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Funding, federal funding through head start. school district funding. and state funding through child care. we put all those funds together with the private-sector and when we blend those funds we can create a program of high enough quality to permanently change the trajectory of a young child's life. >> there's lots of different pieces of the educational puzzle. why did you choose this piece? >> well, honestly, i had originally thought about doing k through 12 work which we also do, but it became very clear to me after talking to several people including our superintendent, that if children a...

Jesse's father says he had a good heart but his son struggled in school and he didn't make it past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old, he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> iq i think at 72 is what he's been measured at. >> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if the normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation. legally. so he was just above...

>> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if a normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation. legally. so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he was 16, a year earlier than this. >> jessie knew damien echols and jason baldwin but not well. they lived in a neighborhood close by. what was your day like? what was your life like? >> poor white trash. that's one of the things that made them so easy for them to put this off on us. because ...

>> damien echols grew up here, his best friend jason baldwin nearby, and so did his friend jessie misskelley. >> they were young kids. >> jessie misskelley, sr., is little jessie's father. when is the last time you talked to jessie? i met him at his home on a cold winter day to learn more about his son. >> everybody loved him. he loved kids, called him uncle jessie. >> 17 years. >> jessie's father said he had a good heart but his son struggled in school and he didn't make it past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old. he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough ki...

Past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old. he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> i.q. i think at 72 is what he's been measured at. >> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if a normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation. legally. so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he was...