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What is it? every single senior is graduating and has acceptance letters to colleges across america. ken king is the c.e.o. of the charter school and joins us with three of the college bound seniors. good morning to all four of you. >> good morning. >> this is an amazing story. just a couple of years ago when this charter school started, only 4% of the boys who came to that school were reading at the appropriate grade level. right? >> yeah, thats right. so urban prep charter academy for young me...

Why? next. >> then a remarkable story, just a few years ago, only 4% of students could read at grade level. now, every single student is going to college. well tell you where straight ahead. >> our trivia question -- ? [ female announcer ] for dazzling white teeth, give toothpaste the brush off.

Teachers, but they cant be fired because of the unions. >> you see the unions stepping up and doing interesting things. the idea of higher standards, both national unions are behind that. randy weingarten has said publicly they dont want to protect teachers who arent making it. the vast majority of our teachers are working hard and we have to support them. we need to reward great teachers, help those in the middle improve and those at the bottom need to remove them. right now were doing none of ...

Certainly not in any way going to advocate downplaying any roles of minorities. however, i think that the goal was not to downplay them, but to add to the cohesiveness of americans to the divisiveness and not use affirmative action standards to be able to determine what is relevant in terms of history, and i think there is a significant impact and role that minorities have played, and to use that on the basis of the level of impact, it seems to be more relevant than to just do a quota basis, and...

450 boys go crazy. it was the morning after president obamas election when i sat down with some of the students. >> theyre calling you little obamas. what do you think of that? little obama. are you a little obama? >> me personally, i think we are little obamas because just like he made change we are making change. we are going to an all-boys school and were trying to get to the places hes been. and thats to college. >> reporter: college is now attainable for 57% of the students here. in 2006, w...

I sat down with some of the students. >> theyre calling you little obamas. what do you think of that? little obama. are you a little obama? >> me personally, i think we are little obamas because just like he made change we are making change. we are going to an all-boys school and were trying to get to the places hes been. and thats to college. >> reporter: college is now attainable for 57% of the students here. in 2006, when the school opened, only 4% could even read at grade level. founder tim ...

Across the country need to keep an eye on what goes on in texas because texas is a huge textbook buyer. theyve got this special board that reviews the textbooks and so the textbooks that texas buys wind up all over the country. >> yes, thats right. the texas situation is different. they have a texas state board of education that purchases textbooks and gives them free to the schools. a school can use any textbook they want but they would have to pay for anything other than what the board provide...

Introduction to the grade level into the bottom -- body of the essential knowledge and skills themselves. bill: do you think that was a smart enough in the first place -- >> a lot of excitement. to move them around? in certain cases, yes, because they found a more appropriate place for them, possibly, at a grade level where there was a better fit with the curriculum. bill: there are numerous other examples here and, independence day, neil armstrong, christopher columbus, were removed. i dont thi...

Only 4% could read at grade level. founder tim king says much of if can be attributed to barack obama. >> the whole time when we went down to watch him announce he was running all the way through to him winning last night theres been an incredible amount of enthusiasm and energy. >> reporter: according to king in many ways these students are becoming the teachers, literally writing their own future. >> that was one of the most amazing stories i ever did. there they are. smile, guys. you have eve...

To keep hitting senator bunning on this. they have been doing it a few days but this will be the first chance for the president himself to sort of weigh in and it shows how they realize they have got to get back on this jobs issue and this bunning situation is a great opportunity for them politically to do just that, brooke. >> i know the unemployment rate in savannah a little better than nationwide. i think its 8.4%. a lot of people will be listening when it comes to jobs and also when it comes...