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Five points, the win, and the second place trophy. >> lets get a picture. >> as the school year winds down, its clear levon had wins in the classroom, too. he grew from the bottom one percentile in math to the 31st percentile. >> whats the rule? >> amazing growth, but still below the 50th percentile, which is average. in reading, sessions two times a day. >> you already know it? good job. >> hes about at the beginning of 2nd grade level. >> is he going to be up to grade level in reading by the t...

>> the other cowboys say, lets see if a horse -- >> good job. >> touched -- >> no, that word is -- look at that word, try it out. >> his. >> stop. so close, so close, levon. you did really well. you got to 2 1/2 minutes so we had to stop. but i love the effort. youre working hard, youre right there. youre doing really well. how do you think youre doing in the class or in school overall? >> good. >> hes still well below grade level, but just the improvement and the ability for him to sound out wo...

So he stays on that track, he will definitely be at grade level by the end of 3rd grade. >> and his behavior? >> he doesnt have many issues except for when hes frustrated with academics. thats just his competitive spirit, wanting to do well. >> two minutes. >> that spirit is one reason hes being promoted. >> if we held him back, it might impact the way he feels about himself. i dont know if that would be good for him. >> i think he did great. he was where he was at, he would still be struggling ...

Throw off the racially balance. holder is saying to enforce my civil rights mandated i have to stop governor jindal from giving the vouchers to the poor kids so they get out of public schools how do you reply to that. >> how backwards is that parents wealth should have a great chance to g.e.d. education. one example they uses six african-american kids in saint martin parish in a public school getting an f letter grade. that means only at best half those kids are on grade level. those six kids go...

Throw off racially balance. holder is saying to enforce my civil rights mandated i have to stop governor jindal from giving the vouchers to the poor kids so they get out of public schools how do you reply to that. >> how backwards is that parents wealth should have a great chance to g.e.d. education. one example they uses six african-american kids in saint martin parish in a public school getting an f letter grade. that means only at best half those kids are on grade level. those six kids got sc...

The teachers unions did. the program is still here. they tried recalling our speaker of the house and me and some others. were still here. the reality is when teachers unions when we started this state wide said parents dont have a clue when making choices for their kids. thats their world viewpoint. the government unions think the bureaucrats know better. it will break your heart. theyre working mowlt jobs, trying to do the right thing. theyre telling me this is the first time my kid is bringin...

Do you say to critics? that all they are doing is preparing these students baeltoe tests? >> i think that is part of a kids education. you want to make sure if you have a fourth grader you know whether or not they can read and do math at grade level. i think the thing people are pushing back against and rightfully so the overemphasis of testing. some schools are test obsessed and instead of the tests being a means to an end, trying to determine where kids are and where they need help and how the...

Gamecocks does it look like when you look down, does it look like theyre pulling brick by brick? >> theyve finished that. they went buck bucket but what theyre doing is they have excavators, one on the east de, onen the west side and theyre ine vicy of t basement stairs. think they cut a hole to the lower level. im guessing the stairs filled in and its hard to tell because theres a wall standinut it looks like they may have access to a lowervel. a sub grade level. >> shepard: still working on th...

York state students take rig just exams, many parents are simply opting out. jonathan says why couldnt i have? more than 3,000 long island parents have joined a facebook movement to refuse to let their kids be tested. until now the standards didnt exist in many local districts, the bar is getting higher for everyone. what can we do to give all of our kids a shot at making it to the head of the class? in the guest spot, the president and ceo of united way of new york city. welcome, sheena. >> tha...

Focused on high-quality early childhood education. we want to make sure we can be an effective partner in that process. we should be able to do that for every child, everywhere. democrat, republican, blue state, red state, it shouldnt matter. all of us want our kids to grow up more likely to read and write and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold a job, and form more stable families of their own. that will be better for every state. that will be better for this country. thats what ...