welcome to cnn tonight. is it possible the u.s. shot down a hobby balloon or that the u.s. new something and said nothing. plus trains have become less safe. tonight we ll talk about the rollback of regulations that allow them to carry more hazardous material through all of our neighborhoods, just as they did through east palatine, ohio, causing that toxic spill. very hard to believe there is a particular path that can cause harm small community. and with smart home technology, are you the boss of your home, or is your home the boss of you? tonight i ll speak to one man whose smart home locked him inside without the code to get out. you might think you control your own heat and lights and ring cameras, but think again. we have natasha alford, l.v. granderson, josh barrow, and thanks so much for spending friday night with me. great to have you guys here. okay. let s start. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is missing a balloon tonight. it is missing
natasha, as you know, i turn to you. you taught in public school for three years. i can t believe how often during these conversations i do turn to you because there s so much happening in education right now. but is the answer to more inclusion getting rid of honors classes? i don t think it s the answer. and i m going to put my student hat on right now and say that i lived this. i was in a gifted and talented program in a public city school district. and the program went away. and that was heartbreaking for me because that was the one time in the week where i actually felt challenged and excited to, you know, get out of my classroom. did it go away for the same reason? it went away for budgetary reasons. this is what i want to highlight. it s really an issue of access. so, the problem that they re responding to is real, but the way they decided to handle it i think the wrong. 15% of the population of high school students are black and latino, but only 9% are actually in ap clas
Research tracking teachers, classes and their grades over many years shows gender bias has long-term impacts on students’ performance and their post-school study choices.