today pupils in the us attend a , 59,000 kipp school.over 90% of them graduate from high school and most of them go on to attend college. >> looking an orangutan closely in the eye is like a one-on-one lesson in darwinian theory. they are more strikingly similar to us humans than almost any of our other evolutionary relations . but the people of the forest, as they are called in malay, are an endangered species. sumatra's bukit tigapuluh national park is one of their last refuges. thanks to efforts from a few of their human cousins, orangutan numbers there are slowly beginning to rise. >> i like orangutans because they're so much like us. their dna is practically the same as ours, and their behaviour is similar, too. for instance, the young ones vie for attention; they want to cuddle, they're defiant. they can also get angry. they're like us -- and that fascinates me. >> dora has waited the entire morning for this moment -- to get out of her cage and into the forest. she's five years old and an orphan. she was kept illegally as a house p

kipp foundation for 9 years.he knows the importance of a good education. >> if you want to create a great school and you want to provide transformational education for kids who are literally going from a starting point where they're below grade level to a well above grade level - teachers are it. so the correlation between great teaching and outstanding results is unbelievably high. >> so teachers here often resort to unconventional methods to motivate their students. >> when you accuse someone of doing something when you did not do, you know -- >> the kids need to work hard, so it helps if their parents reinforce that idea at home. >> they always tell me to keep on studying, because they didn't get the chance to study and graduate college. but at least i can, and make the difference. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our ceo, mr. richard barth. [applause] >> richard barth pays regular visits to the kipp schools. there are now more than 160 spread over 20 states. >> so it's just me against you? >> here he's

i am laurie maffly-kipp. my job is to briefly introduce our panelists for this session. i'm keeping the introductions brief. i've cut out the nobel prizes and other things they have done to make sure we get to their talks quickly. here we go. edward j bloom is a professor of history at san diego state university. he is the co-author of the color of christ, the son of god, and the saga of race in america 2012. and the author of w e b to boys american profit 2007. he has been awarded the award in the humanities by the council of graduate schools for the best first book by historian published between 2002 and 2009. the peter seaburg award for the best book in civil war studies in 2006, and the dissertation prize. his writings have been featured on cnn.com, the atlantic newsweek, and the new york times. his presentation this morning is entitled "in the bowels of a free and christian country." our next presenter will be rebekah guest, associate professor of history and new york university. she received her phd and 2006 from harvard university. a historian of early north ameri

in your state of north carolina, i've talked about this, the kipp school down there that's doing a great job and in a rural community and getting great results. that's what parents want. what i'm about is good schools and let's get as many as we can and give people choices. everybody i know says to me, i would never tick a neighborhood school for my di kid if it wasnt good. if it's good, sure. if not, i'll move. why should poor people be told it's one and you're done? >> charlie: so, therefore, the answer for poor people in their neighborhood is to improve their schools, offer them an alternative in their neighborhood or bus them somewhere else? >> to the extent you can, in their neighborhood. if they want to be bussed, let them. in new york city, for 20,000 charter school seats, 70,000 families applied. speaks volumes. >> charlie: how many schools under your jurisdiction? >> when we finished about 1750. >> charlie: of those, how many do you think were performing at a level of success that was appropriate or satisfactory? >> i think that's the critical question, and i would say first ans

i am laurie maffly-kipp. my job is to briefly introduce our panelists for this session. keeping the introductions brief. i've cut out the nobel prizes and other things they have done to make sure we get to their talks quickly. here we go. edward j bloom is a professor of history at san diego state university. he is the co-author of the color of christ, the son of god, and the saga of race in america 2012. and the author of w e b to boys -- w ev do boys -- "web dobois americanprophet" 2007. he has been awarded the award in the humanities by the council of graduate schools for the best first book by historian published between 2002 and 2009. the peter seaburg award for the best book in civil war studies in 2006, and the dissertation prize. his writings have been featured on cnn.com, the atlantic newsweek, and the new york times. his presentation this morning is entitled "in the bowels of a free and christian country." our next presenter will be rebekah guest, associate professor of history and new york university. she received her phd and 2006 from harvard university. a hi