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Here in florida in 1999 we were at the bottom of the nation in education. for the last decade, the state has been on a path of reform. under the leadership of governor rick scott and local leaders, our focus every day is whether students are learning. thats it. today, more students are reading on grade level, passing rigorous college prep courses and graduating from high school. and perhaps most exciting, those traditionally left behind are showing the greatest gains. among african-american stud...

Teachers began to teach differently. they began to develop new strategies. we cut in half the functional adversity rate in the state. >> we went to rosemont elementary school in orlando to see how the school turned itself around and became a model of school reform. it took new principal patty harrison and devoted teachers. >> 70 percent were not liviread on grade level. i said give me the names of the coaches and music teacher. i am the new principal you also teach reading now. >> without readin...

Teachers began to teach differently. they began to develop new strategies. we cut in half the functional adversity rate in the state. >> we went to rosemont elementary school in orlando to see how the school turned itself around and became a model of school reform. it took new principal patty harrison and devoted teachers. >> 70 percent were not liviread on grade level. i said give me the names of the coaches d music teacher. i am the new principal you also teach reading now. >> without reading ...

wrong about chavez, and that tells you a lot. >> and he also recently awarded an apartment to a woman who became his 3 millionth twitter follower, and he is a big twitter follower. >> yes, he is wildly popular and the message is getting through to twitter again, and he did this, and he is rewarding somebody for being the 3 millionth follower. >> can you imagine if president obama or mitt romney were giving away homes on live television? >> no. >> thank you, miguel. -- captions by vitac...

found in sandwiches on delta planes flying into america. one passenger was hurt. this morning, find out what the airline is doing about it. big bus. two continents, three tons of cocaine, and 200 pounds of marijuana. its happening right now. cnn will take you aboard that ship. caught on tape. a breathtaking rescue as a 7-year-old dancing on a third floor window air conditioning unit trips and falls. hear from the guy who caught her. and how would you like to lose a few pounds? a ...

now. he also attends a private fund-raiser in pittsburgh. president, hes going to be speaking at a fund-raiser in san antonio. we expect to hear from him any minute. were going to take you there live when he starts his remarks. were going to have live coverage from the romney rally. that is also happening later this hour. relatives of two missing girls in iowa say they are now bracing for the worst but hoping, hoping for the best. 8-year-old elizabeth collins and 10-year-old lera coo...

gene louis and daniel louis. thanks for talking with us. gene, im going to start with you if i can. what do you know is the latest about your dad, his condition and how hes being held? >> good morning, soledad. i thank you for having us on this morning. and soledad, were going to tell you what weve been telling all of the news media outlets that has been interviewing us and we thank them also. the information that were getting is trickling down and is information that people are gettin...

The prison population, right? so black men make up 5% of college students but 36% of prisoners in the same thing here with hispanic adult men at 12% and 16%. okay. those feel so big, so enormous, that my first sense is just, what in the world are we going to do about that? >> we are going to raise our voices and we are going to create the nonviolent movement that says, stop. we are not going to go backwards. the whole premise of the first civil rights movement was to give our children a better l...

Reading they must be provide with special assistance to bring them up to grade level within a year. according to the most recent test scores, children were not proficient in reading. should schools that fail to teach children how to read be sudden? all you have to do go to facebook.com/newsnation to vote. that does it for this thursday edition of "news nation." im craig melvin in for tamron hall today. the cycle, the cycle is up next. r streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for ...

The one thing that is necessary to educate american children? what do you have to have? >> you have to have an incredibly passionate dedicated smart teacher in front of every single kid. it sounds like a simple and pat answer but it is not because right now we have a system that allows for years and years to go on where a kid can be five years old that isnt taught to read. 7 years old, isnt taught to read. >> the teach hes have to be passionate and confront the children if they are not doing the...