tim shriver is here.r of the book "fail up" tavis smiley and host of bill bennett in the morning, bill bennett. welcome to all of you. this is such a big topic. it's such a -- i don't know. it's complicated on one level. it has a lot of layers, but it's so important. big bennett, have we succeeded in this country in making education an economic issue ran than just a social issue? >> oh, i think we have. i mean everyone's so focused economics now and you see the connection with education. we know the effect of good teaching and good schools on kids' abilities to get jobs. we know about skill deficits. and we know very simple in the most global way, if you have higher education, if you've completed college, the unemployment rate is about 5%. if you've finished high school, your unemployment rate is about 9%. if you haven't finished high school, the unemployment rate is about 15%. >> where are with with broad sweeping reform? the president spoke this week. he's ushered in a program called race to the top tha

chairman and ceo, tim shriver. author, tavis smiley. >>> good morning from new york. we are here at 30 rockefeller plaza to kick off education nation. it couldn't come at a better time after a volatile week on wall stet. the role education plays in getting the country back to work. first, is the middle east about to take another violent turn? after a speech demanding recognition of statehood, palestinian president ahmadinejad returned to the west bank. moments ago, i sat down with the prime mister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. prime minister, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning. >> good to see you here in new york. >> it's early. >> it is. here, the scene on friday when president abbas made the push for palestinian statehood in the united natio. as those scenes played out, euphoria, a pride for abbas. this was a milestone moment for the palestinians. it most certainly will fail. will there be violent consequences for hat? >> i hope not. it can sceed. there's two pieces to the equation. the palestinians want a state but they have to give pea in return. w

chairman and ceo of the special olympics tim shriver is here, author author of the book "fail up" tavistary of education and host of bill bennett in the morning, billbennett. welcome to all of you. such a big topic. it's complicated on one level, has a lot of layers but it's so important. bill bennett, have we succeeded in this country in making education an economic issue rather than just a social issue? >> i think we have. everyone is focused on economics now. you see the connection with education. we know the effects of good teaching and good schools on kids' abilities to get jobs. we know about skill deficits. we know, very simple, in the most global way, if you have higher education, if you completed college, the unemployment rate is about 5%. if you finished high school, the unemployment rate is about 9%. if you haven't finished high school, unemployment is 15%. those are big numbers and important numbers, but they still tell us something. >> president shalala, where are we with broad sweeping education reform? the president ushered in a program called race to the top that followe