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but first, an early holiday gift from president obama to military families all over the country. the president announced this week that all u.s. combat troops will leave iraq by the end of the year. welcome news at places like ft. bliss in texas where our marty savidge is will speaking with families reaction to the presidents decision. it has to be bittersweet. >> reporter: theres always that. that is a concern for any military town. those that are coming home and those that continue t...

better than 6-year-old kindergartners. why? >> because school makes kids smarter. the experience of being young in class makes kids work harder and as a result they learn more. the kids who are oldest in the class are already doing pretty well and theyre not motivated to work as hard. >> theres so many moms and datdads who think this red shirting a sports term, but holding their kid back one year is going to let them mature a little bit. maybe be a little more confident when they head ...

Overnight. the blast destroyed the section of pipeline that carries gas from egypt to israel and jordan. this is the sixth attack on the pipeline since mubarak was pushed out of power in february. as part of our education nation series this week, nbc news is tackling the challenges facing our nations schools. just this morning you heard from former florida governor jeb bush and he was joined by his sister-in-law, former first lady laura bush. they discuss whats behind the nations shortfalls an...

Make the difference. >> were getting so much support from the business community increasingly, and were very excited businesses realize theyre investing in their own future. their future customers and future employees. we mention target, what a great job target is doing. >> well, target is one of our newest partners, and they have just announced that they will be pledging their services to us for $3 million over a three-year period. target is focusing on literacy among young people, that all chi...

I was a 37-year-old girl from toledo, ohio. >> and people said what? who? >> yeah. people said hes lost his mind. >> her friends said she had lost hers. >> i have two kids. two daughters, 9 and 12 and they -- i put them in the d.c. public schools. >> the schools were a disaster. test results among the worst in america. chancellor reid quickly learnd that although only 8% of the kids were on grade level, there was something odd about how the teachers were ranked. >> when i looked at the performan...

Toledo, ohio. >> and people said what? who? >> yeah. people said hes lost his mind. >> her friends said she had lost hers. >> i have two kids. two daughters, 9 and 12 and they -- i put them in the d.c. public schools. >> the schools were a disaster. test results among the worst in america. chancellor reid quickly learnd that although only 8% of the kids were on grade level, there was something odd about how the teachers were ranked. >> when i looked at the performance evaluations of the adults i...

president obamas finance committee. is it officially a lost decade for the middle class? >> its certainly a lost opportunity. weve lost ground. and middle class americans are really suffering. >> the top end has done well though. thats where you get this whole political narrative that the middle is suffering at the expense of the top. >> the whats happening right now is were seeing a transformation or a dramatic change in our economy. weve gone from a manufacturing oriented economy in ...

Commitment with starbucks, were pleased to recognize another innovator in the classroom. >> "morning joe" and starbucks are proud to celebrate kwand lang. lang is currently the principal of the middle school in philadelphia. principal lang runs a program called the achievement team where he works with core members to provide small group instruction for students who perform below grade level. the partnership between shaw middle school has fueled growth in the citys program despite losing teachers...

malones is the countrys only village post office. the postal service says they expect to save about $42,000 a year here and may turn as many as 3,700 existing locations into village post offices. but with a looming debt of $9 billion, saving the u.s. mail service is going to take more than a village post office. patrick oppman, cnn, malone, washington. the news continues now with randi kaye. this is the bill, says president obama. the question now is whether the american jobs act w...

How its playing out in the classroom. >> decompose or change over time. >> reporter: these ninth and tenth grade remembers learning about forensics at the academy of science and engineering which is inside nashvilles stratford high school. >> so the goal is to mimic what medical examiner might do? >> yeah. >> with the dead bodies and things. >> yeah, but we use chickens instead. >> reporter: last year 75% of students here at this mostly african-american school tested below grade level. >> thats ...