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Mattie Parker: “Educational attainment [is the metric Texans should look at…”

Featuring: Mattie Parker, Republican | Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

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The Future of Texas Families | Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker | The Future of Texas Ep. 6

Published | Video Starts at 51:46

And I'm very proud that we've, we the collectively in Texas took a really hard look in the mirror and acknowledged we were not where we needed to … Educational attainment [is the metric Texans should look at to know the next generation is doing better by 2036]. … I know that we've now kind of striving toward that. It'll take a lot of hard work and focus, but I'm confident we can get there. Perfect. Awesome. (51:46–51:48)

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