(CBS News) WASHINGTON - In December, the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent. For vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the rate was 10.8 percent. But a new initiative is aiming to lower that number by placing veterans in the classroom.
Tenth-grade history teacher Brian Thompson brings a little something extra to the classroom, especially when the subject matter turns to war.
"I felt that way when I was in Afghanistan - we looked at each other as brothers," he told students.