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Host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? was abe lincoln honest? mary: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps... save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance?really host: is having a snowball fight with pitching great randy johnson a bad idea? man: yeah, i'm thinking maybe this was a bad idea. >> shepard: new study from the department of education show knew fewer than half of the students in the united states proficient in science. part of the national assessment of educational programs. also shows that the nation's report c...

On a boat on carlton avenue. >> reporter: five years later the streetcar is up and running again. everything is back to normal, which is the case in many parts of the city. on the other hand, there are some areas that look like katrina blew through town a few days ago. but here is an example of what is working. the james singleton charter school, sponsored by the drive street "y." chartered in 2000, it first opened its doors five days before katrina. however, because the building didn't sustain any structural damage, it was the first school to open after the storm. extending classes to 1,000 s...

Car is up and running again and everything is back to normal, which is the case in many parts of the city. on the other hand there are areas that look like katrina blew through town a few days ago. >> what are you working on this morning. >> here is an example of what's working. >> the james singleton charter school sponsored by the street y. it first opened its doors five days before katrina. however, because the building didn't sustain any structural damage it was the first school to open after the storm. extending classes to a thousand students, above normal enrollment, from other schools t...

The united states of america. it makes no sense to me in indianapolis where the same report reported that 19% of the african-american boys graduated from high school, that that school system is allowed to exist and people are allowed to be employed by that. when we look in the new england states, a state like maine, where you have 70 or 80% of the african males graduated. what we're seeing around the country is that there are successful models where they can graduate african-american males in the same cities where they can't. when the only option that the parents are is a horrible, failing sch...

>> well, first off, i think we're failing in certain areas of the country, in certain areas of cities. frankly, you talk about the students, but the folks behind the students. do you have two-parent house ho holds, a mother and father with high expectations. also there's an assumption that people responsible for educating are just the teachers when in reality, you're educating a child before they go to school, when they're at school and when they come home from school as well. when my wife and i took over the care of my four nieces because two of them were two grade levels behind, we had them ...