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Access to them and go in with the reading levels and do the book clubs and check the books they need. >> the physical library is the only place a lot of the kids get computer access. do you think schools have to be more of a community center? it is one of the thing that jeffrey canada has done is reach out to the community and have the school open at night for parents and other leaders. >> jeffrey can dpa is a model for what that looks like long term. i think a lot of schools are moving toward that model, providing breakfast and after care services for kids. one thing about our school we have ...

Depends what figures you look at, but you may be right that the dropout rate of kids that get to freshman year and never finish may be somewhere in the 40s. there is no shortage of kids in the ninth grade and school system here who have fourth and fifth grade reading levels, even though richard daly, the departing mayor, built some of the most amazing elite high schools which now outperform those in the suburbs. the first thing rahm emanuel is going to do and it has been given to him on a silver platter, the state legislature last week, he's going to extend the shortest school day and school y...

Denver, colorado there are no grade levels. in fact, there are no grades, period. kids are grouped not by age but by what they know. >> we're talking about facts from a non-fiction book. >> reporter: jennifer gregg's literacy class is made up of kids age 8 to 10 with four different reading levels. >> it's so individualized. we're filling in their gaps so that they can move on. >> reporter: it's known as standards-based learning, modeled on the belief every child learns in their own way. >> every student in every class is learning at exactly the spot that they're supposed to. >> reporter: princ...

Are no grade levels. in fact, there are no grades period. kids are grouped not by age but by what they know. >> we're talking about facts from a nonfiction book. >> jennifer greg's literary class is made up of kids from 8 to 10 with four different reading levels. >> it's so individualized. we're filling in the gaps so that they can move on. >> it's known as standards-based learning modelled on the belief that every child learns in their own way. >> every student and every class is learning at exactly the spot that they are supposed to. >> principal sarah gould helped put this system in place t...

You won't get a traditional answer. >> level seven. >> you are? >> six. >> reading? >> level seven. >> and you are? >> seven. >> reporter: there are no grade levels. there are no grades period. kids are grouped based on what they know, not how old they are. >> we're talking about facts from a nonfiction books. >> reporter: jennifer's literacy class is made up of kids ages 8 to 10 with four reading levels. >> it's so individualized. we're filling in their gaps so they can move on. >> reporter: it's known as standards based learning, modeled on the belief every child learns in their own way. >> ...