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That says, even though kids are growing up in poverty. even though they have tremendous challenges we can still expect that if we have the right school environments, they can learn, and thrive and grow academically. >> they can learn and thrive and grow academically, but what i'm trying to say, even though they thrive academically, that we're producing a society in which we have nothing. i'm very serious, the social mobility data suggests this, even if we're getting better at educating the kids we're producing a society in which we have no jobs for them to go into. no path forward for them. >>...

What happens outside of the schools. and i think if you look at the comparative data we have from pisa, let's look at the places doing it right. that have a whole variety of educational systems, poland, finland, there are a lot of different practices. the thing that jumps out, they have a lot less poor kids, many, many fewer kids. >> let's look at what you're trying to say, to your point, let's look at pisa, if you look in the united states from 2003 until now, on the pisa test, actually, the poorest kids in this country have gained about 11 points. the richest kids in this country have actual...

>> yes, yes. >> will cain you were on tv working this weekend. >> still hasn't shaved. >> didn't have a chance. worked all weekend. >> you lie. we're not going to pretend to feel sorry for you. our "starting point," towns in the plains adding up the damage from a swarm of tornados that happened over the weekend. reports of more than 130 twisters that touched down over four states, many tornadoes happening in kansas, the community that may have been the hardest hit is in woodward, oklahoma, where five people were killed. >> i thought it was a train coming down the tracks over there an...

So we went out and did research with scholastic to get their views. and teachers really are saying, you know, they want some different things in the school than they have today. and all -- everything that the foundation's trying to do is say, how do we put a great teacher in every classroom? because if you do that, a great teacher makes 14 times the difference in terms of whether that student will be prepared at the end of the year or not, which is much different than the class size. kids can advance no matter what income they come from and they can get ready for college. >> and the gates foun...