average. reporter: educators say it takes three to five years for standardized test scores to go up. so far 300 schools have tried it. half would not stick with it. this is really hard. superintendents last two, two and a half years on average. it s hard to lead systemic change when you have that much turnover. reporter: though state test scores here have not gone up, principal gould is still on board. why? she says discipline problems dropped 76% since the change. and students now are more motivated than ever. debra feyerick, cnn, westminster, colorado. we ll examine the crisis in our public education system and why america s future is at risk. a cnn documentary called don do fail me will air here on sunday at 8:00 p.m. people have been fighting for years trying to find a
response be to congressman ryan s budget plan? i would love the democrats to come up with their own budget plan that is not only a serious budget plan for reducing the long-term deficit, but also raise taxes on the very wealthy, the super rich in this country. they have seen for the last 30 years their portion of national income continue to grow and grow and grow. and yet their tax rates, their income tax rates, capital gains tax rates, their estate taxes, all continue to drop. i mean, why not? be democrats and say to the public, and i think most of the public agrees with this, that the rich have to pay their fair share. robert reich, the author of aftershock, the next economy in america s future. thank you very much for joining us tonight. thanks, lawrence. what are the real effects of a government shutdown? do soldiers still get their paychecks? does the president? how about congress? and what does a government shutdown mean for you? coming up, i ll talk with easy rah kli
ryan s budget plan? i would love the democrats to come up with their own budget plan that is not only a serious budget plan for reducing the long-term deficit, but also raise taxes on the very wealthy, the super rich in this country. they have seen for the last 30 years their portion of national income continue to grow and grow and grow. and yet their tax rates, their income tax rates, capital gains tax rates, their estate taxes, all continue to drop. i mean, why not? be democrats and say to the public, and i think most of the public agrees with this, that the rich have to pay their fair share. robert reich, the author of aftershock, the next economy in america s future. thank you very much for joining us tonight. thanks, lawrence. what are the real effects of a government shutdown? do soldiers still get their paychecks? does the president? how about congress? and what does a government shutdown mean for you? coming up, i ll talk with easy rah kline about what really
of a of a laughing stock for some people. and that in turn illustrates the republicans long-term objective and story, which is the government is the problem, and you don t really need government. which is obviously silly. what should the democrats response be to congressman ryan s budget plan? i would love the democrats to come up with their own budget plan that is not only a serious budget plan for reducing the long-term deficit, but also raise taxes on the very wealthy, the super rich in this country. they have seen for the last 30 years their portion of national income continue to grow and grow and grow. and yet their tax rates, their income tax rates, capital gains tax rates, their estate taxes, all continue to drop. i mean, why not? be democrats and say to the public, and i think most of the public agrees with this, that the rich have to pay their fair share. robert reich, the author of aftershock, the next economy in america s future. thank you very much for joining u
america s future. secretary reich, thank you for joining us. i wanted to start with this debt to gdp ratio, because it s such a stunning number. it seems that anything could almost tip that over the balance, over the scales, and a disaster of this proportion, could it mean that they just simply cannot pay back their debt? well, cenk, first of all, this is a human tragedy of enormous proportion, talking about the economic consequences should not distract our attention from really those human beings who are at the core of this tragedy. but, yes, you are right. there is also a severe and substantial economic risk here. japan has had a hard time coming out of the recession. in fact, for the last 15 years, its economy has been very fragile. and if it turns out that this tragedy undermines the japanese economy, or at least forces japanese consumers and also japanese companies to hold back from the market somewhat, and i think that s likely, this could