Rahm Emanuel

And the truth is they didn't really figure it out except for they returned to the fundamentals.

They rewired every teacher around the science of reading phonics.

Train, train, train.

And they get constant training.

It's not one and done.

Right.

They get a coach.

The school gets a coach.

The school coach coaches the principal, coaches all the teachers on the science.

On the subject of teaching reading, essentially.

Two teachers.

They have a minimum, I'm doing this by memory, but I think it's an hour and 15 minute per day for every child.

Second is as a child is going, if that individual child needs more support than the hour and 15 minutes every day, they get a tutor.

Now, one thing I will say is, and to their credit, and I met with Mr. Barksdale, the guy that created Netscape, that funded this whole thing.

I suppose structurally, there was no other option.

You couldn't kind of opt out.

This is what you were doing to get Mississippi money.

You had to do this.

So this was not like local control.

They went, no.