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take a rough look. 100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 28 of that 500 wont graduate. a total of 50 wont go to college, so that is half of the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will at the end college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading and 23rd in science and 31st in math. ove...

Success. >> hey, im honest with them. she would be a rare bird. i got six kids attending u.c. davis in the engineering department, not in the ethnic studies. six minority kids, they are rare birds. they are very successful, and they are going to be successful, but, of course, i just say the way i see it. >> and your purpose in saying that to her is what? >> tell her the truth. she is going to be hearing stuff like that. when she hears someone say negative, you should have heard what my principal...

Success. >> im honest with them. she would be a rare bird. i got six kids attending u.c. davis in the engineering department, six of my kids, they are in engineering, they are rare birds and they are very successful, and they are going to be successful. of course, i just say it the way i see it. >> john: your purpose in saying that to her is what. >> tell her the truth. she is going hearing stuff like that. on when she hears someone say something negative. you should have heard what my principal...

Here you would be toast. yet youve got this enormous success. >> hey, im honest with them. she would be a rare bird. i got six kids attending u.c. davis in the engineering department, not in the ethnic studies. six minority kids, they are rare birds. they are very successful, and they are going to be successful, but, of course, i just say the way i see it. >> and your purpose in saying that to her is what? >> tell her the truth. she is going to be hearing stuff like that. when she hears someone ...

the senate vote will just end in the same gridlock that we seem to be getting used to? >> the way the legislation is put forward, the entire package that the president has put forward is not going to pass, not going to -- probably wont pass the senate. certainly wont pass the house of representatives where the republicans have a lopsided majority. elements of it are popular if they break out certain parts of it and find a way to pay for those popular parts. some of it could be passed b...

Good to hear it. there has been talked about standardized testing, and there are interesting insights and results about what teachers think about standardized test. two points, first, are standardized test a accurate reflection of a students achievement? how often have we heard this debated? 26% of teachers agree that they are. but do teachers think standardized test determine what is taught in their classrooms? are they a slave to standardized testing? 60% of teachers say the test do, in fact, ...

We have gotten over 3,500 comments coming in so far. this is coming from our online chat room educationnation.com, from a high school principal. good working conditions and retain good teachers. pressure from standardized testing and ae value by test scores drive them out. and another one coming in from -- i believe it was from our educationnation.com online chat. higher salaries would help retain good teachers, and we are hearing this more and more and bring more innovative thickenke into educa...

the reality is that employers will hire, if theyve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses arent going to hire someone because the governments going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here i...

unions part of the solution or part of the problem? there will be more than 19 million students in college this fall. how to make sure that pricey investment pays off. we begin with a passionate debate over public school reformp. with me steven bril, and he spent two years immersed in thousands of pages of documents and hours in the classroom in an interviews for his book "class warfare." take a look at this poll from 1976 asked if teachers unions, helped, hurt or made no difference in...

im t.j. holmes. take a look, we got a new advisory and some new information to tell you about. tropical storm lee. in the gulf of mexico. yes, indeed, it is getting stronger. well have the very latest from our meteorologist alexandria steele standing by. keeping an eye on politics as well. a major tea party rally in just a few hours and the headliner is not in the presidential race. at least not yet. sarah palin. what will she say? will she say shes getting in? well take you there live...