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Joel Brennan: “50,000 kids who are now going to either charter schools or…”

Featuring: Joel Brennan, Democratic | Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 41:20

We should make sure we are focusing on the public schools to the extent we can. But if we think that we're going to somehow be able to push every kid back into the public schools in Milwaukee, 50,000 kids who are now going to either charter schools or private schools. If we think that we're going to be better off if they go into the public schools tomorrow, we're fooling ourselves. Right? There are great schools in the Milwaukee public schools. (41:20–41:24)

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