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Lack thereof. i know part of the language is around discipline policies and how discipline is enacted and distributed amongst different groups of students. so the discipline gap as it relates to the achievement gap is a big part of this. and in terms of trying to turn around what we're talking about here, there's a large piece of this that speaks to academic self-esteem. by the time a lot of these students come out of 12th grade, there are questions around whether or not they're even college material. i have to tell you after having been a teacher for over 20 years at every level from preschoo...

Ogletree. thank you both for being here. >> it's good to be here reverend al. >> our pleasure. >> what's your reaction to the president's call for action today? >> well i think he pointed out the comprehensive nature of the problem. you have to start with education and make sure that you deal with the achievement gap. we're dealing with elementary and secondary education act now and the senate will have an amendment to do something about the achievement gap. we also have a discipline gap that's been discovered and documented. once you have to do prevention and early intervention to make sure t...