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That says, even though kids are growing up in poverty. even though they have tremendous challenges we can still expect that if we have the right school environments, they can learn, and thrive and grow academically. >> they can learn and thrive and grow academically, but what im trying to say, even though they thrive academically, that were producing a society in which we have nothing. im very serious, the social mobility data suggests this, even if were getting better at educating the kids were...

What happens outside of the schools. and i think if you look at the comparative data we have from pisa, lets look at the places doing it right. that have a whole variety of educational systems, poland, finland, there are a lot of different practices. the thing that jumps out, they have a lot less poor kids, many, many fewer kids. >> lets look at what youre trying to say, to your point, lets look at pisa, if you look in the united states from 2003 until now, on the pisa test, actually, the poores...

>> yes, yes. >> will cain you were on tv working this weekend. >> still hasnt shaved. >> didnt have a chance. worked all weekend. >> you lie. were not going to pretend to feel sorry for you. our "starting point," towns in the plains adding up the damage from a swarm of tornados that happened over the weekend. reports of more than 130 twisters that touched down over four states, many tornadoes happening in kansas, the community that may have been the hardest hit is in woodward, oklahoma...

So we went out and did research with scholastic to get their views. and teachers really are saying, you know, they want some different things in the school than they have today. and all -- everything that the foundations trying to do is say, how do we put a great teacher in every classroom? because if you do that, a great teacher makes 14 times the difference in terms of whether that student will be prepared at the end of the year or not, which is much different than the class size. kids can adv...