. >> i'm evan ssith, she's a prolific author, respected academic researchers and former assistant secretary of education, who has been one of the most provocative big thinkers on education in america for decades, she's diane ravich. this is ooerherd. >> we have fifteen million kids in our country who grow up below theepoverty line. >> most americans want the same thing. >> i realized there weren't a lot of people writing things in my voice, so i realized i had to do it for myself. >> and he said kid i love youu& because. >> we are a better country than we used to be, we have more to do and we need to get at it. >> i would do that, when you wanted to get that buzz you get for working at the absolute top dollar. >> dr., ravich welcome. >> great to be here. thank you. >> very nice to have you here, i thought we might start about a question abouttpresident obama since we're so close to the election, you wrote recently within the last couple of days of the president, quote, he is woefully misinformed about his enonly occasion policies, about the lack of results, about the harmful effect they're