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Brad Lander: “The next generation of students, for example, are gonna read…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 41:32

Be a doomer about it. Yeah, but I'm not trying to be doomer. No, no, no. But look, I think. I mean, it seems pretty clear to me that The next generation of students, for example, are gonna read and write less than, you know, my generation. read and wrote so much more. Is visual. Is the that doesn't mean they have to be stupid, you know, it really doesn't. They can be critical thinkers, really creative and imaginative, collaborate with other people. (41:32–41:39)

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Asserts that future generations will read and write less than previous generations.

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