bullying incidents in pitsfield high schools and elementary schools are now below the national average. >> starts with an s, do you know the word? >> character development is part of the strategy. elementary school principal makes daily rounds for individual recognition. >> it's just like with education, with reading and mathematics education, the earlier we start, the better off we are. >> the feelings that show on our faces. >> this k through 12 curriculum challenges kids. >> why should i stand up to them? somebody else can do that. >> learning not to be a bystander. >> i make sure if i see disputes in the hallways or minor bullying, i make sure i put a stop to it. >> when i see something like that happening, i'll stick up to the person that maybe can't stick up for themselves. >> both liam and josh plan to go on to college, but josh has enlisted with the marines first. >>> traffic relief for drivers tonight in the sierra nevada. highway 50 through echo summit is back open and earlier than scheduled. construction crews closed the highway for more than a week to replace a roadside bar

every year, we invite the winners of the national school scrabble tournament to travel to l.a.ete against me. this is the fourth year we've done this. the first year i won. the second year i won again. last year, i did not win. in fact, i lost. so, this year, i'm looking for revenge, i'll be honest with you, against these unfortunate children. from toronto, canada, please say hello to jackson smylie and alex li. there they are. hello there, fellas. welcome, welcome. welcome. thanks for coming. and we also have a special guest official tonight, john d. williams is the executive director of the national skra l scrabble association. you are the official judge. if there is a fistfight, you will get in the middle, right? >> i will. >> jimmy: thank you. how are you guys feeling about this? are you nervous? >> um -- about this game? >> jimmy: yeah, about this game. >> um -- well, given the result of last year -- >> jimmy: how dare you. >> i don't think -- we don't think you should be overly confident. >> jimmy: oh, is that -- is that what you don't think, the two of you have come up w

where the bad news for russian pounds is that national school guilty of gaining a book of will be sidelined for the rest of the hockey world championships in slovakia not be picked up and. which turns out to be more serious than expected. but only in will replace the buckle for sunday's game against the czech republic. region has had eight has had both of these appearances for the team at the championship so far russia will make his way into the regardless of their performance in the remaining two groups. and the good news is that the russians will be getting a huge boost as alexander ovechkin the said to join news compactor isn't going to slobber after his capitals were beaten by tampa bay in the n.h.l. playoffs the twenty five year old has a full collection of world championship medals with two bronze one sober and one gold alex of the greats will likely aim to hit the ice on sunday as he is in game shape from the n.h.l. postseason. meanwhile the czech smoggy the timing champions have kept a one hundred percent record as they beat slovakia three two on friday and in group e. germany lost

take place on sunday and the good news is that alexander i bitch him is expected to join the national school and by that time also his washington capitals exited the n.h.l. playoffs. and some more hockey fixture as the only game in groups alfonse says. the odds between switzerland three two men while the relegation round also took place on thursday evening bellows comprehensibly old st cell phone to make sure they will automatically qualify for next year's championships slovenia will be there as well also sending lots of packing to. go to football now where f.c. poor to will play broadening the old portuguese europa league finale later this month brother will. circulate riot helmet one will go away last week still one way to defeat so it was to all of that forget the brother on the way girls while portuguese champions court during the final despite a three to get away defeat in the second leg against standish side billy a real a five one advantage following their first game was more than enough to see only seven for aggregate when the europa league final will take place in dublin or the eigh

or the nation's schools on the way now without you father. hello there thanks for watching the sports and these are the headlines french football codes are all brawn is played of racial discrimination. warnings cycling pays tribute to the belgian rider of that he was killed during the tour of italy. a quarter final showdown russia will face canada in the last eight of ice hockey is bowl championship. first within the last few minutes france football coach sean braun has been cleared of discrimination claims he and football federation colleagues allegedly discussed whether to curb training academy access big young french plays of kill nationality many of them black and arrow but after an investigation sports news to shantelle to arnold says no and he discrimination laws were broken she called the coaches discussion either meeting last november as borderline racist but said the idea was subsequently dismissed and quotas were never implemented. a second a second hat trick in three games from actually rodriguez. five to last night a move into fif

student support services and what particularly is important to know is that they came to us on national school nurse day. so it was the celebration for the school nurse but also really to stem from my visiting flynn and speaking with their school nurse and just watching her interact for the morning part of the day. two days and the nurse that i spoke with and she was there two days. and she said well, he's going three day as week. there is emotional support there. a mom can pick up her son had him here, you know, she's coming from work. do i really need to take him home? >> yes, you need to take him home. this is the third time throwing up in class. they gave her suggests an then maybe the next few days he would be able to return to school. that was on the spot having seen that young man also seeing me, also seeing other students. we went to a particular acting where she was focusing that she wanted to check in. this is an amazing level of working that could happen. more casts under her umbrella. under one nurse's umbrella. er >> they manage so -- but also what are mental, social, and emotiona

similarly, in the lopez case against the national school board we were involved on behalf of a autistics student who was raped by a teenager on a special-education bus coming and the school had knowledge that the perpetrator of this assault had engaged in similar conduct in the past and had not taken effective action to address it. in this case our settlement agreement in fact will enable them to do so we look forward to working with them in the future. i'm happy to take your questions. >> thank you, ms. samuels. recently the national council issued a report on discrimination faced by the latino youth and at around the same time in the national crime victimization survey indicates that about one of four students believe they've been bullied. in the work that you're doing have you seen anything to substantiate those statistics? >> yes, i am sorry to say that harassment in bullying seems to be on the increase across the country and on the basis of the national origin is no exception particularly following line two -- 9/11 we have seen an uptick in the harassment on national origin groups,

the czech republic late and some say with alexander ovechkin in the lineup off to joining the national schools. and gilly. will replace your opinion of one of those sidelined for the rest of that's on the mend the growing strain. to more games took place on saturday evening olympic champions canada no way three two while the u.s. team solve for all in spite the same school line. now there's a new pair of leaders in the russian football premier league newly promoted and one of them making their way to the top thing straight to one victory over ted in the big day for the grozny schooled as well lloyd who is chargers' only aware that three points with protel them into the top paul for the table but the dutch manager won't be thanking his goalkeeper since long deny a promising lead taken down was you know trialware wallowing but john barr got to convert from the spot and won. came to write the deaths and be done with the mated suniel combined with another consolation dildo for the final school two one. meanwhile where aiming to join qubani at the top at least for a while but things went looking go

take place on sunday and the good news is that an example of each game is expected to join the national school by the time all things washington capitals exits of the county child play also. know how he thinks is in the only game in group alfonso's dean no we have said the odds by beating switzerland three two. and the relegation round also took place on thursday evening valorous comprehensively both france have been through to make sure they will automatically call upon for next year's championships slovenia will be there as well off to something last they're packing flies to. a bit of football now where f.c. porto will play a brawl getting the old portuguese europa league phenolic it later this month brought on we need the second leg. one the old following last week's two one away defeat so it's to all the natural good but broad got there all the way goals while portuguese champions f.c. poor to reach the final despite a forty two defeat in the second leg against spanish cybill the area a five one advantage following their first game was more than enough to see only seven for aggregate victo

and live again on the ice where the bad news for russian fans is that national school goaltender you gain in the book of will be sidelined for the rest of the hockey well championships in slovakia not be picked up a groin injury in thursday's game against denmark which stands out to be more serious than expected second choice but only in the blue. well replace in the box office sunday's game against the czech republic are really into place for cage wells up along the mall school region has had shot outs and both of these appearances for the team and the championship so paul russia will make it seems in the quarter finals regardless of their performance in their remaining two group games. and the good news is that the russians will be getting a huge boost as an example of each game has arrived in british law after his washington capitals were beaten by tampa bay in the n.h.l. playoffs the twenty five year old has a full collection of world championship medals with two bronze once over and one gold alex the great will likely into him be ice on sunday as he's in game shape from the n.h.

throughout the state that tomorrow, may 11, we celebrate both california day of the teacher and national school nurse day. i've always said that in education, the most important thing in education are the people actually out there doing the work so we wanted to take a moment to thank everybody and hopefully to have a special day tomorrow in spite of all the things that seem to be coming at us in this crazy state of ours. the budget crisis and the layoffs, as we honor, it's weird that we are honoring the teachers and nurses and yet here we are talking about layoffs. four years ago, stanford university released a study that estimated that to adequately fund education in california would take about $10,000 per student, and yet here in california, we get about $5,000 per student and if you add all the categorrical programs, in some places is gets up to about $8,000 and when you go back east, new york and everywhere else gets a minimum of $12,000 per student so we've become kind of the laughing stock when you look at throughout the country and tonight we bring before the board a resolution to issue

take place on sunday and the good news is that alexander as big scheme is expected to join the national school by the time after his washington capitals ags of the n.h.l. playoffs. one more hockey fixture the only game in group alfonse thursday no way out of the odds by b.c. in switzerland three two. and the relegation round also took place on thursday evening belarus called for house of legal counsel astraea seventy two to make sure they will automatically qualify for next year's championships slovenia will go will be there as well off the sending lap they have packing to. open for the way r.f.c. portable play drawing the old portuguese final later this month draw the winning the side by side holding von mail and progress being on their way goals and he's been feed. while portuguese champions are see for tourists the final despite a free to air waves in their second leg the five one lead from the first game was more than enough to seal a seven four aggregate win over. the final takes place in dublin on the eighteenth of may. with them and. we have a team of incredible talent older stars as yo

pay gets the year and see all the nation's schools up next for us in football is full of local dulcie's and there's a big one in russian society that's right i was to skull place in the russian cup again which plays are comparing to rangers celtic and even barcelona against reale madrid after all the details just. hello there thanks for joining me and these are the headlines rallying calls players up the ante ahead of their russian cup semifinal against rival steere scar . blog barcelona is the league's celebrations of put on ice after. alfie for their. french we go ask a defeat russia's last man in the goal and. the first part of moscow's irish wing aiden mcgeady has called on his side to end the club's eight year trophy drought they play city rivals to scar in the semifinals of the russian cup tonight it is again the former celtic man as compared to the old firm darby's and stop them same intensity between fans and praise is this saying he had his experience of days and nights because the product is dark and even though they had banged last season's the feet with a one there win in th

this is a very bad example to set for the nation's school children. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a slightly calmer question. i'm sure the prime minister that the fate of an incurable brain disease was transferred through the blood instruments. the professor have processes a deactivation instrument and a blood test for various chd both of which could and should protect the public. unfortunately there's been a small financial hiccup in progressing these prus. and will he meet me the professor to discuss the potential process. >> my honorable friend raises an important point about a very dangerous disease and i'll be certainly to raise a meeting probably between him and professor sally davis the chief medical office to discuss this. he will know there have been various research studies done into the impact of variant chd on the population and we don't have all the answers we need. since 1990 there have been funding of the national chd to the tune of 18 million pounds and through the medical research council we have committed to provide 32 million pounds to the national preon unit be

school district. some may seem very familiar to you. according to the national middle school association, successful schools for young adolescents provide the following curriculum that is relevant and rigorous. that there is a variety of teaching strategies to help students learn. that there is informative and -- that would tell us what students are learning or not learning. structures in place that support meaningful relationships and learning and that there is policies that foster health, wellness and safety. and the support services and guidance for all students to help them be empowered and prepared for high school and beyond. i also want to say that the district is committed to ensuring that -- in all of our middle schools. we have already embarked on this journey of improvement but incorporating the recommendations from the findings and you'll see these attachments in the handoff here. one is from the california department of education, 12 recommendations for middle grade success and from the framework taking center stage. act two, secondly we used recomme

russia protests take on the czech republic without exhibit chicken in the lineup after joining the national school and goalie constantin but only in the will replace you gave up hope of was sidelined for the rest of it so the mention of so adroit strain. two more games to place all sounds his evening olympic champions counted to be no way three two while the u.s. team salt from spoke the same school. and football doesn't new pair of leaders in the russian for gold premier league nearly promoted them making their way to the top thanks to a two one victory over tatic a big day for the grozny schooled as well would know its charge is fully aware that three points would profile them into the top half of the table but that's manager won't be thanking his goalkeeper since long denying them something to eat and downloads and that's already been lowering the bar budget from the spot and one became to arrive to the doubts and give the widow mated to. the bun medical insulation bill the final school rules one. college three meanwhile we're aiming to join one of the top at least for a while but things went n

in glsen's 2009 national school climate survey, nearly 9 out of 10lgbt students reported they had beencally or sexually harassed in the past year at school because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. many skipped cook because they were afraid to go and 1 in 5 had been physically assaulted. youth do well academic and less plan to graduate from high school. lgbt youth are more likely to engage in behaviors that put them at risk because of the discrimination and violence they suffer. these statistics are grim. equally disheartening is the fact that this situation has not yet sparked the response it requires. only 18% of lgbt students report that their school explicitly protects them on the basis of orientation or gender identity and the vast majority of lgbt students report that when a member of the school staff witnesses anti-lgbt behavior, they do little or nothing about it. a core challenge we face is the fact that bias-based bullying complicates adult response, whether out of fear of controversy, failure to recognize the seriousness of the behavior or active indifference o

the back in capital crosses on the ring with finland in the semifinals tonight part of this national schools put us in and around. twenty minutes time. the influx of refugees fleeing the uprisings in the arab world is driving a wedge between the states some recordings you win states temporary or even permanent border controls within the union unseen since the shingled agreement came into all sixteen years ago and as a report here it might open the floodgates for trouble. the dream of european integration goes off the rails in a pizza feud between two of the e.u.'s founders france blocked all train services from italy after finding courage is full of african migrants it's a leotard you don't visit it's visas allowing travel in the european union that shuts at the trust of which the e.u. visa free regime relies. on a kind of mutual mistrust between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy has not implemented in a good way the rules. for thousands fleeing the violence in north africa italy is the nearest e.u. border security experts who've studied the country's patrol

similarly, in the lopez case against the national school board, we were involved on behalf of of a nine year old autistic student who was raped by a teenager on a special education bus. and, you know, the school had knowledge that the perpetrator of this assault had engaged in similar conduct in the past, and had not taken effective action to address it. in this case are settlement agreement, in fact, will enable them to do so, and we look forward to working with them in the future. i'm happy to take your questions. >> thank you, ms. samuels. recently the national council issued a report on discrimination, and at around the same time and national crime victimization survey indicates that about one of for latino students believe that they've been bullied. and the work that you are doing, have you seen anything to substantiate those statistics? >> yes. i am sorry to say that harassment and bullying seems to be on the increase across the country on the basis of national origin is no exception, particularly following 9/11. i think we had seen an uptick in the amounts of harassment focus on

of creationism with the teaching of evolution, as the basis for what should be taught in our nation's schools? i ask that in the sense, do you personally equate a faith-based theory with scientific inquiry? >> juan, the approach we took in minnesota is to say there should be room in the curriculum for study of intelligent design. didn't need to be in science class. we didn't decide that at the state level. we left that up to the local districts and parents in that area. i think that's a reasonable and appropriate approach. if i might add something relating to your previous question. i grew fun in a meat packing town, i was in a union for seven years. my family is a union family. my brothers and sisters many work in unions to this day. i understand this issue. we are not against hardworking men and women. they need jobs. we are against government intervening in the market and with businesses to the point where they say we are not growing jobs any more because the government is making it so expensive, delaying it so often, we are out of the job market that's the wrong direction. it is not about

the latest "dancing with the stars" castoff, the new national school scrabble champions who i will face'll also have music from calexico and k.d. lang and the siss boom bang. so please join us next week, too. our first guest tonight is a very beautiful and emmy-nominated actress. she is a former univison hostess, who's married to a former al bundy on the extremely exceptionally funny show "modern family." you can watch it wednesday nights at 9:00 here on abc. please say hello to sofia vergara. [ cheers and applause ] >> hola! hello, jimmy. >> jimmy: you really ran out here. was that to avoid us staring at you? >> i was running? no. >> jimmy: a little bit. can i ask you to please keep your eyes up here when we're talking? thank you. >> look at the handsome crowd you have. >> jimmy: thank you. [ applause ] >> okay, i keep the eyes over there, but you keep them away from here. >> jimmy: i'm going to aim for your scalp and then maybe i'll get to just right to your eyebrows would be good. good to see you. >> see how many seconds you can do that. >> jimmy: i'm not even looking at you right no

part of what we are concerned at the national school board association is that educators be able to act when they need to act. if a policy is not a good policy -- and i'm not familiar with the neutrality policy that was discussed earlier, but that policy didn't seem to work, did it? and so i think the first thing that we need to do is make sure that our policies empower educators. that educators know that they have the ability to act to correct whatever situation comes before them, whether it's bullying or harassment. but also we need not to chill their ability to do that. we need teachers not to believe that there will be an impending federal lawsuit if they do not treat a specific set of circumstances as a federal civil rights violation. courts have said -- the court out of the sixth circuit, for instance, to use the scenario that has been discussed about sexual orientation, that sometimes adolescence simply engage in harassing behavior that doesn't necessarily equate to a protected category under federal civil rights legislation. and so, therefore, teachers need the ability, educator

he was the national high school chess champion, national junior high school chess champion, national tate champion, new jersey state champion because he loved chess, and chess was just the one thing to position himself so that he applied at many of the ivy league schools, and he was accepted at many -- at all of the ivy league schools that he applied. now, that's the first one. you say, oh, wonderful, my second's going to be the same way. no. my second born is kimberly, the rebel. she says there's too many doctors in this house anyway. you know the mantra, everybody's supposed to be a doctor. no, mommy, i want to be in music. she's a classically-trains pianist, and she went from high school to stanford. she got her degree in studio art. so i said, okay, what are we going to do with that? but i just wanted to read a little thing about my rebellious daughter, kimberly. kimberly is the second born, and i find that the second borns are always somewhat rebellious. now, in this part of the book pretty soon kimmy began going to tournaments with her brother and dad, and mr. freed match said k

the national school scrabble champions who i will play and conquer at their own game.n us all this week. after a six-year-long vacation from acting, our first guest tonight returns to the big screen in grandiose fashion. as frigga, the queen of asgard and mother of thor. she bought him his first wiffle hammer, "thor" in 3d opens in theaters friday, please say hello to rene russo. how's it going? >> hi. i like it because your audience is close. okay, can i just say how much i love your family? >> jimmy: oh, thank you. >> i love uncle frank. i got to meet sal. i met mickey. this is like a place you'd want to stay. if i didn't have to go to -- i know you probably -- >> jimmy: you're more than welcome. in fact, you can have most of my family. >> i have most of your family. you're italian and german, right? >> jimmy: i'm italian and german-irish, right. you like your family? do they work with you ever? >> i do -- ever? once -- i recently for thanksgiving stood up and said, okay, i've had it, if you come to my house for thanksgiving and you act this way again, i'm never cook

nation. i have worked all 14 years of my career in maryland. >> reporter: she teached chemistry at urbana high school. she won the teacher of the year in october and became a finest for the national teacher of the year in january. >> i have always believed since chemistry is everywhere, it's for everyone, i believe we need to reach out and include our stutants with special needs and include our youngest girl. >> reporter: the next step now, a visit to the white house. >> everywhere i travel and speak, i am representing tens of thousands of teacher who worked tirelessly throughout the state, every day. and it is all about our students. >> reporter: she is the second maryland teacher to receive the award. she is the first from frederick county. gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news. >> we are glad to have her earn maryland. she will visit the white house on tuesday. >>> police are looking for a person who stabbed three people near security square mall. it started last night here. three men were stabbed. all of the victims are expected to survive. >> police find the car of a murdered woman. officers found h

from "the office" and the new movie "bridesmaids," ellie kemper and the new national school scrabblethink i lost but i crushed them all the years before and tomorrow night i will crush them again and celebrate wildly so, please join us for that. do we have that replay ready. is that possible? we do? there you go. all right. like a buffalo has been put in a suit. all right. there you go. that's don, our warmup guy, everybody. this enthusiasm doesn't happen on its own. our first guest tonight is an exceptionally talented man with an academy award to prove it. if he wasn't already before, he is now a god. you can see him play odin, father of thor, in the new 3-d movie "thor." it opens in theaters friday. please say hello to anthony hopkins. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well, thank you so much for coming back. we had a lot of fun when you were here the last time. at least i did. i hope you did. i had a lot of fun. i know you are next door at the premiere of "thor" last night. >> premiere last night. >> jimmy: did you stay for the movie? >> oh, yeah. i haven't seen it before. >> jimm

tony and tucker will be headlining the first ever weather day at nationals park. schoolds are invited it come out that day for a special presentation. game time is 1:05. if you are interested, can you find out more information at nationals.com/weather day.  navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris. how is a little bit of music and art sound on this tuesday morning? i think it sounds good. as we are live in alexandria where the del ray art isans are gearing up for their second annual art market. this year they are adding another whole month. the firs

schools believe are lower in quality or are dangerous. heaven looking to change people's perspectives. here are some other ideas about what the district could do to support hundred national and middle schools. share with of the community. plan to meet each student's needs. >> highly effective and culturally competent principals of schools. hold them accountable for high standards and support them to meet those standards. support of reach and positive communication efforts and are already under way. and finally, collaborate with community organizations and city agencies to address safety issues in the streets and neighborhoods around these schools. >> we are urging the board not to adopt before the implementations are made. and describe the relative priorities for different programs that our children need. members of the public and parents for public schools will join in for the discussion with you at the ad hoc committee. and the board meeting on june 14. we appreciate this opportunity and giving us the time to speak with you. president mendoza: before you go, are there any questions or comments from the board? >> you are reporting a on pac? >> it was a joint, collective

stage game on sunday three to holly's dentist alexander ovechkin flame disposed game for the school of national since joining with the school with up to the washington capitals were dumped out of the n.h.l. playoffs both the czechs and the russians were already through to the last eight however in group after meanwhile the swiss were eliminated from that's on the met by this sweets. to the russian football premier league now where the spoils have been shared in the latest. nama and says call securing a point of peace in sunday's opening thanks jim it's not open early on sort of ignatieff which credit to the final touch up to just for one minute stick with them in front and wonder a strike from andriy of water want to invent druids novel level just before the hall of time. is brilliant shots from the formidable man made one want how about be a man lead to have secured all three points one seemed to have it home ten minutes from time to time and do not know when to ensuring or why and things to mark along the further you got on both sides moved up to twelve points from seven games after the civil

session as well as money details on why republicans are aiming at the pleading funds from our nation's public schools. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right here. i think is feeding on the oil. whenever government says they're for keep you safe get ready because of their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry for the big picture. wall street regulators are finally holding oil speculators accountable for their role in the two thousand and eight surge in oil and gas prices to speculators james dyer nicholas wild goose who are facing charges by the commodity futures trading commission for manipulating the oil market and jacking up prices for the rest of us these guys made off with about fifty million bucks thanks to their scheme and now the see if you see is considering a one hundred fifty million dollars fine one of the largest finds in the history of the c.f. t c there is a fine really the

chess champion from junior high school champion, national everything champion, new jersey staten because he loved chess and there was the one thing to position himself so he applied at many of the ivy league schools and was accepted at all of the ivy league schools he applauded. that's the first one. you say it's wonderful. my second one is going to be the same way. no my second board as kimberly, the rubble. she says there's too many doctors in this house anyway. i don't want to be a doctor. i said you know the mantra. no, i want to be in music, so she's a classically trained pianist so she went to stanford. her first semester was premed but she got her degree in studio art. so i said okay what are we going to do with that but i wanted to read a little thing about my rebellious daughter kimberly. she's the second born and as an ob/gyn i find the second born always somewhat rebellious. in this part of the book pretty soon she began going to terms with her brother and dad and they said she was unusually talented, too. mr. friedman said that she wasn't as obsessed as her brother b

. >>> in today's education nation report, it's a battle of perception versus reality for today's high schools. when asked 92% said they expect to graduate diploma in hand. sadly, just 7 in 10 make it to their graduation day. a new program aimed at improving our nation's high school graduation rate hopes to nudge that reality closer to students' expectations of themselves. it's call american graduate and it focuses on reaching students in middle school. that's a crucial time when kids most often lose interest in their schoolwork. earlier this week my colleague tamron hall spoke with activist and actor hill harper about that very program. >> let me ask you, obviously there are many ways to reach students but when you look at this number, 92% say they expect to graduate, it seems they know the importance of graduating but the numbers don't match what we're seeing. 7 in 10, that's a lot of kids we're somehow losing. what do you believe is the problem? >> well, obviously there's a systemic problem in public education. we have approximately 98,000 public schools in this country and only 2,000 of t

who will fix the nations schools, who will build the global enterprises that will produce a more just and equi equitable community. and the third "e" is to commit to high expectations. a nation and a people and a person which expects failure, will fail. a nation and a people and a person that expects second-class citizenship and second-class outcome will remain there you. you are living proof that a child that grows up anywhere is a child that can succeed and becomes a college graduate. whether you are from the south side of chicago, east in detroit or in los angeles, whether you are from the ninth ward in my own hometown of new orleans. whether you grew up uptown or downtown with two parents or one. and whether you grew up with poverty or prosperity. class of 2011, you are every -- over coming expectations. and those who love you and supporters today had high expectations of achievement for you. so somewhere in this audience is indeed the future medical researcher, who will find a cure for our most difficult diseases. somewhere in this audience today is a future justice of the united

. >> it is a national effort to get local schools to take the lead and that is what happened across thentry today. >> students obeid the national command, let's move. to putl of let's move is more children on the path to help the living and to all began with dancing at 1:42 on the east coast. students realize what they were doing was for a good cause. >> they want us to get into -- it was fun, and kind of hard at the same time. >> it did not take much for let's move to catch on. aipac the school's cafeteria to try to keep pace with the beat. -- they packed the school's cafeteria to try to keep pace with the beat. students in baltimore city also took part in the planned event. >> hopefully, it will cause kids about the world to start moving parade >> michelle obama made a surprise visit to washington, d.c., area school. she is challenging schools to combine being actively the eating healthy food. >> it was really amazing that a lot of these kids showed up after school to learn the it routine. >> students are eager to do their parts to help stop childhood obesity. >> as many as 600 and sc

schools really deliver? >>> and later, a big buzz in a big part of the country. a special appearance for a limited time only. what will it be next? >>> we're back with tonight's education nation report. it's about charter schools in this country. they're in great demand and short supply. so parents and children lay it all on the line, sometimes entering harrowing lotteries to get in or not. our education correspondent, rehema ellis, reports on the tense waiting game for the relatively few spots and the questions being raised about whether charter schools are truly better schools. >> reporter: for parents and their children, it can be agonizing. >> i'm a little nervous. >> reporter: waiting and hoping their lottery number will come up for a seat in a public charter school. >> do you have butterflies in your stomach? >> in my feet, in my toes. >> reporter: linda henderson-smith doesn't like the process. >> i'm not much for gambling for education. >> reporter: still, she's here, desperate for her two children to avoid their district elementary school. the same is true for sherry way, mother of three. they're all clinging to a long shot. 329 students are competing for just 45 ope

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education secretary aren'ty duncan says 82% of the nation's public schools will soon be categorized ast behind law. the critics say definition of failure is what's flawed. allan chernoff traveled to stanford, connecticut where officials say the law that's glaring flaws. >> reporter: third graders learning mandarin, chinese. it's their third language. they also take spanish. it's a member of the prestigious international baccaleaurate program. academic performance here is on the rise, with double digit gains in math, reading, and writing proficiency test. according to the way the federal government reads those exams this is a failing school. >> it's pretty ridiculous. >> reporter: the superintendent says rogers international epitomizes the distortions of no child left behind. why? because some studio audience, particularly students of immigrants have not shown enough improvement in reading and i we ig. the no child left behind grades the school is f. >> it's important but shouldn't be annual and it shouldn't be the sole measure of whether or not a school is serving its children. >> repo

school. now russia's national basketball teams could be in for a much needed boost in the near future the college league which was set up in two thousand and eight is starting to bear fruit with you just awesome show in the women's national final and as rich is going to figure of course now the band's growth could give russia a welcome your influx of talent. over the last decade college sports in russia has received plenty of government supports to try and get more people to keep playing the games they love after they finish. basketball has benefited from this immensely a new league was set up in two thousand and eight to give those who go to university a chance to play sports or hiring competitive level as an argument that. all our training sessions are in the evening so our morning star free to study if we have some important matches where we have to train for two weeks at a camp university gives us time off. no point trying to have a college game in russia in comparison to its counterpart the way say well clearly a system has been in place in the us decades. on our part of the country the game

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school for the deaf. congratulations to her. >> michelle obama helped launch a program, a national effort to get schools to take the lead. what happened across the nation yesterday. tim tooten has more on the big event that got kids moving. >> from glen bernie to edgewood, students obeid the national command -- let's move. the goal is to put more students on the path to healthy living. it all began with dancing at 42 minutes before the hour across the nation. the sounds of beyonce and her song "move your body." students realize what they are doing is for a good cause. >> how they want us to get into more stuff in school. >> it was fun and a kind of hard at the same time. >> it didn't take much for "let's move" to catch on at this high-school. among them are sarah caldwell. students in baltimore city also took part in the planned event. >> hopefully it will influence kids around the world to get moving. >> michelle obama may surprise visit to a washington, d.c., area school, dancing with students. she is challenging schools to combine being active and eating more healthy foods. another familiar face. >> it was amazing that

the nation's third largest school system is one of the most challenged. ch education nation on the road this week. i hosted a panel in chicago last night with teachers, students, top business leaders, city officials discussing how to stop kids from dropping out and how to prepare them better for the 21st century work force. i asked mayor-elect rahm emanuel who also spoke there about his top priorities. >> first of all, we have the shortest school day of any major city in the country. there are other schools here in chicago, charters. i just did a town hall with seventh and eighth graders. one child happened to be at a charter school. i said what time's your day over? she said 5:00. another child, 4:00. but at the basic neighborhood element, it ended at 2:30. 1:45, actually. >> reporter: 1:45? >> yeah. there's no guarantee the person's longer day is learning more, but you have three more hours in the classroom. pretty good guarantee. now, if you have involved parents, dedicated teachers and committed principals and a full school day, you're going to get the