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Book is about. how well the child is reading. they just love the one-on-one contact the kids provide. >> reporter: at the beginning of the school year, colby was reading below grade level. now he just got an award for most improved in his second grade class. >> i have seen a big growth in his reading ability and confidence. >> reporter: reading just fine and having fun, thanks to a little help from a little friend. ron claiborne, abc news, pennsylvania. >> whether the cat likes it or not, its ki...

Right now and do what you would do with any dr. seuss-reading individual. lets give them a time-out. >> hey, at least theyre not rapping, okay? at least theyre reading. >> theyre rhyming and reading. at grade level. >> that was fantastic. that is it for us at this hour. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. its what ...

For education. as you know we are number one for jobs. number one in energy. number one in exports. its time we become number one in education also. to do that, we must go back to genuine local control. get away from this one size fit all program where all the dictates come from austin, texas, but trust in the teachers who educate children. we must use more digital learning and online learning so that we can adjust for the various needs of our various students. we must use that enhance reading s...

Children, one who was born just eight weeks ago. like all parents, we have high hopes and dreams for our children. but we also know what its like to face challenges. three days after our son was born, cole, we got news no parent expects. cole was diagnosed with downs syndrome. the doctors told us he could have endless complications, heart defects, even early alzheimers. they told us all the problems. but when we looked at our son, we saw only possibilities. we saw a gift from god. and today, we ...

Than a paycheck. it gives us purpose, dignity, and the foundation to build a future. i was single when i was elected, but it wasnt long before i met brian, a retired navy commander, and now we have three beautiful children. won just born eight weeks ago. like all parents, we have high hopes and dreams for our children. but we also know what its like to face challenges. three days after our son was born, cole, we got news no parent expects. cole was diagnosed with down syndrome. the doctors told ...

Have endless complications, heart defects even early alzheimers. they told us all the problems. but when we looked at our son, we saw only possibilities. we saw a gift from god, and today we see a 6-year-old boy who dances to bruce springsteen, who reads above grade level and who is the best big brother in the world. we see all the things he can do, not those he cant. and cole and his sisters have only made me more determined to see the potential in every human life, that whether were born with ...

Heart defects, even early alzheimers. they told us all the problems. but when we looked at our sob, we saw only possibilities. we saw a gift from god. and today, we see a 6-year-old who dances to bruce springsteen, who reads above grade level and who is the best big brother in the world. we see all the things he can do, not those he cant. and cole and his sisters have only made me more determined to see the potential in every human life, whether were born with an extra 21st chromosome or without...

Quickly rolled out. near new york state, what happens is because they were implemented so quickly, they then farmed out curriculum development to different companies, one called common core incorporated, and spent millions of dollars to create what are called modules that most of our teachers find to be unusable. so a lot of ththe problem, governor, it was done so quickly, and pushed outo quickly, with tests, that the natural unfolding that should happen never occurred. when we do change in our ...

Another small group of university professors, and they were very, very quickly rolled out. because they were implemented to quickly, they then farmed out curriculums to different companies and spent millions of dollars to create what are called modules. so a lot of the problem, i think, governor is that it was done so quickly and pushed out so quickly, that the natural unfolding should never have occurred. we introduce it at a grade level. we start to bring it through the grade level. so when we...

Quickly rolled out. near new state, what happens is because they were implemented so quickly, they then farmed out curriculum development to different companies, one called common core incorporated, and spent millions of dollars to create what are called modules that most of our teachers find to be unusable. so a lot of the problem, governor, it was done so quickly, and pushed out so quickly, with tests, that the natural unfolding that should happen never occurred. when we do change in our distr...