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Mike Rogers: “57% of high school seniors last year could not read at the…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Former Congressman Mike Rogers discusses Senate campaign

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

So we've been all over the state. We've focused significantly in southeast Michigan, Things like literacy. I mean, think of this. 57% of high school seniors last year could not read at the sixth-grade level. That's an epidemic. I have a solution for that. When you look at the fact that people are taking groceries off the conveyor belt after they ring it up and … (03:12–03:17)

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