Rahm Emanuel

I'll ask you to spell that later.

Republicans...

have walked away from public education, abandoned it.

And Democrats have abandoned accountability and standards, and both parties are wrong.

And it is unacceptable that 50% of our kids...

are not reading a grade level i grew up and i believe in the politics were governor clinton governor winter from mississippi governor riley from south carolina governor hunt from north carolina governor zell miller from georgia governor lawton childs from florida they answered mister blooms a nation at risk report

And they came up with a major famous report that got us on a 25-year slow, steady progress in reading and math scores.

Some fits and starts.

That's how this is.

You ain't going to have a linear line.

Find somewhere else if you want instant gratification.

It ain't happening here.

It's hard work.

But we, as a country, answered that challenge.

Today...

You know more about the president's position on windmills than you do about the fact that we've had a 30-year low in reading scores.

He's never commented on it.

No governor of either party has called for a national emergency meeting.

And this is not a pop quiz.

The answer is with four states who have all adopted something totally fundamental.