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his idol. >> i said, mr. sin rat ra, you hit this high a flat on this particular song. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. you know? >> this is "piers morgan tonight." ♪ i take you just the way you are ♪ >> harry connick jr., welcome. >> thank you. >> you are a man of so many hats its almost ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, an actor, three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical. "on a clear ...

his idol. >> i said, mr. sin rat ra, you hit this high a flat on this particular song. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. you know? >> this is "piers morgan tonight." i take you just the way you are >> harry connick jr., welcome. >> thank you. >> you are a man of so many hats its almost ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, an actor, three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical. "on a clear day you ...

Engineering. it is really when you boil it down its just a -- a curriculum of asking questions, observing, making a hypothesis, testing it out. >> reporter: the shows producer responding to an urgent need. among 65 industrialized nations, 15-year-olds in the u.s. place 23rd in science and 30th in math behind countries like finland, the slovak republic and estonia. can the muppets pave the way to m.i.t.? well, for 30 years, researchers have studied something called the sesame effect. they found e...

the sea walls, but i think the worst here is orr and it passed. amazing how well theyve weathered this here. we have not seen any damage. just a quick ride through downtown nassau, and it seems that theyve got lucky and their preparations really worked. some of the southern islands in the bahamas didnt make it well. we have reports of serious did he have tags in some of the settlements down there and even some of the biggest islands, cat island that are both popular tourist islands had...

District has been on an academic watch list because of below-average standardized test scores. mother and school board president vicki marshall helped convince parents they needed to try this and make it work. >> their biggest concerns were around how are you going to assign a grade point average? >> reporter: but changing course is not easy. educators estimate it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools nationwide have tried it. half couldnt stick with...

List because a below average standardized test scores. vicky marshall helped convince people they needed to try this and make it work. >> their biggest concerns were around how are you going to assign a grade point average. >> but changing course is not easy. educators estimate it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools nationwide have tried t.half couldnt stick with it. wendy batino who helps implement this model says without strong leadership and com...

>> reporter: unlike traditional schools kids move up any time theyre ready. >> how many of you have gone up a level this year? wow. >> reporter: the entire school district has been on an academic watch list because below average standardized test schools. mother and school board president vicky marshall helped convince parents they needed to try this and make it work. >> their biggest concerns were around how are you going to assign a grade point average. >> reporter: changing course is not easy...

They can move on. >> reporter: it is known as standards based learning. >> every student and every class is learning at exactly the spot theyre supposed to. >> reporter: principal scary gould help put the system in place two years ago. >> for the first time every child is getting exactly what they need, when they need it, and how they need it. >> reporter: no one moves to the next level without testing at the equivalent of a "c" or higher. >> 100. >> reporter: and kids move up any time theyre re...

Black kids, hispanic kids, are very often left out. theyre going to be predicted to not do well when, in fact, they could do well. >> so fairtest is saying essentially is, if a college is using the s.a.t. as a primary indicator, the test is not telling them the truth. >> most colleges will use the s.a.t. as one piece of evidence but a lot of them will use it to weed out a whole lot of kids that never get a chance. >> whats the alternative? >> we have list of 830 colleges for whom the test is opt...

Starting april 1st where they are headed this fall. for many families, that brings a brand new challenge. >> i am in the process of waiting. waiting. thats all i can say. >> 18-year-old olivia is waiting to find out if shes been accepted or not. >> i got the letter that statd everything they need and they have reviewed and the package some should come. >> a straight-a student, this senior at a long island high school has applied to 15 schools. but olivia, like millions of others, faces another c...