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La Tonya Johnson: “In Milwaukee, over 86% of the students are disadvantaged.”

Featuring: La Tonya Johnson, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 6

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State of Black Wisconsin 2026

Published | Video Starts at 56:41

How does that educational system compare? And especially when you have high poverty rate areas like In Milwaukee, over 86% of the students are disadvantaged. Another thing that we need to concentrate more on is recruiting minority teachers. In all facets, minority educators matter, but in this building, we tend to think that they don't. (56:41–56:54)

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Asserts that a significant majority of students in Milwaukee are disadvantaged.

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