick, cnn, westminster, colorado. >> 2011 national teacher of the year michelle shearer is with us. michelle, should school by school, this be how we tweak things that work for them? should there be strict national standards? is there a place for a gradeless grade school in the system, do you think? >> i can relate it to the concept. i teach ap chemis...

Average. >> reporter: educators say it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools have tried it. half would not stick with it. >> this is really hard. superintendents last two, two and a half years on average. its hard to lead systemic change when you have that much turnover. >> reporter: though state test scores here have not gone up, principal gould is still on board. why? she says discipline problems dropped 76% since the change. and students now are m...

Educators estimate it takes three to five years for standardizes test scores to go up. so far, 300 schools nationwide have tried it. half couldnt stick with it. wendy, who helps implement the model, says without strong leadership and community support it wont work. >> this is really hard. superintendent lasts, what, 2, 2 1/2 years on average. its hard to lead system exchange when you have that much turnover. >> reporter: state test scores here havent gone up. the principal is still on board. why...

Tough choices. >> maybe we have to eliminate aid to all hospitals in new jersey. i wonder how many hospitals will close when we have to do that. >> reporter: the problem, the decision may be unconstitutional. >> governors all across the country are saying the same thing, and theyre wrong. >> davids education law center and others are suing the governor and others in supreme court. >> its a matter of policy choice, a matter of commitment. do we want to have strong public schools or not. >> report...

First-time governor chris christy can you teut $1 billion education budget. at a town hall meeting he said tough times call for tough xhoiss. >> maybe we have to eliminate aid to all hospitals in new jersey. i wonder how many hospitals will close. we have to do that. >> reporter: the problem? the decision may be unconstitutional. >> governors all across the country are saying the same thing, and theyre wrong. >> reporter: david shear and ot are suing the governors in state supreme court. >> its ...

Education budget. at a town hall meeting he said that tough times call for tough choices. >> maybe we have to eliminate aid to hospitals in new jersey and maybe we will have to do that. >> reporter: it is a tough situati situation. >> governors across nation are saying the same thing, but it is wrong. >> reporter: this man and others are suing the state and taking it to the supreme court. >> it is a matter of commitment, and do we want strong public schools or not? the court says the state legis...