And we were in the capital and one of the representatives from Pennsylvania, this was a stat that just blew me away, said that In Harrisburg, only 12% of high school seniors could read with proficiency and only 3% could do math with proficiency. Now, I was absolutely astounded by that stat on a national basis. According to the NAEP scores, which is our national report card, about 30 to 35% of high school seniors can read proficiently. (01:18–01:39)
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