Jessica Ramos: “I am a co-sponsor of our new curriculum that we're fighting…”

“I am very much a member of the Diane Ravitch School of Thought, and I do plan to opt out my children when the time comes. But at the state level, there are many reforms that we've talked about that I'm actually I am a co-sponsor of our new curriculum that we're fighting for to ensure that black, Latino, and Native American stories are actually being told. I have to tell you, I'm close to being 34 years old now. I have hardly ever seen someone who looks like me in a textbook right I'm about to be six, he's about to be six.” (02:57–03:13)

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