fall through the cracks. in terms of 100% attendance on the first day of term, can you explain what you mean by that? you think absolutely every child in the country should be in school in the first day? i country should be in school in the first da ? ., ., ., country should be in school in the firstda ? ., ., ., , country should be in school in the first da ? ., ., ., , ., first day? i almost want to put that back to and first day? i almost want to put that back to and say first day? i almost want to put that back to and say who first day? i almost want to put that back to and say who should - first day? i almost want to put that back to and say who should not - first day? i almost want to put that| back to and say who should not be? of back to and say who should not be? of course we need to be working towards 100% attendance because school is so important for all children and it may put that in context for you. my team and i did some research back in february to find out how ma
talked to 94,000 children with special educational needs but there are far too many of them have not their needs met and they re waiting for assessment. that is three key areas that we need to take action on. there s a lot to do but we need to get to doing it now and getting them back into school. them back into school. exactly on that point. them back into school. exactly on that point. as them back into school. exactly on that point, as you them back into school. exactly on that point, as you are them back into school. exactly on that point, as you are describing l that point, as you are describing there, complex issues that will require a huge amount of support, which is not cheap. the question about where the money comes from, but when you say that yes, why shouldn t every child be in school on the first day of term, there are these complex reasons, do you think it is as simple as saying to those kids and the parents, get the kids into school? it is kids and the parents, g
parents, i would say because i have been a parent of a teenager and have my teenager say, school is rubbish, i don t want to go. now, in his 20s, he says to me, you should have been a stricter on me. filth. he says to me, you should have been a stricter on me. he says to me, you should have been a stricter on me. it - he says to me, you should have been a stricter on me. it is - a stricter on me. oh, gosh! it is lovely and a stricter on me. oh, gosh! it is lovely and he a stricter on me. oh, gosh! it is lovely and he is a stricter on me. oh, gosh! it is lovely and he is great a stricter on me. oh, gosh! it is lovely and he is great fun, - a stricter on me. oh, gosh! it is lovely and he is great fun, but l lovely and he is great fun, but truthfully, parents, it is helping our children if we get them back into school, despite maybe them feeling a little bit negative about it. it feeling a little bit negative about it. , ., ., ., feeling a little bit negative about it. it is a
private college adviser to get their kids into school, except of course as we learned, they were potentially or allegedly and there are lots of college advisers, and they are legitimate, what s good on the applicatio that because they charge on an hourly basis and it s expensive. most are not breaking the law. and this was a massive sting operation, the largest we have seen in terms of college application fraud or the department of justice has. paying people off. bribi bribing proctors. photos of children pretending their students were athletes, getting on the teams and schools as athletes but never participating in a sport. joining us now is someone who knows about this subject, matthew stewart, the author of nature s good, the heretical origins of the american public. you talk about something, the tales of three classes in relation to the college admission scandal.
you ve been talking to kid, what s going on? reporter: hey, halle. it s overwhelming for these kids. one thing i don t think the kids were counting on was the huge police presence. there were hundreds of deputies walking the kids into school. there were also parents and teachers from the other school districts. this community stopped what they were doing today to help these kids get through their first day of school. we spoke with one parent, his name was fred whiting berg, he formally drops two kids off to school, his daughter was killed in that shooting. he watched his son walk boo that school alone today, we asked him what that was like. listen to what he had to say. bittersweet. quieter, not what we re used to. but, you know, i think jesse was ready to do this and, you know,