Why do you think New York City spends so much per student and still achieves such poor outcomes? And what would you do to address this problem? Well, just to give you the analytics, there are 100,000 less students. 1/3 [of students] every day are truant. That means they don't even come to school. Two thirds don't read at fourth grade grade level. They can't write at fourth grade grade level. (06:39–06:41)
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Asserts that one-third of New York City students are truant daily.
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