If education systems fail to produce informed, skilled citizens, long term competitiveness and civic understanding suffer. Yes, that is public education in America today. We have spent countless dollars on it. We are failing the majority of our kids in this country in public education. They're behind in reading, writing and arithmetic. We're behind the rest of the world. We rank very low in the world, especially of civilized countries. We're one of the lowest in math, one of the lowest in reading. (24:20–24:26)
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Asserts that the U.S. public education system is failing most children, who are behind in basic subjects.
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