that's what this is about.
>> mr. secretary i wrote down
something you said, black and
brown kids.
that's part of what this is, yet
all too obvious in our politics
and media, it's hard to talk
about that.
right?
it's hard to talk about that
without immediately ending up in
a racially polarized discussion.
this initiative today is trying
to do the opposite.
i want to and why public policy
is looking specifically at these
results.
86% every african-american boys
and 82% of latino boys read
below proficiency levels by the
fourth grade.
when you compare it, it's 58% of
young white men or boys.
how do you deal with that at a
public policy level, while you
also, of course, have an
obligate to all students, which
the president discusses?
>> well, i think you focus at
the outset on making sure that
everybody is ready to learn.
that's why the president's laser
focus on early childhood is so