ms. reese i want to ask, there's something that you submitted in your testimony where you said that millions of american families are now settling schools that are less than what they want for their children, and to many of the students are stuck in schools that are so dreadful that members of this community would not accept them is adequate for their own children or grandchildren. you are suggesting in that testimony, is that only if there were a charter school, --, parents would take their children put them in a nearby charter school. as a policymaker, we have asked the question, what about those schools? how can we address the needs of all of the students who are stuck in what you are calling our school so dreadful. it isn't just for the students, we have to consider all of those students. it is the same question i asked secretary divorce -- divorce -- dev os. do they have wet -- web in the water? what is the problem? in your testimony, you plotted and said good things about the charter scho

so, ms. reese, you have mentioned some examples of public and charter schools working together. i've heard some examples like that as well. how do we get that young person through third grade reading at a third-grade level? >> good reading programs make a difference. a lot of our charter schools arthritis thriving because they're putting programs that have been researched and tested starting at an early age, making sure they are making sure the students are actually proficient in reading before they move on to the next grade. at the end of the day, our community is about raising student achievement. doctor west highlighted some of the studies out there, but i want to repeat some of the things he mentioned. according to stanford's credo on average and african-american, low income charter school student gains an additional 59 days of learning in math and 54 additional days of learning in reading. to us that tells us there is something in the water in the charter school movement, especially for low income students and minority students that works and we should try to replicate thos

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