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almost 32 million kids eat lunch at school each day. it's a captive audience. what are we feeding them and who should pay for healthier option snz. first, the middle classes is falling behind. income for the average american family has fallen now for the past three years and is at 1996 levels now. bankruptcy filings by those holding a college degree are up 20% in the past five years. college graduates, the fastest growing group of feeling filing for bankruptcy. and one in six americans lives in poverty. rick newman is from "u.s. news & world report." rick, i want to talk about how ...

The tiger mother wrote a op-ed in usa today. if in their early years we teach our children a strong work ethic, perseverance and the value of delayed gratification, they will be much better able to become self-reliant when they're adults. but this push to excel in the classroom is not prepping many for the real working world. carmen wong is -- i want to share with you, what is the bamboo celling? because we hear from the tiger mother about excellent, perfectivation in math, perfection at the poiano, and perfection at the violin. >> it keeps asians from reaching the top ranks of companies, it's

>> ouch. but true, l.z. granderson wrote an opinion piece this weekend. kids may should go to school year round in part because we're trying to compete with the rest of the world where they're pretty serious about education. hi, l.z. what prompted you to write this piece? >> oh, man, saturd"saturday nig live" skit is a good place. it really started with my own frustrations as a parent. i have taken my son to four different schools in about two years desperately trying to get him into a school that's going to push him and have him ready to complete with the rest of the world and this ...

Enough formal education which we know proves to be a huge disadvantage in this economy. >> it's very difficult to try to go out and seek a job and then come back and say while you don't have the experience we're looking for, it's great that you served our country, but we need it specifically. that takes us back to education. >> that is where the entrepreneurship boot camp for veterans with disabled comes in. six major universities around the country including ucla right here in southern california, now offering special business classes for veterans to help reintegrate them back in the new work...

With things like posttraumatic stress disorder and not having enough formal education, which proves to be a huge disadvantage in this new working world. >> it's very difficult to try to go out and seek a job and then come back and say, you don't have the experience we're looking for. it's great you served our country, but we need this specifically. so that takes us back to education. >> that is where the entrepreneurship bad camp for veterans with disabilities program comes in. six major universities around the country, including ucla, right here in southern california, now offering a special ...