going to take us ten years. the school has been so underperforming for so long. reporter: massive curriculum overhaul is required. he is letting the staff lead the changes. i would like one performance play. we are teaching them. reporter: while the hallways are still empty, they race to finalize the details. school starts in boston on september 8th. how do we roll out the information about cell phones? reporter: if he fails, the school fails. ultimately, his goals are elementary. a dramatic increase in school performance. i think it s within reason that we can 75 to 80s. passing and increase our proficiency 25%. reporter: the question for andrew and other principals across the country will turnaround schools work?
don t just put your education in a little box at school. go above and beyond that. reporter: how many are involved in extracurricular activities? how do you deal with the pressure of keeping up in your afterschool involvement and maintaining good grades? it is always about prioritizing, because even though i go to a performing arts school, my academics come first. just knowing i can t be everywhere at one time. a lot of people want to be at basketball and soccer and cross country at one time. i do homework waiting in line at the store, in the car, anywhere i can to finish up the last little bit of homework. reporter: with everything you are doing, how do you have fun? my personal really close friends have gone way over on the overachieving side, president of five clubs and six different languages. there s a point where they re childhood is being affected. entering my senior year, i
objectives that israel has and the united supports in these negotiations. reporter: so, tony, it was actually rather rare that you have mahmoud abbas putting out that written statement, condemning the attack against the israeli settlers because from their opinion, their pointed of view, it s illegal to have the settlers there in the first place but he doesn t want to be weakened back at home and wants the talks to move forward in a very legitimate and earnest way. suzanne malveaux at the white house for us. thank you. turning around a troubled school, part of cnn s week-long focus on america s classrooms in crisis. today we head to boston to see how one of government s interventions is working. the markets, a nice little run-up. 236 points. we are following the dow, the nasdaq, the markets for you throughout the morning right here in the cnn newsroom.