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We visited with a group of students seeing it for the first time. >> oh, my gosh! >> and the clock. that works. >> reporter: but the same commitment. >> you have to look at these children like they're the most important part of your life. and if you do that, you'll be able to replicate it. i can teach you how to be a good teacher. i can't teach you how to care. >> reporter: a lesson in saving troubled schools one student at a time. ron claiborne, abc news, cincinnati, ohio. >> and that is cool. good for him. i mean, you see the pride those students will have in that school. >> i used to cover ...

>> graduation rate is now 95%. >> reporter: ten years ago it was? >> 18%, 12%. >> reporter: and the school with an almost all-black student body closed the so-called racial achievement test gap. taft students outscored white students in ohio on the state's graduation test in math, reading and science. now the place where so many once afraid to visit is attracting students. like kenny fouler, who transferred from one of cincinnati's other top schools. >> it wasn't until i peeked into a class where one of the students was reading one of his essays and he said he enjoyed a plethora of things and ...

Ride in the backseat. the previous recommendation made nine years ago told parents to keep kids under age 1 in rear-facing seats. the latest studies show kids age 2 and under have a much higher accident survival rate if buckled up and facing the rear. today is the first day of spring, thank you, but you wouldn't know it in the sierra, nevada range where 3 feet of snow fell over the weekend. and they're bracing for more white stuff today. the snow forced major highways were shut down backing up miles. and flooding in sacramento area is now menacing central and southern part of the state. but ...

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