earn less than they could in public school. parents or guardians also must make a commitment to be involved in their child s education. we say that you have a responsibility to no, not just e student. we expect you to be at parent teacher meetings and that the child s homework gets done. it involves three cs, a culture of education, commitment to learning and community, a nurturing environment embracing parents and professionals willing to mentor the children. reporter: they have plans to open dozens of new schools over the decade and it s looking to institutions like cornerstone to help in that rebirth of the public school system. fredericka? allan chernoff, thanks so much from detroit. our next guest runs a school as successful as the one that allan just told us about. janet devela is the principal at
providence st. mel, a private school in chicago that s improved dramatically under her leadership. janet, first off, what did you take this school, once a catholic school and in a very tough school district and how did you get the students motivated and actually get the test scores up? well, actually i think the principal s job is to be the instructional leader and that s exactly where my passion is. hiring terrific people, working really hard for common goals, making sure our expectations are high, making sure that our curriculum is set in a way that not only motivates students, but nurtures students to even be better. one of the things that we need to do in education, i believe, in districts like our district, we re in a tough neighborhood and the psychology of what we do in our school has to be more enticing and greater than the psychology of the streets. enticing in what way? because i m hearing a philosophy