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In miami. not bad, but guess what, big time severe weather tonight across parts of the southern plains and the lower mississippi river valley and the northern plains, weve got ice and windy conditions and we have some snow and across the west, youre going to continue to be stormy, snowy and rainy, all right, back to you inside. anybody in the state of texas knows high school football is on par with religion and its important down there in terms of priority and now, one texas school district doin...

court. we have consistently lost the case as its been presented in the public realm on tv and elsewhere. >> you know what caught my attention, the debate is happening more and more. the exact idea that there is new science. in fact the supreme court will hear a case this fall about memory and eyewitness testimony. first time theyve reviewed this issue in 34 years. now enfir dysart is a psychologist. she prepared testimony to give the georgia parole board on behalf of troy davis, althou...

we have consistently won the case as its been presented in court. we have consistently lost the case as its been presented in the public realm on tv and elsewhere. >> you know what caught my attention, the debate is happening more and more, this exact idea that there is new science, in fact, the supreme court will hear a court this case about memory and eyewitness testimony, the first time theyve reviewed this issue in 34 years. jennifer dysart is a psychologist. as she prepared testim...

>> ouch. but true, l.z. granderson wrote an opinion piece this weekend. kids may should go to school year round in part because were trying to compete with the rest of the world where theyre pretty serious about education. hi, l.z. what prompted you to write this piece? >> oh, man, saturd"saturday nig live" skit is a good place. it really started with my own frustrations as a parent. i have taken my son to four different schools in about two years desperately trying to get him into a s...

With more on this. whats the link? the link is when kids do this excessively it can lead to problems like depression and anxiety and poor school performance. they looked at 3,000 kids in singapore and 10% of them had what the authors called pathological gaming. there have been similar findings here. these kids were gaming like 30 hours a week. >> so im sure a lot of parents watching this will say my kid games too much. what is too much? how do you know? >> too much, you can think of it in terms ...

Going to take us ten years. the school has been so underperforming for so long. >> reporter: massive curriculum overhaul is required. he is letting the staff lead the changes. >> i would like one performance play. >> we are teaching them. >> reporter: while the hallways are still empty, they race to finalize the details. school starts in boston on september 8th. >> how do we roll out the information about cell phones? >> reporter: if he fails, the school fails. ultimately, his goals are elementa...

Flight attendant steps in. we are going to tell what you happened after the plane landed. 92 years old and killed by cops in a botched drug raid. some of those officers are going to prison. and millions of dollars will now go to the womans family. the birds, the bees, and the books. teenage sex may keep parents awake at night but a new report says that it is not so bad for school performance. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. out west. im krya phillips. you are live in the "cnn n...

Behavior, but, still, we can draw really only limited conclusions from this study about teen sex in general because it ignores the most fundamental negative consequences of teen sex, which are higher rates of out of wedlock pregnancy leading to abortions, out of wedlock births, higher rates of sexually transmitted disease and psychological and emotional consequences as well. so to go from this study and conclude that teen sex is really not harmful and, therefore, we should do away with abstinenc...

Its promiscuity that makes the difference, specifically when it comes to academic performance. researchers found that students who hooked up, had friends with benefits and bed buddies had worst grades than kids that abstained but kids with committed partners fared no better or worst than those who were not having sex. teen sex is not always a bad thing. we have peter sprigg is and bill mccarthy from the university of california davis. good to have you both. so, bill, you know, obviously the head...

There are women who may not be mentally ready to get back in the pregnancy phase. a new study about second-hand smoke. look at 23 thousand nonsmoking students and found that grades were higher as a result of not being around second-hand smoke. 23 percent said school performance was poor. second-hand smoke is bad for you. smoke around your kids and pick up sooner and dont smoke around your kids and you dont need one. you do it by yourself and dont expose your kids to it. >> vitamin water. it is a...