Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100724:13:21:00
Poor, underprivileged kids in america experience. they grow up in neighborhoods that aren't safe, they don't have access to recreation and enrichment programs, and so every summer they fall behind the rest of their peer group. it builds up year after year until by the time they finish grade school, they're between two and three years behind simply because they're not enjoying any programming in the summer time. >> wait. that was the shocking statistic that stood out to me. this john hopkins survey that by grade school, they're three grades behind. i think a lot of people would also say, well, ...