And so I'm just happy to have the support of Congress and a lot of the things and the understanding from Congress, you know, that we have to change this paradigm. We have to look at it differently because we have failed our students. We spent $1.7 trillion since the Department of Education was stood up. We've seen scores continue to decline. Every now and then, a little leveling, a little blip on balance. So the scores have gone like this. Children cannot read. They cannot write. (10:56–11:01)
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