in a statement, hartford public schools wrote.while hartford public schools cannot comment on pending litigation, we remain deeply committed to meeting the full range of needs our students bring with them when they enter our schools and helping them reach their full potential. >> watchdog man. >> doctor jesse turner is the leader of the literacy center at central connecticut state university. he feels the main issue here is inequality in public education. >> america should be asking. >> a question. >> do we really care about our children? all of our children? and i would argue that maybe we don't. >> a 2019 report from build, which promotes equity in public schools, found that majority nonwhite school districts get $23 billion less than districts that serve mostly white students. minority enrollment in hartford public schools is at about 90%. >> the department. >> of education. >> is a big con job. >> plus, turner fears a crucial guardrail will be lost if the trump administration follows through with abolishing the department of e

in a statement, hartford public schools wrote, while hartford public schools cannot comment on pending litigation, we remain deeply committed to meeting the full range of needs our students bring with them when they enter our schools and helping them reach their full potential. >> watch dog. >> man doctor jesse turner is the leader of the literacy center at central connecticut state university. he feels the main issue here is inequality in public education. >> america should be asking a question do we really care about our children? all of our children? and i would argue that maybe we don't. >> a 2019 report from bild, which promotes equity in public schools, found that majority nonwhite school districts get $23 billion less than districts that serve mostly white students. minority enrollment in hartford public schools is at about 90%. >> the department of education is a big con job. >> plus, turner fears a crucial guardrail will be lost if the trump administration follows through with abolishing the department of education. >> how do i protect the special education children? who do i

i saw the same thing in phenix and hartford. well, two weeks after i left her, the pandemic hit dr. kathy trimble, who i again focused on the book. she writes me an email because i check in on her to make sure the kids are okay. she's doing okay because she became a friend. she wrote me this email that broke my heart. it said, you know, it's been a while since you've been here. we still miss you. you know, it was a great time to speaking with you. but since the pandemic, those tablets are like books without paper. she said, we tried everything. wi fi enabled school busses. we tried to reach out to the and their parents, but we can't get them to the school because the busses aren't running. so they used to be in front of the stoop before the pandemic. and now we're just trying figure out how to make sure they get food and this safe for me, that was one of many educational stories that i heard. i mean, in hartford, just like in baltimore, there were kids walking to some of the fast food restaurants before the pandemic because their schools were built with concrete. they couldn't bring

on the back side, chicago picking up some snow, but look at new york, hartford, south and north carolinaere they need rain, but it's coming with a damaging wind threat. david? >> david: ginger zee tracking it all. we'll see you first thing in the morning on "gma." >>> as this storm moves across the country, we're tracking the scout of control wildfires tonight. the state of emergency in south carolina. crews racing to contain more than 175 wildfires still burning across the carolinas. near myrtle beach, the fast-moving flames forcing flames to evacuate. some driving through fires to try to get out. national guard helicopters flying overhead. abc's stephanie ramos in myrtle beach tonight. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying scenes in the south carolina low country. families racing to escape a raging wildfire. you can hear the fear in gabby's voice as she and her family flee his home in myrtle beach. >> what if we can't get out? >> reporter: we're told the home was not damaged. the fire breaking out saturday. you could hear those winds whipping as it quickly grew to more than 1,600 acres. the

but look at new york, hartford back down into south and north carolina where they need rain. but it's going to come with a damaging wind threat, david. >> all of that hitting the east by wednesday. ginger zee tracking it all. we'll see you first thing in the morning on gma. and as the storm moves across the country we're also tracking these out of control wildfires. tonight the state of emergency in south carolina. crews racing to contain more than 175 wildfires still burning across the carolinas, battling to save homes near myrtle beach. the fast moving flames forcing families to evacuate, some actually driving through fires to try to get out. national guard helicopters flying overhead, threatening neighborhoods. they're protecting homes. abc's stephanie ramos in myrtle beach tonight. >> tonight, terrifying scenes in the south carolina lowcountry. families racing to escape a raging wildfire. you can hear the fear in gaby's voice as she and her boyfriend flee his home in myrtle beach. >> what if we can't get out? >> we're told the home was not damaged. the fire breaking out s