Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121006:15:27:00
Third, as in third grade, which according to a study by professor of sociology donald hernandez at the city university of new york is the most important year in your education. why? because it's the year that you stop learning to read and start reading to learn. 3,975, that's how many students professor hernandez followed for 19 years, tracking their reading scores and economic status. of all the students surveyed, one-third struggled to read in third grade. and if they were among that third, they were four times, that's how much more likely students are not to graduate from high school on tim...