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Students -- 42% of our students in our worst performing schools. our society sends them into mediocre schools an expects them to perform with excellence and that is simply not fair. frederick douglass observed and i quote, it is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. [applause] and yet instead of preparing these children for life, too many schools set them up for failure. everyone in this room knows that we owe them better than that. the path of inequality often leads to lost opportunity. college and graduate school and first jobs should be the milestones marking the passag...

Worst performing schools. our society sends them into mediocre schools and then expects them to perform with excellence. and that's simply not fair. frederick douglass observed, and i quote, it's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. and yet instead of preparing these children for life, too many schools set them up for failure. everyone in this room knows that we owe them better than that. the path of inequality often leads to lost opportunity. college and graduate school and first jobs should be the milestones marking the passage from childhood to adulthood. but for too m...

through, big time. painkiller prescription. oxcontrin makers planning to test their drug on children as young as 6 years old. the cash behind the candidate as big corporations give millions to obama and romney. cnn digs into who's raking in the most green. will the election be decided by wall street and not main street? and home of the beret. the u.s. olympic team in french hats and blue blazers. do these guys look ready for the olympics or a croquet match in the hamptons? good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. we begin this morning with a ...

Every opportunity to go as far as their talents with take them. massachusetts, for example, as set a goal to cut the number of under performing students in half over the next six years. i like that goal. colorado has launched a website that will allow teachers and parents to see how much progress students are making and how different schools are measuring up. so, nothing creates more accountability than when parents are out there taking a look and seeing what's going on. new jersey is developing an early warning system to reduce the number of drop outs. tennessee is creating a statewide school...

the outside world with william cohen. it is a new day hopefully a far safer one for sunlts at a los angeles school at the center of a shobi ishocking child abu n scandal. they were greeted with an entirely new staff. the whole staff was replaced after the arrest of at least two teachers accused of committing lewd acts with students. eight alleged victims are expected to announce the first lawsuits in that case. president obama is let'sing states off the hook when it comes to the no child left behind law. the president is expected to announce this hour that he's freeing ten states...