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Of 6.6% above the national average of 5.5%. when he came to office seven years ago, he had a surplus of $900 million. this is more smoke screens as he tries to run for president. he's running at 2% in the polls. i could be running even with bobby jindal at this point. >> but you are allowed to talk about talking snakes and genesis in a science class, which shows once again he takes the bible very seriously. except for the jesus parts. >> we want you to stick around. still to come washington preps for nerd prom. we'll have a preview from this year's host ahead. you owned your car for four yea...

What's going on? mark ellis joins us. good evening. >> good evening. >> tell me what happened. >> last friday, our 13-year-old daughter came home and she had a picture on her phone that she had taken at school. she walked in the kitchen, showed it to my wife and i. it had this poster that everyone has been talking about. we looked at each other and just couldn't believe it. >> did you have any idea that this was going to be -- that this poster -- it was science class, right, not a health class? >> it was a science class, yes, it was. >> did you call the school and what did the school say? >> w...

>> what was the purpose of the class, the science class, if it's not a health class? >> as far as we know, what we've heard is it was supposed to be a sexual education class, but was supposed to be on abstinence. >> they give a menu of choices. it sounds like an options class, not abstinence. >> that's exactly what i thought, too. >> the school, the school district has said they've suspended the use of this apparently, so apparently you've had some impact. it says they've suspended the use of the making a difference instructional resource supplement, whatever that is. i guess that's this poste...

>> i think it can be difficult based on the school's implementation and the relationship they have with their families. what is your school doing to communicate to parents? one of the things that i've been able to do at my school is actually bring parents in to teacher planning sessions. so i had parents actually come watch a group of 15 teachers plan across content. they said, oh, we had no idea that there was reading going on or how important reading was in a science class or how important math was in a science class. so the teachers were collaborating, but the parents were able to see it an...

Marches, walkouts to show that students care about their education and that we have the power to do what we need to do. and that's it. >> yeah? and real quick, just for the last one, i want to point out that you had an actual idea of how to deal with the high-stakes testing. not just a can complaint, but an idea. >> my idea i phrased in a letter to james matthew at t"the washington post". i think we should have a three-year moratorium, because we've -- since 2001, when no child left behind passed, we've been testing, testing, testing, and we have shown no improvement on the pisa, nothing. we'r...