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It allows experiments so we can see what works better and what fails? school can adjust to what it teaches to meet local needs. but that's supposed to change. politicians in 45 states approved something called common core, the same goals for math and english. the same tests. it's a movement to standardize what's taught. >> they like a settle on see change in education, consistent strong benchmarks for english, arts and math. john: sounds like a good thing with one set of national tests we know what all american kids have learned. everyone held to equal standards. however, lots of people on the...

Experiments so we can see what works better and what's fair. schools can adjust to what they are they are teaching. that's about to change. politicians in 45 states have something called common core same goals for math and english. the same tests. the movement to standardize what is taught. >> like a total speed change consistent strong clear bench marks for english language arts and math. >> sounds like a good thing with one set of national tests we know what all americans kids learn. everyone will be held to equal stand ardz. however lots of people on the left and the right are furious about...

Snap chat user names and phone numbers were leaked on an online database on tuesday. snap chat was warned about a hole in its security system months ago. the hackers said they wanted to put pressure on the app to get the issue fixed. only the first eight digits of users phone numbers were posted and the site is currently shut down. the official blowing and social network sites for skype were also hacked. a post on the company's blog read hacked by syrian electronic army stop spying. >> can't see any of the pictures, right? >> i don't know. my daughter snap chatted me over vacation and i didn't...

Took office. obviously that's a as a result of the economic downturn, not president obama taking office. there have been $4.35 billion in budget cuts. in the last year since newtown, there has been increased funding for mental health programs in 36 states, washington, d.c. i'll start with you. are we doing enough on that front? >> no, we need to do a lot more with mental health. i'm glad to see this promise today from the vice president. clearly more needs to be done. one concern i have is a lot of people just want to blame gun violence in this country on mental health. and that i think overly...

In if those targets had not been reach. >> that doesn't necessarily to work to our benefit in a state like, alaska. we're very big on vo-tech curriculum and making sure that kids are geared up for the trades and resource development jobs, oil production and commercial fishing jobs and mining jobs. >> no child left behind, the standards got dummied down. we are in effect lying to children. >> the obama administration looked for other ways to achieve school reform. one is a national state competition called race to the top. $4.35 billion, money from last year's economic stimulus package is now u...