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Jahana Hayes: “Is this the education I would want for my child? If I couldn't answer yes to that every single time, then I had to…”

On the recordApril 29, 2019
Is this the education I would want for my child? If I couldn't answer yes to that every single time, then I had to figure out something different to do.
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Jahana Hayes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Hayes urges others to evaluate education standards based on personal values for their children.

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