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Eric Adams: “40% of our children [are] reading and writing at grade…”

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And that's what we do every day. We're not gonna solve all the problems. But you can't tell me we continue to spend this much money and then have 40% of our children [are] reading and writing at grade level. Yeah, it just doesn't all over the country. That's the thing. Like, there just has to be a better way. (1:16:59–1:17:03)

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