But what we are seeing more and more and what we are pushing more and more now is the kind of curriculum that will get our test scores up. I mean, When only 30% of 8th graders can read proficiently, that means 70% cannot. So my main message, in fact, I will be on a literacy tour, is going to be literacy. We have to teach our children to read. (54:28–54:35)
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