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we begin tonight with a classic question that has come to symbolize a crisis in american education: why can't johnny read? >> maurice: the question has its roots in a best-selling book first published 70 years ago. we ask it again now after the release today of a troubling report that highlights an ongoing crisis. >> john: it shows that five years after the covid pandemic forced millions of kids out of their classrooms, many have yet to catch up. the average student is still nearly half a grade behind in reading. math, too. >> maurice: one reason, long after schools reopened, many students are still skipping class, but it is not all bad news. caitlin huey-burns tells us the report also points to areas where kids are doing well. >> reporter: when you get a day off, what do you do with your day off? >> go to sleep. [laughs] >> reporter: we went to kramer middle school in washington, d.c., where we met eighth-grader aiyden wiggins. he and his classmates spent about a year and a half in remote learning during the pandemic. what do you think was the
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hardest thing in school after the pandemic? >> i would say math. >> reporter: math? and why do you think? >> really, in quarantine, i wasn't really paying attention. >> reporter: aiyden wasn't alone. new national test results show that not a single state scored above pre-pandemic levels in both reading and math. that's despite nearly $190 billion given to schools in federal pandemic relief funds. mohamed koroma teaches eighth grade english language arts at kramer. what kind of challenges do you think still exist? >> we are still trying to fill in those gaps that they didn't get at the lower levels because it is hard to grapple with eighth-grade texts if you are on a lower reading level. >> reporter: so a lot of kids just didn't have that foundational experience? >> indeed. >> reporter: and a study out today from harvard, stanford, and dartmouth cites a widespread rise in absenteeism, especially in high poverty districts. >> the biggest thing is just to
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get them inside the building. once you get them in the building, learning is going to happen. >> reporter: but the study found some bright spots. more than 100 local school districts are performing better in math and reading than they were before the pandemic. public schools in d.c. aren't there yet, but over the last two years, d.c. ranked first among states in terms of recovery in math and reading. >> all right, who has? let's go! >> reporter: katreena shelby is the principal at kramer. so how did you do it? >> i started thinking, maybe i need to think about this differently. how can we make classroom sizes smaller, but give kids more opportunities to get remediation during the school day? >> reporter: that includes what they call high-impact tutoring, which was successful in other districts, too. so this is kind of like having a private tutor, but inside your classroom during school hours. >> correct, yes, absolutely. so it is just like a tutoring resource place.
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but they get it here. it's free to the students, free to the families. >> reporter: d.c. also invested some of its investment funds in teacher training, giving $1,000 stipends to some completed courses. success, says principal shelby, breeds success. >> giving kids that additional support in reading and math didn't just impact how we were able to grow literacy skills, we also were able to reduce truancy by 20%. so -- in one year. >> reporter: so they were seeing their own progress -- >> yes. >> reporter: in real-time. >> and it was encouraging them. >> reporter: there is also a growing socioeconomic gap. the highest income districts are nearly four times more likely to have recovered in both math and reading than the lowest income districts. >> john: caitlin, you mentioned that the education recovery scorecard cited absenteeism as a problem. that's really been persistent, hasn't it? >> reporter: it has been. we heard from both the principal, the teacher at this school, and every expert we talked to say that chronic absenteeism is the issue here.
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it's just too high. nationwide, it is at 29%, and in that d.c. district, it is at 44%. the basic underlying problem is you can't help students learn if they don't show up. >> maurice: well, caitlin, that school in d.c. that you went to has a ban on cell phones -- music to a lot of parents' ears, by the way. so how is that working out for them? >> reporter: indeed, and the teacher we spoke to said that has a positive affect. it help kids pay attention while they're in school. when they get home, that's a different story. but eight states around the country, at least, have banned or restricted cell phones in their states, and 15 more are considering similar legislation. >> john: caitlin, the pandemic money is gone. that went to help out schools. so what are, even the ones who are performing well, what are they going to do now? >> reporter: well, title i funding, which is funding for low income districts, allows the states to set aside 3% of that money for tutoring programs, that high-impact tutoring that we saw that has been having an
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effect, but only one state, ohio, does so, so far, so experts that we talked to say that is a target. they also say to prioritize funding in state and local budgets for the programs that are working. just because you had something funded with those federal dollars doesn't mean you can't find a way, they say, to keep those programs going, especially if they are seeing results. >> john: caitlin huey-burns in washington. >> maurice: now some of the top stories from around the world in tonight's "evening news" roundup. russia released an american teacher it had held nearly four years. marc fogel of pennsylvania was arrested at an airport in moscow for possession of medical marijuana. asked if russia got something in return, president trump said no, not much. >> john: last night, major garrett reported on efforts by billionaire elon musk to root out fraud and waste in the federal government. he's been poking around in the treasury system that handles more than $5 trillion in government payments. at the white house today, musk had a chance to share with reporters what he's found, but
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neither he nor the president pointed to a specific example of crime or corruption. >> maurice: and the nationwide outbreak of avian flu has made eggs a hot commodity, even in iowa, the egg-producing capital of the u.s. tomorrow, you will hear from a former there who tells us she has to limit egg sales because her hens cannot meet the demand. >> john: we are joined now by dr. jon lapook. doctor, you are a practicing doctor. how much flu are you seeing day day-to-day? >> reporter: john, seeing a ton of it, and some of my patients are really, really sick. >> john: two strains this time. >> reporter: yeah, h3n2 and h1n1. the good news is those two strains are in fact covered in this year's vaccine. what we don't know is have they changed? have they mutated? remember during covid. viruses and mutations, so how well matches the current vaccine
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to what is actually out there right now? on top of that, this year only about 40% of adults have taken the vaccine. that compares to about the same number as last year, but it is a full ten percentage points less than the season before the pandemic. >> john: is that why we were seeing so many flu cases? >> reporter: it could be. this year we are now seeing for the first time since the pandemic deaths from flu are more than deaths from covid. and in about 22 states that is the case, and in some states like california, deaths from flu are about twice the death rate from covid. >> john: is this just a reminder, flu is always with us and sometimes it can be quite bad? >> reporter: yeah, it could be quite bad, and it goes up and down. in fact, the cdc says every year, anywhere from 9 million to 40 million americans get infected, and 6,000 to 50,000 people die. that's a ton of variation, this year so far, 24 million infections, 13,000 deaths, and these are preliminary statistics. >> john: you can still get the vaccination? >> reporter: still enough time. flu season can go as late as may, and it takes about two weeks for it to kick in. >> john: dr. jon lapook, thank you very much. still ahead on "cbs evening news," ice and snow in the south and lonnie quinn.
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we will also have these stories. >> i'm carter evans at the port of long beach in california. the cranes behind me are made by a chinese company, and congressional investigators are worried they pose a threat to national security. that's tonight's "eye on america." >> there is a fragile peace in gaza, but not here in the west bank. i'm chris livesay in jenin, where heightened military operations have people fleeing. that's next on the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ that's next on the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ by checking allstate first. okay, let's get going. can everybody see that? like you know to check your desktop first, before sharing your screen. ahh...that is not. uhh, oh no. no no no. i don't know how that got in there. no. that, uhh. yeah, checking first is smart. okay, uhh. everybody get out. so check allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. you're in good hands with allstate.
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epicenter of violence. our journey was an odyssey of closed roads and checkpoints. as soo as we arrived, israeli military vehicles sped past us. we just got turned around at that intersection. we were warned any further, could get shot. for weeks, the israeli army has been leveling what they deem terrorist infrastructure. [explosions] like in this controlled demolition of 23 evacuated buildings. targeting explosives laboratories, weapons, and observation posts. [sobbing] it started after hamas terror attacks last month, including one that killed three israeli civilians. but palestinians we spoke to fear, in reality, the operation is an unspoken part of president trump's development proposal. first, move them out of gaza, then move them out of the west bank. pushing the palestinians across
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the jordan river and into jordan, so israelis can live there. israeli bulldozers are plowing this street, making it easier for military vehicles to access, but just impossible for regular palestinians. israel says dozens of terrorists have been killed, but there were civilian deaths, too. [child laughing] layla al-khatib was just 2. her favorite game was hide and seek. the israeli military said they were positioned outside her house looking for terrorists. and warned people to come outside. when no one answered, they followed procedure and opened fire. they said, four bulletholes, a bloody towel, and an empty better all that's left. "layla was hit in the back of her head," says her grandmother. "we carried her outside and asked the soldiers, why did you kill a child?" >> i am sorry. >> reporter: said i am sorry? >> i am sorry.
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yeah. >> reporter: her mother kissed her goodbye, and her grandfather carried her tiny body to her grave. >> john: and chris livesay joins us from tel aviv. chris, layla's mother in sorrow, but this isn't the first shock she's had. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. she's been in a profound state of grief, even before her 2-year-old daughter was killed in that shooting. last year, her husband died in a tragic workplace accident. >> maurice: and chris, president trump had what he had to say about gaza, we are all familiar with that, but he also had some things to say about the west bank, that has palestinians they are quite upset, as well. >> reporter: that's right. when he made his announcement last week about resettling gaza, he also alluded to the west bank, something that was kind of lost in all of the excitement of what he had to say about gaza, and he said that he would have a major announcement about the west bank in about
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four weeks. and just remember that palestinians were already aghast simply by the election of donald trump. the far right finance minister of the israeli government said that 2025 would mark sovereignty for judea and samaria. judea and samaria are the biblical names for the west bank. >> john: chris livesay in tel aviv. thank you, chris. >> maurice: back in this country, a winter storm hits kentucky -- yep, that is white snow covering the bluegrass. >> john: and here with more about the storm in the south and beyond is our lonnie quinn. >> all right, gentlemen, as far as the bluegrass state is concerned, it depends where you are in the state. if you are in southern kentucky, you're picking up rain right now. here is your radar signature. the northern portion of kentucky, yep, you have got snow falling, and that does extend all the way to washington, d.c. d.c., in fact, we will show you right here, the nation's capital, that is the white house, snow is coming down right now at a pretty good clip,
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could have half a foot of snow around washington, d.c. what happens as far as timing? you get to the morning hours, it's basically done with accumulating snow, maybe a little transition into some sleet, maybe some rain eventually, but there is another storm right behind it. look at this. you get to chicago by tomorrow afternoon, they've got snow for their drive home. chicago picks up half a foot of snow out of that system. but look at the rain-snow line. that is pushing way to the north. as it pushes to the northeast, new england's having a great ski season. this brings train to a lot of ski resorts. i think that rain-snow line will be close to the canadian border. so they are not looking forward to something like that. that is the situation that we see out there, though. the snowfall in and around the northeast is going to be mostly wet weather. gentlemen? >> maurice: lonnie, what about the rain that's heading to california that you have been telling us about? >> okay, let's take a peek at that right now. because we have been watching, it is like boxcars in a train, maurice, these storms just come one right after the other. you are going to get to california. by the time you get to say thursday, you are looking at
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rain making its way into california. unfortunately, guys, you've got to hear me on this, this is going to come down pretty heavily. it gives southern california their highest risk for mudslides that they have had so far this season. gentlemen? >> maurice: okay, lonnie quinn with the maps tonight, thank you. >> john: still ahead, a possible security threat at america's ports. >> maurice: "eye on america" is next. security threat at america's ports. [window slamming] woman: [gasps] [dog barking] ♪ woman: [screams] ♪ [explosion] [explosion] ♪ [lock clicks shut] with fatigue and light-headedness, i knew something was wrong. then i saw my doctor and found out i have afib, and that means there's about a 5 times greater risk of stroke. symptoms like irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain,
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imports, worth almost half a trillion dollars, pass through here every year. in more than 20 million containers. each one off-loaded by towering cranes up to 400 feet tall. some are automated. and that has gary herrera worried. should everyday americans be concerned about this? >> absolutely. you wouldn't even have to go to war to destroy our economy. you could shutdown these ports right here. >> reporter: herrera is the president of the local longshoremen's union. he says the automation was designed to help cut costs, but it also makes the cranes highly vulnerable to hacking. >> when you have a robot, and we don't have an ability to override that, we become at the mercy of whoever is on the other side controlling that robot. >> reporter: on the other side, a chinese state-owned military contractor. shanghai zhenhua heavy industries or zpmc built near the 80% of the ship to shor cranes at u.s. ports. a yearlong congressional investigation revealed
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everything the crane does and moves can be monitored by the chinese government. some zpmc cranes can even be controlled remotely, and in a worst-case scenario, shut down entirely. >> our supply chain for food would be disrupted. think of empty shelves on grocery stores. think of manufacturing grinding to a halt. >> reporter: tennessee representative mark green chairs the committee on homeland security and says the investigation uncovered unauthorized cellular modems like this one hidden on some zpmc cranes that could bypass port firewalls. >> these weren't in the design specs, and they got placed in there without telling anybody. >> reporter: zpmc told cbs news its own investigation failed to find any evidence that substantiated the allegations raised. the company says the congressional report is based on unfounded claims and maintains that it does not have the capability, intent, or motive to disrupt or stop the operation of any u.s. port. >> the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when i talk about
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this. it is the number one cyber risk facing the united states right now. >> reporter: chris krebs, a cbs news consultant and chief public policy officer for cybersecurity firm sentinel one, says china's access to the cranes could even impact the military. >> they hit a port, particularly on the west coast, because that is how we move material. that is how we move equipment. that is how, in some cases, we are going to move personnel. the chinese are prepared for war. are we? >> reporter: in long beach, port security is on alert, partially automated zpmc cranes work around the clock, and so far, port ceo mario cordero hasn't seen any problems. >> if a port was to shut down, you are looking at a $2 billion hit a day in the local economy. >> reporter: should we be moving back to more of a manual system? >> absolutely. i think that question today is more important than ever. would i want a complete automated terminal? because of the security issues, i think the answer in today's
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world, no. >> reporter: the biden administration committed $20 billion to upgrade port security and start replacing zpmc cranes, and today the trump administration told us they want american-made equipment to handle cargo at u.s. ports. for "eye on america," i'm carter evans in long beach, california. >> maurice: republican congressman ken calvert of california has introduced the secure our ports act. it would prohibit state-owned companies from china, russia, north korea, and iran from owning, leasing, or operating u.s. port facilities. after the recent string of air disasters, tomorrow's "eye on america" takes us back to a crash 16 years ago. the lessons learned then have made air travel today safer. and john and i will be back in a moment with something you've never seen before. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs evening news" is sponsored by teva. in support of the mental health community. ♪ ♪ support of the mental health community. ♪ ♪ ional movements
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its dorsal appendage lights up to attract dinner. usually seafood. >> john: now, this is the only known sighting of the fish on the surface of the ocean, ever. it spends most of it's life thousands of feet below in the dark. >> maurice: so there you have it. something new under the sun. >> john: our tuesday night creature feature. >> maurice: going to have to grab some popcorn to check that out. >> john: i'll be looking at that when i close my eyes tonight. >> maurice: i'm maurice dubois. thanks for joining us. >> john: i'm john dickerson. i'llsee you on the "cbs evening news" plus, streaming on cbs news 24/7. >> maurice: and we will see you back here tomorrow night. have a great night. ♪ ♪
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