paula gomez, your first question is directed to mr. emmanuel. >> when taxes were going to go to public education, chicago public schools currently have one of the shortest school days in the nation. by the time a high school student graduates, they will have received approximately three years less instructional time compared to students in other major cities. and as you well know, the current graduation rate is only 56%. but the question is, what specifically will you do to improve public education in chicago, and make it available to all students and not just the lucky ones who get into a magnet, gifted or charter school. >> there's two parts to that question. first, if a kid in chicago goes from kindergarten all the way to high school and their cousin is in houston, kindergarten, to high school, the cousin in houston spends four more years in a classroom than the cousin in chicago. a full high school education. i will seek and go to springfield to raise the minimum both the length of the year and the length of the day, because our ki

paula gomez, your first question is directed to mr. emmanuel. >> when taxes were going to go to public education, chicago public schools currently have one of the shortest school days in the nation. by the time a high school student graduates, they will have received approximately three years less instructional time compared to students in other major cities. and as you well know, the current graduation rate is only 56%. but the question is, what specifically will you do to improve public education in chicago, and make it available to all students and not just the lucky ones who get into a magnet, gifted or charter school. >> there's two parts to that question. first, if a kid in chicago goes from kindergarten all the way to high school and their cousin is in houston, kindergarten, to high school, the cousin in houston spends four more years in a classroom than the cousin in chicago. a full high school education. i will seek and go to springfield to raise the minimum both the length of the year and the length of the day, because our ki