nation's cities, correct, because this is happening in washington, d.c., and they had to go through a painful restructuring process. what does that mean for inner city schools? we hear about how they are not doing everything that they can for the kids. what is your sense of that? >> i don't think it's just the schools. i think in many cities and in my city, we have to build a much stronger partnership between the city government and schools. we are separate. i am a mayor who works with the city council, and there is a school board, several school boards that are separately elected. we need to be better partners and we need to work closer and better, and so in kansas city, at least, our failure to pay attention to the schools and the school district over 40 years