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Mike Rogers: “We found some kids, by the way, you got me on my soapbox…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 37:49

Those folks can get out of prison and get their lives back together if they can read. Lot of this problem is people can't read. They're not performing at levels that they should. We found some kids, by the way, you got me on my soapbox. Sorry, but that. We found some kids. They did these assessments that were in high school, couldn't read at the first grade level. That's a crime. I mean, think of that. That's a crime. What have we done? I mean, note it. So the teachers had to keep pushing them along, but what were they? (37:49–38:01)

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Asserts that assessments found some high school students who couldn't read at a first grade level.

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