Unearthed clip exposes stunning Talarico claim about 'students of color’ in Texas public schools

FIRST ON FOX: Texas Senate candidate James Talarico once criticized the Texas public school system for focusing too heavily on academics while arguing that social-emotional learning should receive greater attention and also declared that Texas schools were "not built" for "poor students" or "students of color."

"I was trapped in a system that was focused purely on academics, reading, writing, arithmetic. And there wasn't time to talk about social-emotional learning," Talarico said in a 2020 discussion with Texas Rising ...