Mark Pocan: “One out of four [charter schools] fail, but it's done for…”

“And, you know, Betsy DeVos, who is very, very, very, very, very, very rich, has made a career out of trying to take away public education opportunities in favor of rigilitous school opportunities. And by putting funding into those schools, often they're terrible schools. One out of four [charter schools] fail, but it's done for all the wrong reasons. So, you know, we have to fight. If you really believe in income inequality and equality and you want every family to succeed, no matter what zip code they live in or where they come from, demographically, you have to support public schools.” (23:13–23:17)

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