dr. wolfe has said that when compared to all other similarly studied education innovations trough our country -- we're not talking about -- throughout our country -- we're not talking about the district of columbia -- compared to all other similarly studied education innovation programs throughout our country, dr. wolfe said -- and i quote -- "the reading impact of the d.c. voucher program is the largest achievement impact yet reporte reported." and he went on, this principal, independent investigator, to say -- quote -- "the d.c. voucher program has proven to be the most effective education policy evaluated by the federal government's official research arm so far." the most effect education policy evaluated by the federal government's official education research arm so far. so why, why stop it, why terminate it? certainly not based on this independent evaluation. certainly not based on the testimony that our committee and other committees have heard fr from, the parents and students involved i

dr. milton wolf. not a happy day for him.and his kansas jayhawks out, also, second cousin to the president. >> thanks for picking on him again. >> i carry the scars of the first and second rounds for the jayhawks, thank you. >> thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> people in kansas still have kansas state to root for. thank you. >> parents headed back to school why some are headed to the classrooms to understand how to deal with their teenagers. >> hear from a dad and his teen daughter next. there they are. how do you deal with a teen daughter. he'll tell us next. ú? >> listen up parents. a lot of you say you're having a hard time connecting with your kids, mostly your teenagers, so now some parent resorted to going back to school to figure out how to deal with teenagers. the parent universities as they're called are popping up across the country. do they work? bob says his relationship with his daughter ashley was not that great until he enrolled in the classes and i welcome bob and ashley to join me now to talk abo

dr. patrick wolfe, the lead investigator for the study that was authorized by a previous act of congress, concluded and i quote -- "that the d.c. voucher program has proven to be the most effective educational education policy evaluated by the federal government's official educational research arm so far." end quote. that's an awful lot to be able to say. so the -- the path that this bill has followed, the opposition to it has been so frustrating. people say that this is money coming out of the public school budget. the whole design of this original program was to add money in equal parts to the d.c. public schools, money that would not otherwise have received, a kind of compensatory balance. a same amount to the charter schools, which are doing very well here in washington, and in the same amount to the opportunity scholarship program. so money not from the public schools, but an education opportunity for poor kids in washington going to schools designated as really unable to educate them, instead giving them the opportunity to go to better private or faith-based schools. i thank you, mr

dr. wolfwho was the principal investigator for the department of education study, has stated -- and i quote -- "the d.c. scholarship program has proven to be the most effective education policy evaluated by the federal government's official education research arm so far." rome wasn't built in a day, and i believe we owe it to the d.c. -- d.c.'s children to continue this program and to continue the research on these promising gains. do we know that this thing will work in the future? no. but it's promising research so far. so we shouldn't discontinue the program. we should fund it, make sure that it continues, and continue to study it. unfortunately, what has happened is that in the public school system, there are forces who believe that giving parents choice is a threat, somehow a threat to our public school system. to me, it's just about the kids and their education. that's who should come first the education system. it's the children. their education, their future. let's put them first. let'

dr. sanjay gupta is investigating. >>> the pro basketball star. the all-star, gilbert arenas is sentenced for bringing guns into the locker room. what was going on? we'll tell you right here. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> take a look at this picture. it says a lot about how high sarah palin's star has risen and how much political trouble john mccain is in right now. the 2008 republican presidential nominee is facing a very stiff re-election challenge in arizona. he's accepting help from his former running mate, despite their occasionally a little bit of rocky relationship during the campaign. palin was in classic form during her remarks about an hour or so ago. listen to this. >> a lot of things have changed since the last time we were together. one of those things is that john, nobody gave us a teleprompter this go around. so it's time to kick it old school again, resort the old poor man's version of the teleprompter, write my notes on my hand again. you know, many, many years ago, i competed in a pageant. yeah. you know what? coming then from an expert, i can tell you, he can win the talent and the debate portion of any pageant, but nobody's ever going to

dr. gupta, answering your questions about the new health care law. join the live blog on our website, cnn.com/amfix. >>> let's get a quick check of this morning's weather headlines. reynolds wolf>> good morning, guys. today, a big bull's-eye of rough weather in parts of the central u.s., showers and storms in parts of dallas, texas, and colorado, could see up to a foot of snowfall in some places. travel could be rough going in and out of denver, not just the skies but the freeways. same deal in parts of oklahoma city, southward into dallas. this is the culprit, this area of low pressure that will bring rough weather to parts of the central and southern plains. as we fast forward into tomorrow's forecast, we'll see that low track a bit more to the east. as it does so, you'll see the opportunity of strong storms developing into parts of alabama, louisiana, arkansas before all is said and done, breezy conditions moving into the central plains and as far as today is concerned, your travel troubles will be limited to boston, new york metros due to the wind. could see an hour delay for all airports in the d.c. area, including philadelphia and cleveland. could have issues with fog in