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Left behind many teachers cross country have openly revealed against testing regimes that puts too much focus on data and force them to teach to the test. parents are getting involved and organized and turning the push to opt out as a full pledged movement. continues of thousands in grades three through eight sat down to take the inc. glash language arts exam as part of a state assessment designed around new yorks common core standards. the math test is next tuesday. many of their classmates wer...

Is. it is kind of complicated because you have a grid system here but the numbers dont correspond to the grid. >> youre maligning new york city planning and not the cab drivers who have not figured out, lets say, the west village. >> your question presumes a fact not in evidence which is they already know where theyre going. i have been in a lot of cabs that gps would have been our only salvation. >> where is the gps? something i think is lost generational generationally. im frequently looking a...

>> thats what theyre saying. yahoo parenting said theyre getting between $1 to $5 from the tooth fairy. the study was done by oral health care company sun star gum. >> 13 bucks in new york. >> yeah. >> man, i hope my daughter doesnt see that. shell be punching herself in the face. >> shes going it find out. >> dont tell her to get the a on the math test if you get a dollar. not fair. >> got a dollar. >> i did. im going to call my folks on that. turn to the car though. you know im into this stu...

Giving them and yahoo parents found children across america are getting 1 to $5 for the tooth fairy. the study was done by oral health care company sun star gum. >> 13 bucks in new york. >> yeah. >> man, i hope my daughter doesnt see that. shell be punching herself in the face. >> dont tell her to get the a on the math test if you get a dollar. >> got a dollar. im going to call my folks on that. turn to the car though. im a corvette guy. sting ray, 1972. see that beautiful vehicle there? a wom...

Our next guest is a father of two and a sociologist who decided it put his training to work in raising his two kids. by, for example, giving them unique names, partly because according to studies, it would make them more likely eto have impulse control and impulse control is a great predictor of socioeconomic success. his daughters name is e, just the letter e and his son his book parentology. everything you wanted to know about the science of raising children but were too exhausted to ask. like...

Subtracting simple numbers should be easy enough. but not according to some parents who are fed up with the common core strategy. one of those parents, second graders father, got so frustrated, he did something very unique. joining us from north carolina is jeff receiver. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i understand your second grade son who is pretty good at math was really frustrated by this common core assignment, wasnt he? >> yes. he was a math test, yeah. >> what was he having trou...

Ive had that song in my head for every 20 years and now it will never end. >> that explains so many things, you wandering around. >> imagine trying to take your math test singing dont break my heart, my achy breaky heart. that was a better version that have. >> do you think this was his way of bonding with miley, if you cant beat her, join her? >> whatever happened to calling a shrink for daughter-father counseling. when the parent follows the child and the child is miley cyrus, thats bad. i fel...

Ive had that song in my head for every 20 years and now it will never end. >> that explains so many things, you wandering around. >> imagine trying to take your math test singing dont break my heart, my achy breaky heart. that was a better version that have. >> do you think this was his way of bonding with miley, if you cant beat her, join her? >> whatever happened to calling a shrink for daughter-father counseling. when the parent follows the child and the child is miley cyrus, thats bad. i fel...

>> reporter: the tiger mom is back, amy chula, whose book sparked uproar, has just co-authored a new book with her husband, that could cause even more outrage. in the triple package they claim these eight cultural groups in the u.s. are more successful than others. among them, jewish, indian, chinese and iranian. they say they balance three factors, superiority complex, impulse control better than other groups do and these traits contribute to their success. chul lashgs a yale law professor, has...

Viewers. >> did you have anymore questions for me in. >> did you look like a seal? >> i looked like a navy seal. >> quickly answer a question. >> its absolutely embarrassing that teachers would complain about a dress code that asks them to look professional. its like wearing a sweater and jeans on a tv show. >> it shows the teachers unions, this is what they want to fight. >> this is the least. >> why dont you get the kids to pass the math test and stop wearing spandex, unless youre hot. >> got ...