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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110928:17:34:00

access to them and go in with the reading levels and do the book clubs and check the books they need. the physical library is the only place a lot of the kids get computer access. do you think schools have to be more of a community center? it is one of the thing that jeffrey canada has done is reach out to the community and have the school open at night for parents and other leaders. jeffrey can dpa is a model for what that looks like long term. i think a lot of schools are moving toward that model, providing breakfast and after care services for kids. one thing about our school we have three full-time social workers on site. we have a lot of opportunities for kids to examine some of the other core socioemotional issues. as schools begin to address those needs as you were saying

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110928:17:33:00

it s not. one of the things that i enjoy about our school is the emphasis on the extra thing that kids need to be successful. at my current school we have an amazing music teacher and program. amazing physical education set of teachers that do extra crack lar teens and activities. we have a spanish program and offering arabic to our students this year. a wide range of things to help support in building that well-rounded education for kids. how do you feel about the fact that d.c. has shut the libraries on sunday and that was the biggest day for kids and parents to go and read and be read to. i think that is problematic. but even in the absence of that, kids can be creative checking out books on saturday or going after school. d.c. has expanded the number of libraries and the quality of the libraries so students can have

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110510:11:44:00

44 minutes past the hour. welcome back to american morning. magnate school in hartford could have its state funding stripped and maybe shut down, even though it s one of the best performing schools in the country. reason is interesting, there aren t enough white kids enrolled. sollie dad o brien tells us why quality education may be taking a back seat to quotas. this side is tighter than this. reporter: she is in tenth grade at preparatory school in hartford. her 12-year-old strir can t get in. at a school with 75 seats for 1500 kids who apply. a state-run lottery picks who gets in. the school run by cnn education contributor steve perry, is recognized as one of the best schools in the nation. we don t just have education. we have a pretty good school. reporter: more than just competition. state law dictates urban magnate schools like capital prep are at least 25% white. the result of a 1996 state

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110510:18:16:00

nearly 60 years after brown v. board of education the quest for the best integration formula remains an elusive and troubling dilemma. one case in point is a remarkable successful public high school in connecticut. the big problem and center of controversy is not enough white students. soledad o brien reports. this side is higher than this side. reporter: pujta is in a magnate school in connecticut, and her sister nicole can t get in. with a school that has 1,500 kids applying for 75 seats. there is a lottery system picking who gets in. the cnn contributor steve perry talks to us, and says it is principal of the school. we have a very good school.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110928:17:44:30

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110928:17:44:30
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