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Kathleen porter-magee. the porter institute which supports national education standards. lindsey burke of the heritage foundation who opposes them, and the controversial founder of the high-performing american indian charter schools, ben chavis. first from my facebook page. barbara says, would privatizing education using vouchers systems work? >> we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that school choice works. we have a robust body of empirical evidence. you to washington d.c., one of the worst performing schools in the country, kids receive a voucher have a 91 percent graduation rate compared to ...

Kathleen porter-magee. the porter institute which supports national education standards. lindsey burke of the heritage foundation who opposes them, and the controversial founder of the high-performing american indian charter schools, ben chavis. first from my facebook page. barbara says, would privatizing education using vouchers systems work? >> we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that school choice works. we have a robust body of empirical evidence. you to washington d.c., one of the worst performing schools in the country, kids receive a voucher have a 91 percent graduation rate compared to ...

Narrowing of the curriculum. when it narrows, what's happening? here's what the assessment is going to reflect. and this is what i am going to teach again to the test. >> let me suggest this. when a school has a choice, right? one of my concerns when we think particularly about low performing schools or poor schools, we start thinking of things that poor kids need. it's dramatically different than what well-resourced kids need. private schools have lots of resources. given an option of high stakes testing or not, schools don't -- they opt out and so at the top, this would make life bad for my ...

Think these kids will get into higher performing schools and you end up with all the schools being punished. is that an accurate assessment, or is there reason to think this could be good for students? >> that is an accurate assessment. school lossings are not a new policies. and what the research shows is only 6% of the students who are replaced wind up at a school that performs better. many students are transferred more than once. and so there's a pr spin. that's not what our experience in chicago has shown us at all. >> now, there is another side to this. there is no one who could see

What are the implications for the students and the parents involv involv involved? >> the schools are closing because they've failed to educate children. it could be a budget issue too, but ultimately these are some of the lowest performing schools in the city. therefore, these schools are not preparing children for the next level of life and need to be closed. >> when we look at -- nbc has this ongoing education nation, which is fantastic and "nightly news" did a great story on race-based education in certain areas. 23 states have set new academic targets that varies for students based on rac...