they ve seen people get killed. they have seen family members get locked up, so they re already broken, already people who have gone through so much, and then when they get in trouble, they end up back in that same system and so we need to find ways that are better you have to figure out how to get to these at-risk kids before they become incarcerated. exactly. so i spent so much time focusing on schools and i still do. we focus on helping make sure that teachers that are doing great a great job are getting their solutions funded and getting their work seen around the country so that we improve our schools, improve the instruction quality that we have for the kids. make sure that the resources they need are there. may sure if they have emotional traumas that they ve gone through that we offer support for them. but it s also important that for the kids that slip through the cracks who all these interventions haven t gotten to yet that we find solutions that aren t always all abo
to find ways that that are better you have to figure out how to get to these at-risk kids before they become incarcerated. exactly. i spent so much time focusing on schools and i still do. we focus on helping make sure that teachers that are doing great a great job are getting their solutions funded and getting their work seen around the country so that we improve our schools, improve the instruction quality that we have for the kids. make sure that the resources they need are there. may sure if they have emotional traumas, that we offer support for them but it s also important for the kids that slip through the cracks who all these interventions haven t gotten to yet that we find solutions that aren t always about locking them up. we have made a decision as a country over the last 40 years we re going to deal with most problems like poverty, drug dependency mental health issues by putting people in prison. can i challenge you on that for a second? let me challenge you on tha