Rahm Emanuel
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That's true in other professions.
But the fundamentals...
In third grade, you're going to have to learn how to read, whether AI exists or not.
You're going to have to know how to do math regardless.
Now, you may be right about coding.
But to me, when you said it hasn't changed in 100 years, the biggest reform we did in Chicago that I think is relevant is the high school education when we made it universal.
B average, you got free community college in Chicago.
50% of our kids graduate with college credit under their belt on graduation day.
And third, 98% met the requirement of producing a letter from a college, a community college, a branch of the armed forces or vocational.
80% of the jobs of tomorrow require something post-high school.
And we haven't fixed the education system to meet that 80% benchmark.
And that's why I talk about it.
And then to me, this is the ultimate thing every parent's trying to figure out.
Your parent articulated AI.
Other parents articulated, you know, they learned a lot during COVID about what was happening at their local school or not.
No.
And since we're also junkies about politics, it was interesting.
20 years ago, 15 years ago, remember when they used to do the battery, which party do you trust more?
Healthcare, taxes, national security, debt, right?
New York Times poll, and there was another, I think it was CNN poll.