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Concluding a trial that lasted over six months and featured over 150 witnesses including some teachers who accepted plea deals. >> it was pressure to get scores by any means necessary. >> reporter: nearly a dozen teachers and administrators found guilty of manipulateing test scores and grades of the young students they taught. in some cases, receiving bonuses and additional funding for the inflated high scores at the expense of the children's education. >> we have been fighting for the children in our community. particularly those children who were deprived by this cheating scandal. >> testimo...

Like don, all of you can be excellent role models for a lot of young kids out there. >> what the initiative my brother's keeper is doing is try to pull together best practices from all these different groups around the country and whether it's in a classroom in oakland that's having credible results and pushing kids into college and weincredible graduation rates, cobbling all this together. people want to create a new foundation. stacking on top of each other instead of taking everybody's initiatives and making them into one. if you're looking at third grade reading proficiency. we had a stagg...

Make up the biggest growth area of mensa folks. about 2800 under the age of 18. just like she is. but incredible, huh? spanish? >> absolutely. >> fifth grade reading level. my goodness. great things to come from her. up next -- simon cowell is a dad. we'll show you the adorable new pictures of the proud papa and his adorable little baby. britain's equivalent of the oscars. which film took the big prize and who dazzles on the red carpet. "the skinny's" next. and who dazzles on the red carpet.

Was overruled by members of his own party joining democrats in the vote. after a disastrous rollout, obamacare seems to be picking up steam. more than 3 million enrolled under the president's plan. the goal was to have more than 4 million enrolled by now but the administration says it is still pleased with the progress. young adults make up about a quarter of the new enrollees and that's vital since that age group tends to be healthier. this may be our ahh story of the morning. a pennsylvania animal shelter has a book buddies program allowing children to read out loud to rescued cats. >> t...

Specialization. and what i think it does, tamron, is it robs athletes the opportunity -- the only chance they have in their life -- to play team sports. because when you get to be my age, i can't find 21 other guys to play football with. if you're going to experiment when you're in school, you don't have the opportunity to do that. >> if you're a great soccer player, michael, and you're able to -- and some of these kids actually according to the article weren't even at the top of the games, weren't the lebron james of their soccer team, but they were decent enough players to get a scholarship....