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Mike Rogers: “Half of adults can't read at the sixth grade level that…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 22:45

Same with high schools, middle schools. Think of this. This problem goes through every level of education. We just graduated. Half of adults can't read at the sixth grade level that graduated last year. Think of that. Young adults. We're going to try to reclaim them. So I would do all of this all at the same time. (22:45–22:49)

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