we're still here with barry, monifa and miking. we're talking about the incarceration crisis and moving from analysis now to solutions. tell me what can we do now, people will say don't commit the crime, people will say be responsible, don't do drugs, don't steal. all of us i think are in agreement on that. moving beyond that point, what do we do in terms of this mass incarceration thing? >> well, what's the solution? the solution is a multistep approach. first, education. and not just education, but paid education. even if it's minimum wage to pay these folks to learn reading, writing and arithmetic. for the black folks not just reading and writing and arithmetic but history courses, cultural courses to find out about african-american history and ancient african history and paid job training and then job placement. i think once you educate a person and give a person a job, 90% of the crime will stop. >> we also have to support sound policy around prison and incarceration. we have to look at the sentencing laws in every state, the

i am monifa turner and i am the proud parent of damoney and damion good. i am up here today in regards to carver elementary school and the only thing that concerns me is that next year we'll have a whole new staff of teachers. we have, i believe, like 80% of our teachers leaving next year. out of 14, i think maybe two or three are staying. my reason for being up here right now is because i have one teacher in particular that i would like to talk about who is mr. stewart. mr. stewart is not only a father to some, he's an uncle, he's a mentor, a big brother. he looks like a deacon every day, comes dressed for success. i've never been to a school to whereas the children for halloween dress up like mr. stewart instead of their favorite rapper, actor, basketball, football player. mr. stewart has been accepted to u.c. berkeley for a principal's program and there is going to be some type of conflict with his schedule for that, and being a teacher, but he's willing to make those sacrifices and put his family on the back burner for 18 months and be a teacher to our