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Immortalized in the movie "remember the titans." >> you're going to command your troops tonight. you understand? >> reporter: it's a sports powerhouse. boasts a $100 million facelift that included a rooftop garden and state of the art water recycling program. >> the kids added this as a way to track the rain water to see the sprinkler system. >> reporter: every one of the nearly 3,000 kids here is given a laptop. despite all this, tc williams singled out as one of the nation's poorest performing schools. given the education crises in places like kansas city, this label has morton sherman fumin...

It happened off the coast of south carolina when two engines failed during routine training. the pilots thankfully are doing fine. great. >> one city so deep in the red, it's closing nearly half of its schools. that's not good. last night, before a packed crowd, the kansas city, missouri, school board voted to close 29 schools in a bid to avoid bankruptcy. they are facing a $60 million shortfall. parents pleaded to keep the schools open. officials insisted it's the only option. >> this district for too long has chosen not to choose. >> to remain here to be held accountable for what happens. le...

Teachers based on kids' test scores, because the test scores don't consist of what the teachers do but also on what parents do. if the students don't do their homework, the teacher is not the one who is to blame. they could be playing with computer games and watching tv. we recently had a report saying the average american child from 8 to 18 spends an hour with their teacher and 7 1/2 hours with the tv or computer. parents are part of the solution, and they have to be involved and say turn off the television, and do your homework, and they have to spend enough time with homework. when children...

Mayweather goes on the record. first let's go to our new york newsroom with ainsley earhardt. >> reporter: the president wants to make 900 million dollars available for school reform. thousands of the nation's low performing schools could receive turn around , replacing staff, closing low performing schools and transforming others into charter schools. the hope to given sent activities to schools to take drastic measures to improve. no calm after the storm for tens of thousands across the northeast who still don't have power. massive blackout follows three days of rain and winds gusts topping ...

Requires more than just transforming our lowest performing schools. it requires giving students who are behind in school a chance to catch up and a path to a diploma. it requires focusing on students from middle school through high school who face factors at home in the neighborhood or in school that put them at risk of dropping out. and it requires replicating innovating ideas that make classes feel engaging and relevant. because most high school dropouts in a recent study said the reason they dropped out was because they weren't interested in class and they weren't motivated to do their work...