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Rahm Emanuel: “Louisiana, which has improved their math and reading scores significantly since the COVID pandemic.”

Featuring: Rahm Emanuel, Democratic | Former Mayor of Chicago, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan | Illinois

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Head Start, which is totally focused on numbers, colors, shapes and sizes and letters. And third, the pre K into a single educational thing was … Louisiana, which has improved their math and reading scores significantly since the COVID pandemic. … have thrown the towel in on them. Louisiana hasn't. Mississippi hasn't. Okay? And we should take note of that and actually use the political courage to bring change and make sure our kids are set up right. (17:56–18:07)

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Asserts that Louisiana has significantly improved math and reading scores since the COVID pandemic.

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