in a statement, hartford public schools wrote.while hartford public schools cannot comment on pending litigation, we remain deeply committed to meeting the full range of needs our students bring with them when they enter our schools and helping them reach their full potential. >> watchdog man. >> doctor jesse turner is the leader of the literacy center at central connecticut state university. he feels the main issue here is inequality in public education. >> america should be asking. >> a question. >> do we really care about our children? all of our children? and i would argue that maybe we don't. >> a 2019 report from build, which promotes equity in public schools, found that majority nonwhite school districts get $23 billion less than districts that serve mostly white students. minority enrollment in hartford public schools is at about 90%. >> the department. >> of education. >> is a big con job. >> plus, turner fears a crucial guardrail will be lost if the trump administration follows through with abolishing the department of e

in a statement, hartford public schools wrote, while hartford public schools cannot comment on pending litigation, we remain deeply committed to meeting the full range of needs our students bring with them when they enter our schools and helping them reach their full potential. >> watch dog. >> man doctor jesse turner is the leader of the literacy center at central connecticut state university. he feels the main issue here is inequality in public education. >> america should be asking a question do we really care about our children? all of our children? and i would argue that maybe we don't. >> a 2019 report from bild, which promotes equity in public schools, found that majority nonwhite school districts get $23 billion less than districts that serve mostly white students. minority enrollment in hartford public schools is at about 90%. >> the department of education is a big con job. >> plus, turner fears a crucial guardrail will be lost if the trump administration follows through with abolishing the department of education. >> how do i protect the special education children? who do i

i saw the same thing in phenix and hartford. well, two weeks after i left her, the pandemic hit dr. kathy trimble, who i again focused on the book. she writes me an email because i check in on her to make sure the kids are okay. she's doing okay because she became a friend. she wrote me this email that broke my heart. it said, you know, it's been a while since you've been here. we still miss you. you know, it was a great time to speaking with you. but since the pandemic, those tablets are like books without paper. she said, we tried everything. wi fi enabled school busses. we tried to reach out to the and their parents, but we can't get them to the school because the busses aren't running. so they used to be in front of the stoop before the pandemic. and now we're just trying figure out how to make sure they get food and this safe for me, that was one of many educational stories that i heard. i mean, in hartford, just like in baltimore, there were kids walking to some of the fast food restaurants before the pandemic because their schools were built with concrete. they couldn't bring