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Mandela Barnes: “It has completely destabilized public education in…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Campaign 2026: Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) - Candidate for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 11:46

If you were governor, would that program continue? Well, the program should not be statewide, for sure. The program should not have the income gaps lifted. It's been a boondoggle and It has completely destabilized public education in Wisconsin. Now, what I have led with, and the most important thing we could do, the most immediate step that we can take, is to provide a system of accountability, a system that gets the bad actors out there are these Fly by Night Schools. (11:46–11:51)

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Asserts that the School of Choice program has destabilized public education in Wisconsin.

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