studies framework. for example, one of the things that happen in san francisco, they studied this at stanford, is that they saw it when they ethnic studies into the subjec subject s, and to their various subjects, they saw a 21% increase in attendance and grade point averages went up by 1.4% tucker: that makes me sad because we both know that s not real. how was i not real? talk about the results. tucker: let s look at the countries that really do well in math. showing how you can apply math is what makes you better at math. tucker: let s talk about someone who s serious at math. singapore for example return appeared much better math scores and we have. do you think they infuse their math lectures with lessons about racism? they may not but something tells me you are not privy to the curriculum over in singapore but what i will say
with academics, the kids work very hard to get grade point averages and get rankings ifet they re playing a sport. exactly, i think part of why there are now literally class actions from these rejected students, regarding this is the fact it s competitive enough even without the bribery, right? the stanford past entering freshmen class, of the rejected students, 8,000 had perfect sat s and perfect gpa s. stanford only accepted 4% of applicants, a record low. the odds are stacked against them even like this. the democratic national committee who are bribing their way into the system when the candidates are touting kind offa level playing field, it doesn t make sense. hypocritical. hannity: why it is differentf if a parent builds a building or is a legacy and they get a leg up? why is it ok? it s not illegal. that s the difference. you still have to make good
supreme court. and let s start with the ban on affirmative action that took place an hour ago, and tell us how that played out. well, it was a 6-2 vote, and nine justices and elena kagan sat this out, because she worked on the issue in the justice department, but the issue is whether constitutionally michigan voters could ban affirmative action or whether it put minority members in michigan at a disadvantage and whether it made them jump a higher hurdle to change the state law than somebody who for example who wanted to change the admission policies on the legacies or the grade point averages or something else. the court rejected the challenge today, and said that michigan did not violate the constitution when it banned affirmative action and justice kennedy who wrote the lead opinion in the case said that the mind does not presume that some subjects are too divisive or profound for public debate. it was the supreme court s rule that set it in motion in 2003
series in london. prosecutors want to show that jackson was up to the challenge of performing. what was your overall impression of mr. jackson s performance at rehearsal on june 23rd, 2009? i thought he was strong. did mr. jackson appear to be excited and full of energy when he was performing? yes, yes, he did. yesterday we heard a lot about the pressures of preparing for 50 concerts when the original plan was 10. we also heard from jackson, like we d never heard him before. once again, michael jackson had the world s attention. this time, though, he was wasted, slurring his words. listen to this recording by jackson s personal physician, dr. conrad murray, made six weeks before his death. when people leave my show, i want them to say, i ve never seen nothing like this in my life. prosecutor david wallgren says that jackson was drugged up and dr. murray was not only aware of his addiction, but continued to the feed it, by supplying and administering drugs that e
a new study suggests bullying takes an academic toll on teens. ohio state researchers compared grade point averages of teens between 9th and 12th grades and scores went down slightly after kids reported being bullied. hi, everybody, i m thomas roberts. in the next hour of msnbc, another big night expected in political theater. this time with the president s jobs speech before a joint session of congress. will the president go big? hiring now. real jobs, real leads. today we talk to one of the leading companies in the nation that s more than doubled its workforce in the past five years and hasn t laid off a single worker since 1980. what s their secret? and grading last night s gop