Whitney Tilson: “Mississippi has done a lot of basic stuff and they set high…”

“Guess which of the three most schools are picking the one that they're sort of accustomed to teaching for the past 30 years. So Mississippi has done a lot of basic stuff and they set high standards and goals. They adopted rigorous curriculum, they did rigorous retraining for teachers and started informing kids and parents. And here's the most controversial thing they did. They ended social promotion in third grade.” (10:16–10:24)

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