well, roberto rodriguez, who is special assistant to president obama for education on the white house domestic policy council retweeted the story on the dropout challenge that was generated by kavitha kadosa, senior reporter from wamu. next, senator jeff bing mman, new mexico, was also listening to the story. now he wants to engage his local public media station, knme, in a district hearing on how the dropout crisis is impacting the state of new mexico. next, representative george miller from california also heard kavitha's reports and he blogged about the great public media american graduate initiative. so from d.c. to mexico to california and throughout every single state, the dropout story has gone viral. and across the country, public media stations through american graduate, with support from the bill and melinda gates foundation are hosting teacher town hall meetings to listen and learn and effect change. kqed in the bay area produced a town hall in oakland. it was moderated by npr's glen washington. live web cast. and it's going to become a radio broadcast special and video web

>> university of arizona associate professor roberto rodriguez took this photo of nine-year-old nicholasen this month went viral and for some struck a raw nerve. >> i think it is the epitome of disrespect and disregard for our children. >> when they're wanding you and checking your purse, i think the message is we're really not welcoming you to be a part of this. >> tucson is where one of the country's most contentious education battles is being fought. at issue is a mexican american studies program designed to teach literature, american history, culture and art from a mex an american perspective. in 2010 the state legislature made courses designed for a particular ethnic group illegal. they say the law was aimed squarely at the mexican american program. the state school superintendent say he had no choice but to ban it. last april during a public forum to discuss the ban high school students took over the school board meeting. >> basically this is where we chain ourselves to the chairs. i am right over here. >> denise, a university of arizona freshman says the ta takeover was the culmin

roberto rodriguez, who has assistance to obama for education, re-tweeted the story on the dropout challengesenator from new mexico was also listening to the story and now he wants to engage his local station in a district hearing on how the crisis is impacting the state of new mexico. next, george miller from california also heard his report and he wrote about the american graduate initiative. from d.c. to mexico and every single state, the dropout story has been heard. there are meetings to listen and effect change. kqed produced a town hall moderated by npr, live web cast, and it will become a radio bought -- broadcast special. at the end of the town hall one teacher said, and thank you for coming to us to hear what we have to say. there is more to come. from projects such as vegas' virtual high school, and helping kids get their diplomas online, to news hour and their students reporting which gives middle and high school students the opportunity to learn digital media production and connect to the education they're getting to relevant to next steps for their future, to our new web site,

roberto rodriguez, who has assistance to obama for education, re-tweeted the story on the dropout challengegenerated by a senior reporter from wamu. next, a senator from new mexico was also listening to the story and now he wants to engage his local station in a district hearing on how the crisis is impacting the state of new mexico. next, george miller from california also heard his report and he wrote about the american graduate initiative. from d.c. to mexico and every single state, the dropout story has been heard. there are meetings to listen and effect change. kqed produced a town hall moderated by npr, live web cast, and it will become a radio broadcast special. at the end of the town hall one teacher said, and thank you for coming to us to hear what we have to say. there is more to come. from projects such as vegas' virtual high school, and helping kids get their diplomas online, to news hour and their students reporting which gives middle and high school students the opportunity to learn digital media production and connect to the education they're getting to relevant to next steps

mientras raquel y angela buscaban a roberto arturo llegó al hotel en la ciudad de méxico. allí preguntó por raquel. la señorita raquel rodríguez a ver. sí, hay una reservación pero ella no se ha presentado. iqué raro! ¿me permite el teléfono? por supuesto. arturo estaba un poco perplejo. ¿por qué no estaba raquel en el hotel? ibueno! ahora el teléfono del hotel está ocupado. raquel intentó varias veces comunicarse con arturo por teléfono, pero no pudo. iraquel! ialgo está pasando afuera! ihay movimiento! ¿vamos? isí, vamos! méxico es un país de grandes contrastes geográficos y climáticos. está situado al sur de los estados unidos con el océano pacífico al oeste y el golfo de méxico al este. en la parte central hay tres cordilleras: la sierra madre occidental la sierra madre oriental y la más pequeña, la sierra madre del sur. son montañas altas y rocosas y en algunas partes hay volcanes activos. al norte, en la alta meseta de las montañas se encuentra una gran zona árida. es el desierto de méxico. la península de yucatán está situada al este. aquí, en yucatán, el terreno es llano, no montañoso y parte de la península está cubie

roberto. y también espera ver a raquel de nuevo. buenas noches. buenas noches. ¿se va a registrar? sí, señor. aquí tiene. gracias. la señorita raquel rodríguezvor? mi nombre es arturo iglesias, y vengo de la argentina. ¿le puedo dar un mensaje? mujer: sí, señor, ¿como no? ( suspira ) ibueno! ahora el teléfono del hotel está ocupado. tu tío arturo debe estar muy preocupado. ojalá pueda comunicarse con pedro. sí, el hotel de la gran ciudad de méxico. que me llame en cuanto pueda. gracias. buenas noches. iah! iqué mala suerte! llamo y llamo y ¿qué? o no hay conexión o la línea está ocupada. bueno. iqué día tuvimos hoy! primero, angela y yo llegamos a la ciudad de méxico. estábamos cansadas. pero también estábamos muy preocupadas. aunque estábamos cansadas teníamos que venir a este pueblo. teníamos que buscar a roberto, el hermano de angela. durante el viaje en carro, hablamos un poco de una persona. ¿de quién hablamos? ¿de roberto o de arturo? roberto siempre quiso venir a méxico. se pasaba los días y las noches estudiando las civilizaciones prehispánicas. roberto y tú son muy unidos, ¿verdad? en puerto rico me decías siempre que tu hermano era