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Janice Schakowsky: “The sign you have there says that poor conditions of their schools interfere with students' learning. So we are also…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
The sign you have there says that poor conditions of their schools interfere with students' learning. So we are also depriving our children of that sense of pride that will motivate them to be good students, to learn, to be ready to take over in this 21st century job market.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 14, 2011

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