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Lily Eskelsen Garcia, President of National Education Association, on What Schools Really Need

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Lily Eskelsen Garcia is a former school lunch lady who went on to become Utah’s Teacher of the Year. Today she’s president of the National Education Association, America’s largest labor union, which represents nearly 3 million teachers. She’s a vocal critic of standardized testing and the Obama administration. Garcia joins us to talk about the state of America’s education system and what changes she would like to see in today’s classrooms.

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Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president, National Education Association; former member of the White House Strategy Session on Improving Hispanic Education

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