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Culture." you have outlined what you have called the achievement discipline gap among african-american students. you say african-american middle school students are three times as likely to be disciplined as other groups of students. they make up only 20 persh of the student population but account for more than 40% of suspensions and expulsions, two thirds of which go to males. why? >> well, i think, first of all, i think there's a lot of overlap between what we're talking about here and what we had with the work that mr. agnew was doing, i believe, down in atlanta. you know, you look at the k...

Revenue to go towards edge indication. the idea being here that democrats can convince voters to pass higher taxes for more i e. >> amendment 56 puts the money in the class room. big change, small price. >> to give you an idea of some of the organizations spending money on both sides of this referend referendums. it's against the ballot initiative and yes, that's a real committee that registered. the second tax measure to support education is proposition 88, which would put tax on the sale and purchase of marijuana, that would help fund public schools. and raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an ...

♪ jawm jake this next story needs to be discussed even further because there's new questions after a louisiana substitute teacher gets caught on tape launching into a profanity-laced tirade aimed at a misbehaving eighth grade class. listen. jamie: well, it's unclear if she just uses profanity or if she was frustrated in that class room, but she was taken away from teaching in that district yet again, and the school board has yet to reveal whether she'll be disciplined. bob bowedder is the founder of choice media and jedediah is a former academic dean and academic adviser.

A faith-based organization that serves 300 students throughout the school year. providing supplemental classes in math, science, creative writing, and most importantly, reinforcing character. >> someone tell me the four -- >> prudence, fortitude, temperament, justice. >> honesty stands all religions and when we teach honesty, it is not just telling the truth. it is about personal integrity. that's going to guide them in the class room and guide them in life to realize their full potential. >> as the executive director david cook knows many boys living in the inner cities of america are growing...

Signs are and in this case there wasn't much oh than he did not fit in, in the class room, he seemed a little bit odd. but there is nothing there that law enforcement could have done or would have probably foreseen that we know about so far. >>neil: we could go the other way in an environment and you could look at it and say, well, we don't want to go on a witch hunt, do we? >>guest: you cannot go on a witch hunt for odd kids. even in order to get him in voluntary outpaint treatment which has been suggested, you would have to go to court and get a court order and get a judge do say, yes, you w...