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Randy Romanski: “The kids that went to the voucher schools did worse than in…”

Featuring: Randy Romanski, Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Education and Labor with AFT President Randy Weingarten

Published | Video Starts at 34:44

And what we saw in those early voucher programs, which were used to try to say to people, particularly, you know, African American parents, this is a way out, was that ultimately The kids that went to the voucher schools did worse than in public schools. So that, so all of a sudden that didn't become the issue. Then it became, let's actually help deconstruct the public school system. And that's the era that we're in right now. (34:44–34:50)

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