That's a crisis. If you want to get to the, again, reach your full potential and reach the american dream, we have got a to get our act together on reading. If you can't read at the fourth grade level, by the fourth grade, studies show that you have a 70% chance, 70% chance of either living on welfare or going to prison. We know what the data shows us, and we also have great solutions for this. (08:50–09:03)
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