Rahm Emanuel: “They retrained teachers and constantly trained them. Not once and one and done.”

“This is a persistence. If you want a quick gratification. Education is not the place. But they focused on math and reading and their scores went up. They retrained teachers and constantly trained them. Not once and one and done. The curriculum has been consistent, but both on reading and math. But the thing that was most eye opening both in Louisiana and my trip in January to Mississippi, in …” (16:45–16:50)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.