drop out rates, still, quote, unsustainbly high for a knowledge-based economy.unseparably high in our caisson american, latino and native american communities. real world solutions, one of the challenges for all students but particularly students from minority communities, poor communities, it's making this make sense, making it relatable. >> right. >> and that's what you are trying to do. >> that is what we are doing. so there was a 2009 survey that found that 61% of middle school students said that they would rather take out the garbage than do their math homework. >> wow. >> when you ask students why wyoming and as a former teacher i saw it as well. they typically say i don't know what it nineteens it's random skills to memorize and rejudger date and i don't know when i will ever use it. how we are trying to help is to provide teachers w

. >> well, and this is what we are seeing, we are see attrition rates are unsustainbly high. i think i heard a statistic that 50%, think about it this, 50% of teachers in the united states, are going to be new within the next 10 years smrg like that. that's half of teach nurse this country will have never taught before. that can be incredibly intimidating. but it's also an unbelievable opportunity. >> yeah. >> to get in there and help redefine what it means to teach. >> there are two sides. yeah. >> and obviously we are approaching it for math. but you are approaching it from ela and arts as well. >> absolutely. here is another quote for secretary education secretary arnie duncan once again, quote, all students, 100 percent should have access to arts instruction. all children should have arts-rich schools. that is your program. hip hop literacy. and the impact, arts, music, that's the first to get cut. >> yes. >> and we are trying to get it back in. >> right. >> it's very important that the president has talked about it. but the fact of the matter is, it is still a challenge.

drop out rates, still, quote, unsustainbly high for a knowledge-based economy.ll unseparably high in our caisson american, latino and native american communities. real world solutions, one of the challenges for all students but particularly students from minority communities, poor communities, it's making this make sense, making it relatable. >> right. >> and that's what you are trying to do. >> that is what we are doing. so there was a 2009 survey that found that 61% of middle school students said that they would rather take out the garbage than do their math homework. >> wow. >> when you ask students why wyoming and as a former teacher i saw it as well. they typically say i don't know what it nineteens it

measures for veterans, national parks and the district of columbia sf the white house position is unsustainbly hypocritical. the issue for a lot of democrats here and i think we'll see at the end of the day, most democrats believe what the republican strategy to do is to cherry pick some of the easy things, the most symbolic things to reopen but not some of the more controversial parts of the federal government. listen to what nancy pelosi, the democratic leader said about that. >> it's not about the parks. it is about the affordable care act. so urge our colleagues to see this for what it is. it is pathetic. it is not responsible. it is beneath the dignity. i keep saying that but we keep getting further beneath the dignity. >> now, the whole democratic argument is that they believe what the house republicans are trying to do is fund the government in and around the agencies that would actually fund obama care. it is a way the defunding the obama care strategy. people who followed the house closely might ask, why could we wear what democrats are saying? they usually don't matter because the ho