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Tom Tiffany: “Educational attainment, 7 and 10 fourth graders cannot read…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Tom Tiffany Discusses Wisconsin Surplus, Iran, Governor's Race On DrydenWire Live

Published | Video Starts at 24:15

He was the author of Welfare to Work. I mean, that started in Wisconsin under his watch. He did that. And he sees those things slipping away here in Wisconsin. I mean, Educational attainment, 7 and 10 fourth graders cannot read at grade level here in Wisconsin at this point. And he's deeply concerned about that. And he, if you would say that he was holding out some. (24:15–24:21)

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Asserts that 70% of fourth graders in Wisconsin cannot read at grade level.

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