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Dear to his heart. he is here with atlanta with this new virtual reality game. it's called character playbook. it's really about teaching character tore these kids. what did you see in this program, demario, that was so important to you to get involved? >> well, when you think about the times that we're in, it's important to be able to make a good decision when you are faced with some type of adversity or facing a conflict. that's what this program is designed to do, to teach, argue, how to make good decisions. when they're faced with peer pressure and you know fights and conflicts in their sc...

We don't get that respect but we do it the right way. what's happening in college athletics which is terrible -- and you see this with hall of fame voting -- it's turning from a game about teaching character, about values to win at any cost, and that's wrong for america. and so i'm proud of stanford the standard they're setting and that they're winning with that philosophy is incredible. >> it really is. notre dame also, you've got to tip your hat to notre dame, a great school, a great academic tradition. and yeah, they lost the national championship to my alma mater, but guess what, man. they...

Kuk seed" paul tough confronts the issues at the heart of today's debate. he joins me from education nation. great to see you again. let's start with what we learned today that national s.a.t. reading scores for the class of 2012 have declined to a 40-year low. what is your diagnosis of the problem and how can your approach to teaching character -- character has a different definition in your analysis -- how might that help in this crisis? >> i think those s.a.t. scores are a big deal and it's important that they're falling as much as they are but in reality the skills that are at least as imp...

How to fail. i think that's kind of counterintuitive with us both with our kids and teachers and schools. but when schools don't give kids opportunity to learn how to fail productively, i think they deny them the opportunity to learn these character strengths. >> let's talk about where this is being applied, kip and riverdale, some of the examples here in the city? >>. >> yeah. there are these two schools in new york city that are collaborating on a new approach to teaching character. infinity is a charter middle school, serving a mostly low income population in west harlem. riverdale is one o...

Protect and enforce civil rights during the 1960s. then, the president honored juliette gordon low, founder of the girl scouts who died in 1927 at age 66. >> juliette gordon low was not exactly typical. she recognized early on that in order to keep up with the changing times, women would have to be prepare pepd almost a century later girls have gained confidence and skills through the organization she founded. >> fitting tribute. teaching character and ethics. i hope the republicans weren't watching. some aren't fans of the girl scouts. like indiana state representative bob morris. he thinks p...