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Crashed somewhere in the southern pacific ocean. the satellite was supposed to help with climate study. 1,800 of the lowest performing schools in the country are only getting worse, and critics say 2,000 schools are practically dropout factories. next, we break down president obama's plan for a sweeping education reform. don't go away. be the new kid. naomi pryce: i am. i'm in the name your own price division. i find empty hotel rooms and help people save - >> - up to 60% off. i am familiar. your name? > naomi pryce. >> what other "negotiating" skills do you have? > i'm a fifth-degree black ...

And i decided to come here to miami central to kick off education month because -- because you're doing what i challenged states to do shortly after i took office, and that's turning america's lowest performing schools around. this is something that hasn't received as much attention as it should, but it could hardly be more important to our country. right now there are about 2,000 high schools in america, about 12% of the total number of high schools in america, that produce nearly half of the young people who drop out of school. you've got 2,000 schools, about half the dropouts come out of

Not to mention the fact that they obviously want to keep the government open. >> obviously. i've got to talk to you about what you are proposing regarding education. i was looking as the some of the points both of you have made as moderate democrats. senator hagan, one of the things you would like to see is an improvement or a change from no child left ind behind. some of the mistakes that were made with that policy. >> you know, we've come together to reauthorize no child left behind. it hadn't been done for about four years now. we've got to focus on changing this. we've got to be sure we're...

>> and you think that's caused by teachers? >> absolutely. >> i don't think the teachers are responsible. i think there's a lot of things. i think the failure of the district to have a math curriculum that gives kids what they need. the failure of the district to get kids to attend school on a regular basis. >> you're one high school in town. what do you hope is going to happen? >> we've done a number of things. we're offering p.m. schools for those students that prefer to come at a different time in a smaller setting. we've reached out to students who had previously dropped out and are trying...

And are trying to pull them back in. we have outside evaluators evaluating teacher performance and are working very hard to help those who are either basic in their skills or unsatisfactory to say this is your year, this is your opportunity, and you must improve. and if not, we're back to where we were. >> so central fall high schools is one of the lowest performing schools in rhode island. how do you boost a school like that? >> i don't know that you can necessarily boost a school. i think schools like that are sinking ships and the best thing you can do is get all the passengers off. one of ...