100 representative American Kids entering high school. What does fate have in store for them . 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. A total of 50 wont go to college. Thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. Meanwhi meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. On a recent international test, u. S. Students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. Overall, the World Economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. Whats odd is that weve been outspending most developed countries by a long shot. In 2007, we spent over 10,000 per student versus the 7,400 average for rich countries. How can we spend so much money and have so little to show for it . Well ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in American Education here on this special essay. Well examine the role of teachers, testing ands technology. And we ask the man who spent
years old. king eddie, wrapped an anointed king who used to be a rabbi. soul man, remembering don cornelius with a woman who knew him well. joins us to pay tribute. it is all right here right now on cnn. hello. thank you for joining us. josh powell was once a suspect in his wife s disappearance. tonight he appears guilty of another heinous crime, one that claimed his life and the lives of his two young children. an explosion in the home appears to have killed the three of them. powell was previously identified by utah police as the loan person of interest in the disappearance of his wife susan powell. josh claims the last time he saw her was december 9, 2009. joining me is mccarthy. i m joined on the phone. first to you on the ground, let me ask you the story. what is happening at the house now? reporter: what s happening is securing the scene for the night. the investigators are leaving. they have secured the house and removed the body of joshua powell and his two sons
interest in her disappearance. i m going to talk with holly hughes here in just a minute, a criminal defense attorney. but first i m joined on the phone by pierce county sheriff spokesperson ed troyer who has new information for us. what do you know, mr. troyer? well, at 12:15 this afternoon there was report of a fire. a social worker was bringing the kids for a visit with josh from foster care network and she dropped them off as she of before. within this particular occasion he lock her out and within minutes the home was within flames. burned very hot and fast, fire department was there in a few minutes and unfortunately when they got in there they found three bodies, the two children and josh. we believe it is the three of them an they re all deceased. we need to confirm that with the medical examiner s office but there s nothing that tells us it is anybody else but the three of them. he s since sent out e-mails and texts, we understand, admitting his complicity in wha
shelling and shooting. the fire breaks out again. at least 200 people kills there today, according to activists in the city, including women and children. i spoke to a witness, we re calling him danny. he s only giving his first name for obvious reasons. but he s at great risk. what s been happening? what s the latest? well, what s been happening, right? yes. they have been bombarding an area in homs for three hours. mortar bombs and tank shells. there s a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we ve got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can t move them. all of the buildings have been on top of bodies, human beings. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can t get medication. they re shooting at the avenue, they re shooting. we can t get medication in there, we can t help them. no one
gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride in the heat of texas. he s already changing the face of the republican party. if you have an irate minority you do well in the caucus state. ron paul answers my questions and yours from twirt tonight. piers morgan interview starts now. good evening. tonight the piers morgan interview comes from las vegas on the eve of the nevada caucuses. i m talking to ron paul, running fourth but his influence to young people is greater than that. his supporters are making him a force to be recognized. tonight his formula for keeping america great. right now, ron paul. welcome. thank you. nice to be with you. this will sound like name dropping but last time i dined in this restaurant was with sylvester stallone and the parallel to me is clear. you are the rocky balboa of the campaign. how do you feel about that? i have no idea how to respond to that. i hope that s very positive. it sounds like it could be. americans love an underdog.