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In the states that i do, it's a fundamental morality issue, not left and right. let me give you one statistic. 12% reading proficiency. we build jail cells based on reading proficiency. 88% of headed to jail based on that. >> tell him. >> school choice would empower parents to make the best decision so mothers don't have to work three and four jobs. they don't have to weep when they lose a lottery to get into the charter schools. it's not left or right. it's a moral issue. >> the democratic governor of new york, by the way, who doesn't want me here -- side note -- interestingly, he stood up fo...

Like don, all of you can be excellent role models for a lot of young kids out there. >> what the initiative my brother's keeper is doing is try to pull together best practices from all these different groups around the country and whether it's in a classroom in oakland that's having credible results and pushing kids into college and weincredible graduation rates, cobbling all this together. people want to create a new foundation. stacking on top of each other instead of taking everybody's initiatives and making them into one. if you're looking at third grade reading proficiency. we had a stagg...

For matt damon. in a sense keeping them off the elisium of school choice. if you have money, choice is okay. that's what all of us would agree, people with money have options for their kids. they can hire tutors, pay for private school or move to a better district. matt damon has the money, therefore, he has the choice. he's arguing that people without the money, he's the one that shouldn't have the choice. >> if you look at reading proficiency in places, one of the things matt damon is very much against is this whole idea of having standards in testing and figuring out where we stand, right? ...

Poverty, regardless of reading proficiency, did not complete high school on time. which is the same number for poor white students who did miss the reading proficiency mark. but if you're black or brown, 31% is how many poor african-american students who missed the third grade reading proficiency mark didn't graduate on time. 33% is how many poor latino students who failed to hit that third grade reading mark turned 19 without high school diplomas. but then there is this number. zero. zero is the gap between white and minority students when not living in poverty when it comes to graduation rat...