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Rich families and poor families, basically, following up on that classic study by hart and risley years ago, showing the so-called 30 million word gap. that's kind of become a buzz word. but when we look across these broad groups, from a socioeconomic perspective, in terms of income and education, we find that within richer families, and within poorer families, there's incredible variability, a difference in how much parents engage with their children. it's not the s.e.c. or socioeconomic status is destiny, those differences are there. with the more advantaged families having all those gadgets...

Plants. so the coal miners are going to be the hardest hit by this regulation. >> finally, the u.n., this is supposedly kicking in next year, you think they'll get anything done? >> there will be more climate talks in paris next year. so if the united states is taking measures to regulate power plants, the rest of the world is going to be watching and this, of course, might ensue a huge legal battle from the coal miners themselves. a lot of legality whether it comes to this. and this could extend well beyond president obama's second term in office. >> probably will. thanks so much. >> thanks s...

That, that includes special forces raids, that includes cruise missile strikes. you know, last year we had two raids that happened on the same morning, one in libya and one in somalia that were both carried out by special forces, and those are boots on the ground. but i think drones have kind of become the buzz word to represent these policies. and rula is right, they are causing harm to our image. every mistake that happens, every civilian killed, is something that people pay attention to across the world. and moreover, these people living in these countries, you know, every innocent yemeni f...

Marijuana is legal in colorado, it was just a matter of time. the state is getting its first pot vending machine. it will dispense medical marijuana and snacks laced with pot. it still needs approval and will be in stores licensed to sell marijuana but it could eliminate problems before they occur. >> we are looking for machines to easily track all of this inventory. we'll eliminate the middleman. the inventory can go directly from the wholesaler to courier to our bud tender, right into the machine. there's no room for theft by patients, by employees. no way to lose track of inventory. >> bud ...

Guess how the scores turned out. really bad. >> we have to go, but do you look for it to be repealed or just reformed? >> reform. we need everything to be re-evaluated. it's insane to have a set of standards that the teachers aren't allowed re-evaluate and look at. we've never had standards that are just set in stone and that's it. this is the way it is. we need to take a look at it and see what's wrong with it. >> a debate that will surely continue. rahema ellis, thank you so much, nbc news education correspondent. invaluable today, and, of course, janet duderman, mom and activist, politician...