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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found this. Starts at 1:35. I think there may have been one more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWXLCKL61s&t=1564s

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I just watched this starting at the time stamp indicated.

First question was on how the candidates was on racial equity in APS and what candidates would do to improve the educational experience of students of color.  Mary gave a better answer overall, but Miranda's was pretty similar.  Talking about equity, literacy, and need for data and monitoring.  She talked about the persistent achievement gaps in APS. The next question was what was the one single priority in the budget the candidates supported to address equity in APS.  Miranda talked about the need to pay teachers more because APS was falling behind.  Mary talked about more professional learning of staff and families to understand systemic racism.

Other questions continue on busing, gentrification, ACDC caucus, clean energy for the bus fleet and then SROs. (2:01) She was definitely anti SROs and specifically answered that as a lawyer, she viewed it through the "prism of rights and when a police officer is present your rights are different"

And I didn't see Miranda in the other NAACP link posted but Mike Webb stole the show there and not in a good way.

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Thank you for the summary. I watched this video and have seen them in action elsewhere debating, though not the Ed Committee debate. I have heard Mary speak and I believe she has a basic understanding of systemic inequity. Miranda in this video just seemed to say what the audience wanted. When someone talks about outcomes for "all students," that's not equity. At all. Its code for white students should be prioritized too. Except that they are always centered in the system. Miranda doesn't get it. Mary gets it more, but may not be all the way there yet.

I don't want to vote for Miranda. At all. I don't want to vote for Antonio either. I agree it's a bad slate.

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