was just school. how did you do on the math score, do you know? here s the big question. i m sure you ve been thinking. you re going to present the pope with the book of prayers. are you going to ask him anything? are you going to tell him anything? are you going to say anything to him? yes. tell me. i am. is it a secret or can you share? well, i m going to say to him that this is a gift from all the students to him. we give this to him with all our love. now, did you memorize this? are you just going to go off the cuff? how are you going to present? i memorized it in spanish. you memorized it in spanish? you re going to speak to him in spanish? can you say it to me in spanish? [ speaking spanish ]
to budget cuts and more emphasis on things like common core. but data from the college boards shows students who take art and music lessons through high school store an average of 100 points higher on s.a.t. tests. compared to the average math score for nonmath students 496. let s bring in my fox friend for this week chief correspondent lauren green. and we re going to talk about the connection that people may or may not know. but here s something that we definitely have a connection on which is music in our lives. how important was music in your life? i would guess that music is my first love, it s how i understood the world. it s a language unto itself and i believe that i was able to translate other activities because of music. so you came from a family in minnesota, we were both in minnesota, there s one connection. and your parents, they did
in college at that point. i don t understand why they are doing this. i wish you would have gone farther. i could have. the sad thing is, i don t think you know what does happen. all he knows is the background check. that s the most important 1. you have had 35 jobs so it would make sense. there are a statute out of limitations on statute of limitations. what tests would matter? how to talk to a crazy person if are you in customer service. things like that matter more. they set up scenarios like actual problem solving you would face on that job or like these are the day-to-day tasks you would have to complete, are you capable of navigating that? that would make sense. s.a.t. s prove nothing. even if you are going into engineering and get a great math score, it doesn t mean you will be good at
affect your child s performance in school. dr. kathleen london is a family practice billions r physician and an interesting study,. doctor, from the university of missouri looked at 6,000 children from kindergarten to fifth grade and found depending on their weight, they saw a difference in test scores. right. jenna: from first grade to fifth grade. why would weight be a factor at all when it comes to your math score? so there s a lot of theory osen this. these theories on this. depression, is that affecting it? we know that stress affects brain development, so if these kids are chronically stressed because they re being teased and bullied, that can affect how your brain develops. think about it when you eat something sugary, if you re eating junk food all the time, your blood sugar goes way up and down so they may not have the fuel their brain needs to concentrate. if that has waned in their system, that could be be playing
college board says s.a.t. reading scores for the class of 2011 dropped to their lowest point in 40 years. according to the test distributor, reading scores have gone down 33 points since 1972. the average math score has gone up by 5 points in that time. the college board says more students than ever are taking the s.a.t. and going to college, they attribute the lowering scores noting that many are learning english as a second language. and president obama is expected to present marine corps corporal dakota myer for the medal with the medal of honor for his service in afghanistan. myer will be the first living marine to receive this award in nearly four decades. the ceremony will be held in the east room of the white house this afternoon. still ahead on way too early, a tale of two pennsylvania cities. the phillies behind yet another dominant pitching performance become the first team to clinch a playoff spot, while their