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Paying kids to read books. >> that's what they did in dallas, read a book, finish a quiz on it, earnings $2. sounds simple. well, dallas, it seems, if this is what you're seeking may have had better results. >> reading comprehension scores on standardized tests. >> went up. >> went up. that's what-- >> and depends what you seek. do you seek standardized tests which implies they retain this knowledge. >> that's what the final thing was, they retained it even after the rewards stopped because again, it's like, teach a man to fish and you have a skill for a lifetime. if you pay them to read and a...

Class and a denying of this kid's educational opportunity. they called him everything upped the book, they called him fat pig, fagot, queer, threw him into lockers, urinated on his clothes. a 7th grade girl slapped him and a teacher says in front of the class what's it like to be slapped by a girl. this school deserved what they got, but it's a wakeup call to schools across the country. it's not enough to have an anti-bullying policy you've got to follow through and you can't be indifferent. >> here is what the school did. they said they took action against the students involved in the bullyin...

The volcano erupts giant clouds of ash dark in the atmosphere sulfur rich particles are spewed up to great heights where they reflect incoming sunlight. that can cool down the atmosphere by as much as half of a degree celsius. some scientists want to imitate this natural phenomenon and counter global warming with sulfur aerosols. thinking of when you think it's technically feasible to inject s o two into the stratosphere pulling. in that layer of the atmosphere ten to fifty kilometers above ground the tiny particles would shield us from incoming solar radiation a kind of planetary parasol. sou...

Everybody with mental illness should not have firearms. that sounds simple. what do you with more than 400,000 iraq and afghanistan vets who have received a diagnosis of ptsd. that's a mental disorder. should they lose their rights to gun ownership because they were injured by war? all of a sudden it's not so simple. or how about domestic abusers? nobody thinks they should have guns. weave don't, obviously. what if they haven't been convicted of anything yet? can you strip rights from somebody who is legally innocent? and if you take their gun rights away, how about their voting rights or free...

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