Curtis Sliwa: “One third of the students are truants every day.”

“Why? He leads. But what do you want him to do once he becomes chancellor? He's cut that budget. $41 billion. This is education. Wait, 100,000 less students. One third of the students are truants every day. Two thirds of the students who go to fourth grade can't read at grade level, write at grade level, do math at grade level. It all goes to the top.” (05:39–05:42)

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