Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110303:12:47:00
That for a number of years as the superintendent. my starting point for this is that we're doing a horrific job of educating our kids in this country, especially children living in poverty. the number runs believable, to me, anyway, as the father of three little girls in public schools, if you're a child living in poverty today, you're only 9 out of 100 can expect to graduate from college, 15 or 16 are reading at grade level by the eighth grade. we're not going to fix that problem from washington but i think we can do some things here to inspire innovation, school districts and in states to fi...