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project. even in his sadness, jamie was reaching out to help others. this is jamie rodemeyer in his own words. >> hello. this is jamie from buffalo, new york. i'm just here to tell you that it does get better. here is a little bit of my story. december 2010 i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because people would be like faggot and they would taunt me in the hallways, and i made a formspring which i shouldn't have done and people would send me hate telling me that gay...

And we basically have to meet his expectations. >> when they come to this level, i hold the expectation this high. >> that's a success story. and there's more that we can talk about that is successful right now with this man. shane evans with the charter schools, the woodlawn campus. excuse me, you were a math teacher for 1 ye2 years at the public schools? >> that is correct. >> reporter: how do you get more people to be interested in teaching math in the public schools? >> i think the way we get more people interested is to connect to the interest of young people in the first place. for insta...

I'm ali velshi with you for the next hour. the feds clear bp to keep that oil well capped for at least 24 more hours, amid new concerns over safety and seeping oil. president obama jumped into the battle over extending jobless benefits. and phil mikhackelson joins us a conversation about his passion, teaching math and science. scientists unlock the secret finally of the "mona lisa." let's get to the oil well in the gulf of mexico. day 91 of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. there's a test under way right now. admiral thad allen, the national incident commander, has issued a stateme...

>> it is. called common core math. governs across country want to nationalize math standard. learn math than memorize a bunch of tables. big changes here including teaching multiplication in fourth grade rather than third and al ge gra in the ninth instead of 70 and eighth. the goal to keep kids on the same page. if the child moves cross-country, there is no guarantee there is going to be continuity with what they have been doing. they may find they have missed big pieces and asked to repeat other things. >> and proponents say this is the way of teaching math from a bigger picture perspective ...