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>> the synapses in my brain connect, then i learn. can you guys stand up and do it with us? >> reporter: the students are teaching class today. the pupils? their teachers. this role reversal is part of a revolutionary program developed by the national urban alliance or nua. how do teachers respond to having kids tell them how to teach? >> they love it, primarily because it really gives them an understanding of the strengths that the students have as well as where the gaps are that need to be fil...

though there is a volcano erupting under icelands biggest glacier. were talking about the rapture in just a few minutes with steven baldwin. you dont want to miss that. in syria, the brutal crack down is far from over. a witness tells cnn that four people were killed today after a funeral march in the city of homs. the same city was torn apart by violence friday. todays assault came as people were leaving a cemetery after burying victims of that bloodshed. the syrian government has...

he lives in washington. his lawyer argues hes not a flight risk. even though he was arrested on a flight about to leave for paris, the lawyer said it was a prescheduled flight, not a last-minute booking to try to escape the law. >> its undisputed that the police knew his whereabouts is because he called the hotel, which is the scene of this incident, from jfk airport, to inquire if the hotel had located his cell phone or the hotel advised it had and asked him his whereabouts, which he ...

googles executive chairman eric schmidt about the great tablet battle between apple and google. why it matters who will win. here is my take. pakistans military has been embarrassed, to put it mildly, by the suspicion it must have known where bin laden was hiding. in response, it is using its old tricks and hoping to ride out the storm as it has in the past. it is leaking stories to favor journalists, all with the aim of stoking anti-americanism in pakistan. having been caught in a s...

Off teachers and close schools. now those school administrators are facing a major attack from bill gates. ron claiborne has more. >> reporter: the soft-spoken gates was on the attack over how states are dealing with the crisis in american education. >> the guys at enron never would have done this. i mean, this is so blatant, so extreme. you know, is anyone paying attention? >> reporter: for the past year, gates has been focused on how to make schools and teachers better and how to pay for it. >...

Have 30 and give everybody a good grade for their effort. >> there is enough research to show and a number of books published that show. we dont need to be rewarded with all of the accolade exercise giving like medals and awards and we are motivated and we dont need decools to give the fake honor rolls a. no if you know about sports, toughest coaches are the best ones and ones that win . give you a pat on the back for fumbling. >> and rick said the effort role is another way for the teachers who...

>> favorite. >> reporter: -- dont dare to suggest to teachers that the handwriting is on the wall for handwriting. >> perfect. thats a perfect one. i love it. thank you. who else can try an h? >> reporter: their inner program called handwriting without tears, using creative teaching methods to prevent penmanship from running out of ink. >> the e, for example, is they say it is like a baseball and you throw the ball and you run around the bases. so when they make it exciting, they really want to ...

Of the so-called stupak dozen who stood with you on this bill originally, were just getting some latest information on, perhaps, one other person who may be changing his vote, so im going to go back to the congressman after the break. stay tuned for that. also ahead, when does tough love cross the line in school? a middle school principal defending his controversial teaching methods, some parents call them cruel and humiliating. well report, you decide. >> to penalize is one thing, but to humili...

>> last year i thought i was going get fired a few times if im doing a gd job it is over and it could happen at the drop of a dime. >> that is not true at most government run schools. especially union ones. union teachers are happy that they cant be suddenly fired but the charter teachers can be. >> you can get canned in a moment. does that bother you? >> if im not doing my job per se and i was tired for that, so be it. >> fy was is a doctor and i wasnt good, i mean i wouldnt have a job. no one ...