You know, our 8th graders last year couldn't read at the 8th grade by almost two thirds of those students. And so When you look at China teaching 8th graders quantum mechanics, we're teaching our kids, apparently not to read very well. We have some competitive issues, and small politics isn't going to solve that. If we focus on big issues, the big problem of China, the big problem on our economy, … (02:27–02:34)
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Asserts that China is teaching 8th graders quantum mechanics while U.S. students struggle with basic reading.
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