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We need to leave it up to the scientists. and of course, if understand the global warming issue is affecting citizens lives, but i dont agree with tax dollars being used on it. >> investigation, ncaa, reading levels, college athletes, below eighth grade. this is not good. watch this. >> i mean, we may as well just go to glennwood elementary school right up the street and let all the third graders and fourth graders in here. they cant read and there are no remedial options, what are the options? ...

We need to leave it up to the scientists. and of course, if understand the global warming issue is affecting citizens lives, but i dont agree with tax dollars being used on it. >> investigation, ncaa, reading levels, college athletes, below eighth grade. this is not good. watch this. >> i mean, we may as well just go to glennwood elementary school right up the street and let all the third graders and fourth graders in here. they cant read and there are no remedial options, what are the options? ...

Plug is done in terms of the results you get from this program? >> well, first thanks for having us on this morning to shine a spotlight on this problem which is really critical for the country. so, you know, the key to what were trying to do is deal with some of the statistics that are really troubling. in low-income communities across this country the average number of age appropriate books are about one book for every 300 children. >> wow. >> as compared to middle income communities where tha...

Students. now, the florida department of education says these goals recognize that every group is not starting at the same place. here are the current reading levels. asians, 76%. you have whites at 69%. hispanics at 53% and african-american students at 38%, so some groups have much further to go. now, supporters say this is a great thing, and im quoting here saying: the to meet these goals for latino and african-american students, schools will have to finally and quite deliberately focus more a...

Investment to say focus on teacher assessment. >> but the -- right, but the nuance has always been on, okay. what do you do when you grade a student here? do you grade -- have they moved up from -- from one reading level to another reading level or are they on a fourth grade reading level? see what i mean? sometimes teachers -- this is where i think the nuance of the argument gets lost, which is, are you grading a teachers merit pay based on, is the student reading at a specific grade level that...

Access to them and go in with the reading levels and do the book clubs and check the books they need. >> the physical library is the only place a lot of the kids get computer access. do you think schools have to be more of a community center? it is one of the thing that jeffrey canada has done is reach out to the community and have the school open at night for parents and other leaders. >> jeffrey can dpa is a model for what that looks like long term. i think a lot of schools are moving toward t...

Depends what figures you look at, but you may be right that the dropout rate of kids that get to freshman year and never finish may be somewhere in the 40s. there is no shortage of kids in the ninth grade and school system here who have fourth and fifth grade reading levels, even though richard daly, the departing mayor, built some of the most amazing elite high schools which now outperform those in the suburbs. the first thing rahm emanuel is going to do and it has been given to him on a silver...

Denver, colorado there are no grade levels. in fact, there are no grades, period. kids are grouped not by age but by what they know. >> were talking about facts from a non-fiction book. >> reporter: jennifer greggs literacy class is made up of kids age 8 to 10 with four different reading levels. >> its so individualized. were filling in their gaps so that they can move on. >> reporter: its known as standards-based learning, modeled on the belief every child learns in their own way. >> every stud...

Are no grade levels. in fact, there are no grades period. kids are grouped not by age but by what they know. >> were talking about facts from a nonfiction book. >> jennifer gregs literary class is made up of kids from 8 to 10 with four different reading levels. >> its so individualized. were filling in the gaps so that they can move on. >> its known as standards-based learning modelled on the belief that every child learns in their own way. >> every student and every class is learning at exactly...

You wont get a traditional answer. >> level seven. >> you are? >> six. >> reading? >> level seven. >> and you are? >> seven. >> reporter: there are no grade levels. there are no grades period. kids are grouped based on what they know, not how old they are. >> were talking about facts from a nonfiction books. >> reporter: jennifers literacy class is made up of kids ages 8 to 10 with four reading levels. >> its so individualized. were filling in their gaps so they can move on. >> reporter: its kno...