We can have a candidate go out and actually talk about solutions and how we're going to have to do some of this together. We will not survive as a country. Last year, two thirds of 8th graders were not reading proficient. Two thirds in the United States of America, half of our high school seniors couldn't read past the 6th grade level. Right. China's teaching quantum mechanics in the 8th grade. We can't teach our 8th graders 8th grade reading. This is a serious problem. (03:33–03:45)
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Asserts that two-thirds of 8th graders and half of high school seniors in the U.S. are not reading proficiently.
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