all right. in chalk talk today, we know american kids are lagging behind a lot. you hear this in the news. lagging behind when it comes to math skills. how far behind are they lagging? let me gif you an example of a simple math problem. 301 minus 75. can you work out quick which answer it should be? well, this is a sample question from a national test given to fourth graders. the answer is a, 226. just one out of every three students in detroit got that right. we know, clearly, we have a problem here. but it goes beyond numbers. there are educators out there as well making point to raise americans math and science test scores. joining me now, tom is the koe