[Lemon:] New details are emerging about a dramatic shoot-out you first saw last night right here on CNN.
[Unidentified Male:] Jesus Christ.
[Lemon:] A gunman opening fire near an elementary and middle school, a high school in Issaquah, Washington. Here's the scary part: a youth football game underway at that high school. I want you to listen, because football fans in the packed stadium ducked for cover.
[Unidentified Male:] They huddled under the bleachers, staying close together, and scared out of their minds.
[Chase Hawkins, Witness:] Everybody's terrified out there. They're very scared.
[Unidentified Female:] They started shooting at us and the bullet went me and my friend, Tony, and we went around and started running and we could hear the bullets bouncing off the concrete behind us.
[Lemon:] No one in the stadium was hit, but police say the unidentified 51-year-old man fired his first shot at the elementary school where he tried to break into a car. From there, police say he attempted to get into the cab of a backhoe that was on school property. Police rushed to the scene and exchanged shots with the man killing him before he was able to get near the parents and children at that football game. Remembering the victims of that tragic air race disaster in Nevada, it's impossible to forget the image of this crash in Reno on September 16th. 11 people died when a pilot lost control of his vintage plane and barrelled into the crowd. Well, tonight, hundreds are expected to gather at a memorial at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. The city will dedicate a tree to the victims and hold a candlelight vigil. The call to Sunday service at one New Jersey church had a different ring to it, more like a jingle.
[Rev. Tim Lucas, Pastor, Liquid Church:] People are acting like they're going to be struck by lightning. They're typically, you know, a lot of people are cynical about religion and they come to church expecting to be shaken down. But we're saying, you know what, it's really all God's money, and he trusts you.
[Lemon:] Well, find out why a pastor invited those in his church to reach into the offering plate and take some money out. But first first, remember how it was when you were in school? Teachers always in front, students at their desks, taking note. Well, in tonight's "Perry's Principles", CNN education contributor, Steve Perry takes a look as the kids take charge, at least for a day.
[Unidentified Female:] When the synapses in my brain connect, then I learn. Can you guys stand up and do it with us?
[Steve Perry, Cnn Education Contributor:] The students are teaching class today at the Beardsley School. The pupils? Their teachers. This role reversal is part of a revolutionary program developed by the National Urban Alliance or
[Nua:] How do teachers respond to having kids tell them how to teach?
[Eric Cooper, Pres., National Urban Alliance:] They love it, primarily because it really gives them an understanding of the strengths that the students have, as well as where the gaps are that need to be filled in.
[Perry:] The training is broken up into two parts. First, an NUA representative leads a session on creative teaching methods for both students and teachers.
[Unidentified Female:] Ready? Set? Go.
[Students:] Neurons are the brain cells, the brain cells, the brain cells.
[Perry:] Then the kids take over.
[Unidentified Male:] I'll only give you about two minutes. So, go.
[Perry:] You're working in some of the lowest performing school districts in the country. What is it that you hope to gain?
[Yvette Jackson, Ceo, National Urban Alliance:] It's not just so that the students feel empowered. It's so that the teachers see what unbelievable wealth of potential these students have.
[Perry:] Today, you guys were teaching. Was that cool?
[Unidentified Female:] Yes.
[Perry:] What makes you think you'd be a good teacher?
[Unidentified Female:] They always teach us. So, it's good to teach them for a change.
[Perry:] Costs for the program are split between the NUA and participating school districts. More than 450 students and 15 schools across the country have participated so far. The NUA says those students' performance has improved in the classroom, and they're currently sponsoring formal research to confirm that.
[Unidentified Female:] I think teachers need to know that they should keep on trying and keep on teaching the kids no matter what.
[Perry:] Steve Perry, Bridgeport, Connecticut.