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Mattie Parker: “We were not where we needed to be and that we're at the…”

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 51:41

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 be and that we're at the bottom in terms of competitiveness and educational attainment in this data in America. And we want to be at the top. And 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. (51:41–51:50)

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Asserts that Texas was previously at the bottom in competitiveness and educational attainment.

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