… down on what they need to learn the reading and the writing and the math and science for them to be leaders in the United States going forward. And yes, We are now teaching phonics in the classroom and cursed ever writing in the classroom. And to make sure we got all this done, these ladies and gentlemen behind me, they got a law to my desk that I signed that bans DEI in public … (21:48–21:56)
CLAIM
Asserts that Texas classrooms are teaching phonics and cursive writing.
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