This is something that my wife Fran has worked on. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library. 60% of the kids 0 to 5 now are getting a free book every single month. We now have the ability to control the state Department of Education. We are rolling out the science of reading. It will make a huge, huge difference. The schools that are using the science of reading phonics kind of get back to basics. (26:40–26:45)
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