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Mike Rogers: “Over 60% of fourth graders can't read in the fourth grade.”

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

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One-on-one with Mike Rogers, the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. Senate

Published | Video Starts at 01:46

We have one of the. We are, we are in trouble. We have now gone down to 45th on the list in relation to the rest of the country. We have Over 60% of fourth graders can't read in the fourth grade. Why that's important. 70% chance if you can't read in the fourth grade, you're going to end up in prison or on welfare. We have got to break that cycle. (01:46–01:50)

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Asserts that over 60% of Michigan's fourth graders cannot read at grade level.

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