Rahm Emanuel

The reason we're winning in soccer worldwide, the reason we're winning in hockey worldwide, that we were winning in swimming worldwide is title nine.

I don't think the party should be in the business of undermining one of our great accomplishments as an example.

So I do think there's been some sense that that was a mistake.

Does it mean that everybody buys it?

No.

Now, what Mississippi did, and I want to also repeat, they did this 20 years ago.

In Mississippi, they don't call it a miracle.

They call it the marathon.

Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee replicated it and all seeing massive increases in reading scores.

One, it was a mandate statewide.

You couldn't opt in or out.

This was required.

Every teacher got retaught on the phonics or science of reading.

They got coaches for each school to keep the teachers and the principal focused and trained constantly.

Third, kids going all the way back to kindergarten,

In first grade, were prepped for their third grade reading test.

They got three times to pass at the kids.

If they didn't, they were held back.

So there were standards.

There was accountability.