The science of reading has been so proven now in Mississippi with the Mississippi miracle and how their reading scores came up. They were next to last, I think, and they're now about mid range and continuing to climb. The state of Louisiana has had remarkable improvement in its reading scores. I think they were number one in improvements last year. And so when we see that return to basics phonics for reading the basics of math. I mean there was something to be said for a little bit of that rote memorization and saying your times tables and things. (08:26–08:36)
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