John James: “70% the outcome, 17% if you can't read by the fourth grade…”

“They understand that not having accountability in our education system continues to sentence our young people to failing to be able to read by the third grade, where 70% the outcome, 17% if you can't read by the fourth grade, end up in prison or worse. These are the types of outcomes that people in working Michigan understand and they're rejecting socialism. And so we are presenting a better solution where locals dictate to Lansing, not the other way around.” (08:28–08:35)

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