Tom Tiffany: “We are going to set higher standards, not lower standards…”

“7 and 10 fourth graders are not proficient readers. We have to turn this around and this is going to be a priority of mine. We're going to do a few things. We are going to set higher standards, not lower standards like the Department of Public Instruction has done. We're going to have honest report cards for parents out there so you're going to know how your schools are doing.” (58:27–58:33)

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