smart kids would encourage them. it was almost 100%. they show up to the parent teacher meetings and make sure their homework were done. a lot of bad parents. a lot of parents addict, not there, are screwed up, don t have a book and don t care what the kid is doing and don t even care if the kid is going. can you overcome bad parenting? absolutely. as far as i m concerned if you are an educator you are there to help the kids regardless of what their lives are. bill: isn t it harder to get a kid with no academic background and not encouraged, harder to deal with that kid? you have to step up to the challenge. if you are an educator you are there for the kids. bill: some kids you can t get to emotionally. you were a teacher in a whole school that wasn t working as a team.
earn less than they could in public school. parents or guardians also must make a commitment to be involved in their child s education. we say that you have a responsibility to no, not just e student. we expect you to be at parent teacher meetings and that the child s homework gets done. it involves three cs, a culture of education, commitment to learning and community, a nurturing environment embracing parents and professionals willing to mentor the children. reporter: they have plans to open dozens of new schools over the decade and it s looking to institutions like cornerstone to help in that rebirth of the public school system. fredericka? allan chernoff, thanks so much from detroit. our next guest runs a school as successful as the one that allan just told us about. janet devela is the principal at