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Dick Durbin: “In a major city of this nation, the major league school…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Sounds Alarm On The Trump Admin Upending Head Start & Continuing Attacks On Special Education

Published | Video Starts at 05:05

I am what they call a grandfather. And one of my grandchildren deals with dyslexia. And I can tell you without naming names, I could, but I'm not going to. In a major city of this nation, the major league school district isn't worth a damn when it comes to treating special kids with dyslexia. From my point of view, we've got a lot that we need to do. And I don't think what this administration is proposing is any help whatsoever. It is beyond. (05:05–05:19)

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Asserts that a major city school district is inadequate in addressing dyslexia.

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