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Children learn in their own way. instead of grades, theyre using levels. deb feyrick has todays "dont fail me." >> have a good day. see you. >> reporter: just outside denver, colorado, something interesting is happening in at hodgkins elementary school. >> working on measuring using a string. >> reporter: kids discovering a different way of learning. >> its an x-ray. >> reporter: victor and delsar are 11. ask them what grade theyre in, you wont get a traditional answer. >> level 7. >> reporter: ...

Point number two, if a child cant read well by the time hes in third grade hes four times less likely to graduate from high school by age 19 than one who can. and if he happens to be poor, hes six times less likely to graduate. so by boosting reading levels we can help more of our kids make the grade. keep on advancing. reach that day so many parents dream of until it comes close and then you start tearing up and thats when theyre walking across the stage holding that high school diploma. number...