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Commitment to black women or our fight. you have to a deep investment in how well our public schools are doing our job. president obama says they're getting better under these reforms but he'll face a skeptical audience in a few minutes when he makes his case to the urban league, one of the groups ripping into the administration's policies saying they're not helping enough. evidence of the education crisis might hit home for you. across the country and maybe in your town, budget shortfalls are forcing tough choices, including teacher layoff. some cities have had to go even further and close ...

Succeeding. you can't have a school that has a 45% graduation rate, the same challenge we face in new york. i give the president a great deal of credit and secretary duncan credit because i think they're willing to make the tough decisions, something we haven't had in education. >> what do you say to parents who see foreign languages being canceled, fiphysical education programs, music and art have long since passed, what do you say to parents particularly in big cities who are seeing their local schools just becoming decimat decimated? >> it's so painful and i wish i had a good answer to pare...

Achievement. one of the biggest criticisms of the laws that reads now there is no national test standard. >> here is the problem the way no child left behind works. it says all kids have to get to, quote, proficiency but lets each state define proficiency as they see fit. unfortunately, many states have defined that down. >> reporter: the result, students are not making the grade. the test known as the national assessment progress report card showed eighth grade math scores increased but only marginally. fourth graders made no progress at all. other tests show no change in achievement gaps. di...

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