And also your response to Dr. Acton. Where I'm going with that is the hard truth that 75% of 8th graders in this country are not proficient in math according to international standards. There are now kids in other countries where English isn't even their first language doing better on English proficiency than our own kids here at home. I'm speaking as an American and as an Ohioan, that's unacceptable. You defend this, then you defend this. What do I defend is I defend the idea that we need to reform our education system. (01:02–01:12)
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