Zohran Mamdani: “One in 300 Americans is a student in the New York City…”

“I will not shirk that accountability, even when we are putting together a system that has greater involvement for parents, for educators, for students. Look, One in 300 Americans is a student in the New York City public school system. This is a system where we are failing to deliver excellence to students, to teachers, to parents.” (1:10:03–1:10:08)

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