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country for generations. new wall street journal polls showing patriotism, religious faith, having children and hard work have declined in importance to americans. check this out, patriotism plummeted over the past 25 years. back in 1998, 70% of those surrendered ranked it as being very important to them. now just 38% feel that way. more than 60% said religion was important. today less than 40%. and family values like having children also have dropped sharply. in 1998, 59% of americans believed having children was very important. now just 30% do. the polls are not entirely surprising...

He's an engineer turned educator, who oversees harvest prep, a coed kindergarten through 6th grade school. and best academy, a kindergarten through eighth grade school with separate classes for boys and girls. what percentage of this school is african-american? >> 99% of the students are african-american. 92% are free and reduced lunch. >> so poor black kids? >> and successful. >> i'm going to share with you the preliminary results. >> when the math scores of mahmoud's students are compared to white kids in minneapolis, there are gaps. but it's mahmoud's students who are ahead. at best academy...

Pass proficiency tests and the percentage of black kids who pass those same tests. in minneapolis, the achievement gaps are massive. in reading, white students are ahead of black students by 44 points. in math, white students are ahead of black students by 49 points. ♪ i believe i can fly >> but there are two schools that get stellar outcomes for black children. they are charter schools, run by this man, eric mahmoud. he's an engineer turned educator, who oversees harvest prep, a coed kindergarten through 6th grade school.