We got to cut this budget. $118 billion budget, $41 billion alone for the Department of Education. 42,000 per student, 100,000 less students enrolled, 1/3 of chuance every day, average fourth grader. 2/3 of them cannot read, write or do math at grade level. We have 200 schools with less than 200 students. There's mayoral control, but it's Michael Mulgrew, the union leader, who controls how these schools operate. (49:41–49:46)
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Asserts that two-thirds of students cannot read, write, or do math at grade level.
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