the admission requirements. so with that raising of the requirement, we have a greater proportion of the freshman class who go straight in to college-level courses. but it is a national phenomenon that we ll have to we ll do in terms of college readiness for students coming out of high school. dr. james ammans, great to see you here. we ll be focusing intensively on this ourselves. like a laser beam, next we ll through education nation and our networks of nbc and msnbc. thank you very much for helping us to kick off today s conversation. thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to talk about florida a&m university. okay. we will keep track. and also today, kansas city, missouri, schools flunking out. the missouri board of education has revoked accreditation for the entire kansas city school district after it failed for several years in a row it meet state standards. if that district does not improve in the next two years, the city s schools could face a state takeover