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we are learning who will be speaking and singing at the funeral on saturday. we'll have a live report from outside the church. her ex-husband bobby brown will be attending. he plans to perform a few hours later at a casino in connecticut. dr. drew joins us with more on the drug angle. first, jason is outside the new hope baptist church with more late details. there's new information about who is going to be at the funeral saturday. what do you know? >> reporter: i can tell you earlier, i spoke to a woman named kim berrell. it may not be familiar to some people. those in the gospel co...

Facility. we have maximum security, medium security and minimum security offenders. what probably sets us apart is the different segregation units. >> offenders who assault staff or other inmates are moved to the secure housing unit, a prison within the prison, known as the shu. >> there have been discipline problems, they've been assaulted and they've had issues at other facilities. so they send them here. >> designed to look and function like pelican bay, a maximum security prison in california, the shu is composed of windowless, concrete cells measuring 7 by 12 feet. of the 288 inmates hous...

District has been on an academic watch list because of below-average standardized test scores. mother and school board president vicki marshall helped convince parents they needed to try this and make it work. >> their biggest concerns were around how are you going to assign a grade point average? >> reporter: but changing course is not easy. educators estimate it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools nationwide have tried it. half couldn't stick with it. wendy batina, who helps implement this model, says without strong leadership and community sup...

List because a below average standardized test scores. vicky marshall helped convince people they needed to try this and make it work. >> their biggest concerns were around how are you going to assign a grade point average. >> but changing course is not easy. educators estimate it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools nationwide have tried t.half couldn't stick with it. wendy batino who helps implement this model says without strong leadership and community support it work work. this is how it works. the superintendent's last two, two and a half ye...

Gould is still on board. why? she says discipline problems dropped 76% since the change and students now are more motivated than ever. deborah feyerick, cnn, westminster, colorado. >> 2011 national teacher of the year michelle shearer is with us. michelle, should school by school, this be how we tweak things that work for them? should there be strict national standards? is there a place for a gradeless grade school in the system, do you think? >> i can relate it to the concept. i teach ap chemistry and within my own classroom i teach 10th, 11th and 12th grade students. that's a combination of ...