simon montlake, your thoughts? simon: i am not an education reported i cover economics and economic opportunities. abouta very complex issue whether schools are failing or what the results are. a veryaggregating across large numbers of school in a country like the united states. a variant to singapore or finland seems unfair to me. the variety of schools and experiences and income levels. these aref kalamazoo, clearly schools that have struggled in the past. they're now starting to get better. we are talking about, if you look at urban schools, school district, the graduation rate of 60%. 6% go on to college. that is not bad, 60% go on to college. if you go back 20-30 years. public education is not working, i think that is a very complicated question. i think there is plenty that suggests it can work. and that the schools that are failing or often fail because the communities and cities around them are failing. inv not think it is as simple as saying the schools are at fault. host: our next caller, go ahead, gary. c

simon montlake, thank you so much for joining us this morning. simon: good morning. host: the story that your run was about something called the kalamazoo promise. what is that? simon: the

simon montlake, thank you so much forni