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Childrens imaginations. >> and nbcs meredith vieira joins me now. that is, first of all, remarkable and charming and lovely, but the excitement of these books and the kids reaction to them, you have really captured that, meredith. >> its amazing. i didnt know what to expect. we went to several schools in nigh ark. we were with her there. the reason we were there, actually, was because only 38% -- if a child cannot read well by the end of third grade, they are four times more likely not to finish...

Master, the first african-american female master when i was in eighth grade. i thought, i can really do this. it is realistic. i know i can do it but its harder now. i believe in my dream less now. >> yet, her dream is becoming more of a reality now. richelle joins me now with her assistant principle and chess coach, john calvin. welcome to both of you. >> you could beat me in three moves so we are not going to play. listen, richelle, you have won four national championships. you are at this mom...

Flexible enough where the parents are working two jobs and cant get there in time, or they believe that parents are choosing not -- they have that little interest in their children that they need a briber to go? >> alisyn: its hard to know what the motivation. but they do know for sure, for a fact that, many parents havent shown up. these are not did she thats are -- these are troubled inner city public schools and the theory is if the parents were more involved, then the kids would do better an...

>> i dont think the popular vote tally is the will of the people. as long as we have the electorate unnecessarily. >> you are putting the system on trial. >> i am. >> the voter registration system introduces the element. give us a historical ground about why do we have the electorate college and the original rationals. >> not really for the reasons you were taught in third grade. its an advantage for the small states. not really. we have had three small state presidents in history. bill clinton,...

Dont go to dartmouth, go to community college, shouldnt we be mending the fabric around education and communities so that these students arent so unprepared to go into higher education. >> exactly. i think george w. bush would have called that the soft bigotry of low expectations. instead of saying lets look at the structural problems before you get to the point youre applying to college and go back. when we live in a society where the unemployment rate for college educated people is 4% and peop...

And it makes it more accessible to people. so cut such a successful american institution or to threat on the cut it compounds me in many ways. >> it speaks, again, we were speaking at earlier is that mitt romney is very removed from the mainstream because, you you know, big bird and elmo and all of those things are iconic and people grew up on it. for a lot of lower income families, thats your pre-k. watching cesesame street. >> you were putting it out earlier that kids not succeeding by third g...

They developed some pretty tough skip, as you see with bristols success and willows off to school. track is representing our country in afghanistan. piper is the spark plug of the family and little triggers the light of everybodys life. through all of these experiences that the kids are, you know, they are shining. they are really doing well. >> greta: i can tell from reading the book and from knowing her, she makes decisions by herself. i dont think anyone tells her what to do. but i am curious...

Grow up in this. they developed some pretty tough skip, as you see with bristols success and willows off to school. track is representing our country in afghanistan. piper is the spark plug of the family and little triggers the light of everybodys life. through all of these experiences that the kids are, you know, they are shining. they are really doing well. >> greta: i can tell from reading the book and from knowing her, she makes decisions by herself. i dont think anyone tells her what to do....

Poverty, regardless of reading proficiency, did not complete high school on time. which is the same number for poor white students who did miss the reading proficiency mark. but if youre black or brown, 31% is how many poor african-american students who missed the third grade reading proficiency mark didnt graduate on time. 33% is how many poor latino students who failed to hit that third grade reading mark turned 19 without high school diplomas. but then there is this number. zero. zero is the ...

Do it on a test. >> this is a critically important point youre making, melissa. it want to get person. i went to inner city public school through third grade. my mother had the resources to transfer me to private school. i was at the top of my class. i was in a middle class family, two parents with graduate degrees. my father, black man, ph.d. in organic chemistry from cornell university. i was reading ready when i went to kindergarten. i was not the gap. going into that school, because we like ...