>> i went to greenwich high school. is the one public school in town. >> greenwich high school has a reputation, explain. >> it is quite big. it has several thousand kids and growing since i was there. i don't know how big it is now. it is known for being a good public bicycle. i take a little bit of issue with that. there is room for improvement there. this is why i get scared and i hear that 30 minutes away in harlem kids are doing half as good. i think that is terrible. in fact, that is proven and in testing there is an achievement gap. this is not based on income level or test scores or whatever. our students are falling behind. i think we are number 22 out of 29 countries. this affects everyone. whether you are from greenwich or westport or harlem, this is a serious outcome. >> it is safe to say that greenwich's one of the most -- one of the richest towns in america? >> yes. >> and people there do very well? >> may be in the world and people there are very lucky. >> do they spent a lot of money in greenwich on educ

i went to greenwich high school. it's the one public school in town. >> explain, greenwich high school has got a reputation of -- explain about the school. how big is it? >> it's quite big. it's got several thousand kids. it's been growing since i was there. it's known for being a good public high school. i take a little bit of issue with that. i think that there's still a lot of room for improvement there, which is why i get a little bit scared. then i hear that 30 minutes away in harlem, kids are doing half as good as they were at the school that i went to. i think that's terrible. and in fact, that's proven in testing. there's also an achievement gap between the united states and the top 5% of students here, whether you're disaggregate it based on income level or test scores or what, our scuents are falling behind -- students are falling behind globally. i think we're something like 22 out of 29 countries. so really, this affects everyone. i think whether you're from greenwich or west port or you're from harlem, t

with the you are from greenwich or from harlem, this is a serious problem. >> safe to say that greenwichs one of the most -- one of the richest towns in america. and the people that live there do very well. >> yes, they do very well. they're very lucky. >> do they spend a lot of money on education? >> the taxpayers? >> you hear all the time that they spend money all the time in washington. >> i think the money is really important in some respects. it can be a red herring because if you break it down for people, it does not seem to lead to higher or lower outcomes. i think teachers should be paid more, particularly the best one. there's always room for more spending, but it is more about effective spending than needing more money. >> who gets the most upset about eva? >> i don't know if i can answer that question. we found all lot of people that were obsessed by her. i think she has a long -- a longstanding problem with the president of united federation of teachers. it sounds like the u.s. it was upset about the hearings that eva was holding with regard to school performance. and all of

. >> and as we said earlier, madeliene sackler is a duke graduate, grew up in greenwich connecticut living on 88th street in new york city right now. and my guess is about 27 years old. >> i am 27. >> we're out of time. the lottery is the name of the documentary. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. . . >> coming up tonight, prime minister's questions from the murders house of commons. and then president obama's and canadian prime minister stephen harper's remarks at the g-20 summit. then harry reid. then another look at "q&a." >> who left us in this mess? who left a budget deficit of 155 billion pounds with absolutely no proposals to deal with it? who put forward -- john >> order. >> now from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. earlier this week, the british government unveiled some of the toughest tax cuts and british history. it dominated much of question time this week. david cameron defended his budget and answered questions on the mission in afghanistan and on the gulf coast oil spill. >> questions for the prime minister. lisa nandy. >> nu

firm in 1952 and later became the partner, making the daily commute to new york from his home in greenwich. that is an "the new york times." next call is elisabeth, weet virginia. arty on the republican line. caller: i think we should stay. and i think also -- i read or heard that the afghan could not even read the manual for the rifles. well, i just thought, why don't they make them an audio so that they can be trained, you know? there are people who can't read. i am sure they can hear. host: susan, democrat, for washington, maryland. should the u.s. did out of afghanistan? caller: absolutely. a short comment and suggestion. doesn't anyone see that this is the of giant subprime mortgage. we cannot afford unemployment for people who have no income. we can't afford health care. we can't afford anything, let alone a war. i don't know why i'm the only one who thinks that way. it makes me feel a a little nutty. i would love to have james webb on your show, if he would come. he is the only one who talks any sense. host: what happens to afghanistan, in your view, if we leave? caller: the same th