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Kids aren't performing good enough? doesn't that infuriate you? that's the overwhelming narrative we're hearing from the right wing in this country. >> sure. they want to say we're the problem and they're judging our success on student scores. of course, they're also -- the student scores are coming from a state standardized test, where even a child with learning disabilities or severe disabilities, is measured the same way. and in a district like ours, the poorer district, we have a higher percentage of special education students, who are required to take the same test as a student without di...

We'll see you in iowa in a couple of days. coming up next, the nfl pro bowl rosters are out. i know you don't care about that, but it's interesting because tim tebow's name is in the frconversation. we're pleased to recognize another of our innovators in the classroom. here's a fifth grade teacher who started an independent reading program that in just three weeks has boosted test scores. >> my name is erin cottman, and i'm a fifth grade reading teacher in atlanta, georgia. >> give them to me -- >> most of my students are low-income students and i wasn't really satisfied with their scores....

This would give the children the opportunity to pick books that would be on their reading level. and instead of mrs. cottman mandate what they're going to read, we did choices. we got some test scores back and they grew 10 percentage points. for me, that's great. i'm going to make them good readers and lifelong readers, i have to let them make the choice. progresso. it fits! fantastic! [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. le...

Umbrella term for a variety of movements. in the case of egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which decried al-qaeda as a perversion of islam. >> glenn: anyone who has a fourth grade -- stop, stop, stop. incan't -- i can't take it. stop. anybody who h a fourth grade reading level knows that that is not true. the muslim brotherhood has the name of a religion in the title, so it's secular. wow, that's a tough one. however, clapper may not -- maybe he has had a stroke or something. stumped. the director of national intelligence. stumped by diane sawyer. watch his face in this inter...

In the case of egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which decried al-qaeda as a perversion of islam. >> glenn: anyone who has a fourth grade -- stop, stop, stop. incan't -- i can't take it. stop. anybody who has a fourth grade reading level knows that that is not true. the muslim brotherhood has the name of a religion in the title, so it's secular. wow, that's a tough one. however, clapper may not -- maybe he has had a stroke or something. stumped. the director of national intelligence. stumped by diane sawyer. watch his face in this interview. >> london, how serious is it?