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Money per pupil. one of the lowest performing schools in the country spends over $22,000 to fail. they are some of the lowest performing schools in the state and nation. we know it's not money. what it is is having high expectations and high support and an academic experience that makes sure every single child performs. you can look in detroit and chicago and find successful schools. you can go to new york where between 22 and 25% of the african-american males are graduates, and you can look at an eagle academy, which is a school in new york city that is graduating 100% of its african-american...

That got some $4.3 billion in this race to the top, and they are trying to appropriate even more money. listen to what secretary of state arne duncan has to say about the race. >> the race to the top is about competition. one where states have to increase or decrease their odds of winning unprecedented federal support. we add it all up and the department will be dispersing almost $10 billion for education reform. >> reporter: take a look here. we have a full screen for you. take a look at the particulars of what they are trying to encourage states and cities to do on education reform. they wan...

Something else. you said something else about what the president said. let's listen to what the president had to say about success in schools. >> if we want success for our country, we can't accept failures in our schools decade after decade. and that's why we're challenging states to turn around our 5,000 lowest performing schools. i don't think it's any secret most of those are serving african-american or hispanic kids. we're investing over $4 billion to help them do that. >> randi, you said it earlier, there's no news in what the president said today, but the thing i noticed in his speech i...

Now, sometimes a school's problems run so deep that you can do the better assessments and higher standards and a more challenging curriculum and that's not enough. if a school isn't producing graduates with even the most basic skills, year after year after year after year, something needs to be done differently. you know the definition somebody once said of madness is you do the same thing over and over again and keep expecting a different result. if we want success for our country, we can't accept failure in our schools decade after decade. and that's why we're challenging states to turn arou...

If a school isn't producing graduates with even the most basic skills, year after year after year after year, something needs to be done differently. you know, the definition somebody once said of madness is you do the same thing over and over again and keep expecting a different result. if we want success for our country, we can't accept failure in our schools decade after decade. and that's why we're challenging states to turn around our 5,000 lowest performing schools. and i don't think it's any secret that most of those are serving african-american or hispanic kids. we're investing over $4...