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Joe Courtney: “And we all should bear responsibility from Congress on down for the fact that there are many, many, many teachers in…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
And we all should bear responsibility from Congress on down for the fact that there are many, many, many teachers in America today who have never really been prepared to teach a child to read.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney emphasizes the collective responsibility for teacher preparedness in reading education.

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