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Very much going to be in povertier or in prison. >> exactly right, dana, to me, this should be the screeching headline everyday. the fact this baltimore teacher was so brave to reveal it the indication that people feel they need to go into witness protection, there is a crime being committed against american children. right now it is like a third of america's children, all of america's children are reading at when they graduate from high school, reading at the 12th grade level, only a third are performing math at the 12th grade level. what you see is that there is a great inconsistency in our ...

The test, the test doesn't mean anything, that seems a little outrageous. >> what's your graduation rate? >> over 85%. >> okay. so your theory, your theory on graduation is, okay, let's have a way to help these kids, is to demand more of these kids. >> absolutely. when we bring our students to school on saturdays, they've got to do an additional two to three hours a day after the school day. we're a network of traditional public schools. but you've got to have a rigorous coursework and establish really high standards. i believe in that. >> what do you think of this level of work and some of th...