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take a rough look. 100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 28 of that 500 won't graduate. a total of 50 won't go to college, so that is half of the class that won't go on to higher education. 50 will at the end college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading and 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the world economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. what's odd is that we ...

president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, i'm going to say i don't know, do you know? >> the least of herman cain's problems now but they are causing trouble. i'll explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. first, here's my take. i've been thinking about occupy wall street which is now occupying a number of other cities in america. and wondering what is it really about. the protesters don't like bank bailouts, they feel the 99% have been hard done by it,...

america's impending drawdown in afghanistan. he's worried. next up -- >> when they ask me who's the president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, i'm going to say, you know, i don't know. do you know? >> the least of herman cain's problems now but they are causing trouble. i'll explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. but first, here's my take. i've been thinking about occupy wall street, which is now occupying a number of other cities in america, and wo...

those closed doors in that meeting with sarkozy and merkel. sure enough, the greek prime minister has done this 180 with regard to his stance on the bailout deal. tell me about it. >> reporter: i think he's done a 360. let me tell you. this time yesterday, the meeting was underway. between sarkozy and merkel from france and germany. on this deal to fix the european economic system, greece might even get kicked out of the euro zone. this all happened late last night. we spent the morning worrying about this. then we thought maybe they have a deal. for the last few hours we're saying m...

The year. we need afterschool programming, dance, drama, arts, music, debate, all those types of activities we need to keep students engaged in school. make sure they're not dropping out. make sure they are going on to college. school systems have to do this but they can't do it alone. the ymcas, the boys clubs, our schools are great physical assets, great resources. they all have gyms, they have libraries, they have computer labs, they don't belong to me or the principal or the union, they belong to the community, we need to open them up. >> it's also a matter of how many hours you're teachin...