what are the implications for the students and the parents involv involv involved? >> the schools are closing because they've failed to educate children. it could be a budget issue too, but ultimately these are some of the lowest performing schools in the city. therefore, these schools are not preparing children for the next level of life and need to be closed. >> when we look at -- nbc has this ongoing education nation, which is fantastic and "nightly news" did a great story on race-based education in certain areas. 23 states have set new academic targets that varies for students based on race. is there an effort to get continuing coverage with no child left behind? is there a middle ground, steve, where we look at this when it comes to making sure that all children, regardless of their skin color, socio-economic status are reaching the same school levels? >> there is a middle ground. what you could do is you could set up a system in which the schools are graded on two indicators. one where the students' objective performance are. tenth graders reading at a tenth