Putting underfunded rural schools at the front of the line, not the back of the line. That's what EBF does. The result is that Illinois now has a record number of teachers and we have the highest high school graduation rate in history. And no, the standards have not changed. People are graduating because we are giving them a better education and the student teacher ratio is. Is much better than it was before. (14:53–15:00)
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