atta boy, pinocch. visit mypyramid.gov to learn more. >>> as a musician, she's worked with today's hottest artists. jay-z, john legend and kanye west. yet, it's what she plays that makes her so hip. sam has a front row seat for this artist's concert at the world famous apollo theater in new york city. >> ladies and gentleman, you are in for something else. please welcome miri ben-ari! ♪ >> the beautiful sound of a classical instrument combined with the infectious beat of hip-hop. that's the sound of violinist miri ben-ari. >> sure, she's headlining concerts now, but miri has come a long way to get to this point. she was born in israel where she was introduced to music at a very young age. >> you know, my mother actually gave me the violin, when i was 5 years old and i liked it. as a young student, playing the violin just seemed to click. >> people called her a child prodigy. she was that good. >> i was in a classical bubble. my parents didn't even introduce any other type of music to me. >> so how does

atta boy, pinocch. visit mypyramid.gov to learn more. >>> join us next for "teen kids news." here's a look at what we're reporting on this week. >> i'll report on dogs with a special mission and the teens who train them. >> if you like studying the past and don't mind getting your hands dirty, you'll really dig my report. >> the dos & don'ts of using the internet for homework. >> i'll have the story of a hot new artist, who made it to "american idol," and he didn't even have to face the judges. >> and there's more. just ahead on "teen kids news." >> hi, i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. we'll start with headlines from around the world. >> here's lauren. >> 7,000 u.s. troops arrived in afghanistan. they are the first group of 21,000 soldiers to be deployed to the region by the end of summer. their mission, to train afghan forces and strengthen their government. >> they sent us to afghanistan to get the job done and that's what we're here to do. >> reporter: u.s. troops hope to stabilize the country enough to eventually withdraw all armed forces from the region. >>> worries abou

and just then atta boy is what i am offering. >> we have been asking questions of but what will this mean for nape in the future. we do not have the answers yet. i think we're getting a lot of good questions. a point has been made about what are we measuring and how are we measuring it and not only how states are doing internationally or the country on average but can we get deeper into that information. i think these are tough, but important questions. if we can use a lot of this to leverage teaching and learning and giving kids more opportunities to be globally competitive, we're going to be in a much better shape. >> i do not want this to be a mutual admiration society. your crew in colorado, your review help us immensely on getting the assessments on the table. eileen mentioned it briefly. assessment is a key piece. we also said that we really wanted to make sure that the work we do not only relates to new forms of assessments, but the new forms of teacher training and development. without those two pieces -- we can create the greatest and it's in the world and the greatest asses

-- i mean, i know you deeply understand this and we appreciate the thoughtfulness, it's just an atta boys what i'm offering. >> just to underscore that. we've already begun some conversations with the national assessment governing board that remembers to ask some questions about, well, what will this effort mean for nape in the future, are there ways to embed international bench marks into nape, some new hey zestments, so we don't have the answers yet, but i think we're getting really good at a lot of the questions and some of these points that you made about, what are we measuring, how are we measuring, are we able to see how not only states are doing internationally or the country on average, but can we get a preliminary deeper into that -- little deeper into that information, so i think these are really tough but important questions and if we can use a lot of this to leverage teaching and learning, and giving more kids opportunities to be globally competitive, we're going to be much better shape and we owe it to the kids to do this work and take on this challenge. >> i don't want this