mentoring. what if home room were more than attendance taking and routine announcements? principal bill him nez agreed to try it. let s look at the data referring to standardized test scores as well as research on same-sex classes. let s con front it and see what we can do about it. now every morning for six minutes and 20 minutes once a week, the junior class splits into race and sex, and in just a few minutes we ll hear how it s working out. this is going to be a hot topic online. we want to hear from you. what do you think about all black home rooms. head to cnn.com/ali to hear what you have to say. this is an interesting subject. you can post on facebook, either my page or ali s page. we ll read your comments throughout the day. moving on to two at the top. it s been the snowiest wentr in a while in parts of the northeast. the flakes just keep on falling, a foot here, 19 inches there. all the big cities up i-95 were hit by this overnight nor easter from d.c. to bogs ton