It's a crisis of educational achievement in America. I'll be frank. I think it is the single most important crisis that frankly, neither major political party is talking or, or doing enough about. We've got a 75% rate of 8th graders across America who are not proficient in math. According to international standards, 70% of them aren't proficient in reading. We rank number 26 out of 38 developed countries when it comes to math and reading proficiency. Despite spending more than every one of those countries on education. That's wrong. (16:13–16:25)
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