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To have impact. lets not pretend we will get anywhere if romney really wanted to go whole hog on privatization of education. lets not pretend he would get very far at all. some of the ideas he seems to have about class size are frankly just ignorant. he doesnt seem to be aware of the research. >> theyre absolutely archaic. he is down to the basics and fundamentals of teacher-student ratio in the classroom and results. this guy wants to be president of the united states. sam, does romneys educati...

President wanted $30 billion more for express purposes of saving 230,000 teacher jobs. if romney were to say, wed like more teachers in the classroom, i would agree with the concept of smaller class sizes, how do you get that $30 billion passed. >> conservatives love to talk about american exceptionalism and now their candidate is talking about how they do it in other countries. what do you make of that? >> i call it situational conceptionali conceptionalism. convenient. when not convenient, we ...

Years, who would say that they would love -- more stuns would benefit >> of course. >> i cant think of a parent that would say, i would like my teacher to be in a room with a lot of kids and only one teacher. im kind of wondering where this research comes from. >> its hard to imagine mr. romney is going to run for president on the basis of saying class size ought to be bigger. if you can put 20 kids in the classroom, why not 30 or 50? more efficient, marvelous. i dont think he will run on that. ...

Saving 230,000 teacher jobs. if romney were to say, wed like more teachers in the classroom, i would agree with the concept of smaller class sizes, how do you get that $30 billion passed. >> conservatives love to talk about american exceptionalism and now their candidate is talking about how they do it in other countries. what do you make of that? >> i call it situational conceptionalism. convenient. when not convenient, we want to look around the globe for best practices. get going back to the ...

on the news of the day. political junkie and funny lady, the irrepressible annie wentworth. plus a missing child, has the killer finally been found? >> the new york police department is announcing the arrest of pedro hernandez for the murder of etan patz. the last bizarre twist in a 33--year-old mystery. also countdown to the olympics. dara tor ez has won 12 medals and gunning for more in london. >> i love standing up on the blocks against the young whipper snappers and swimming agai...

arrest of pedro hernandez for the murder of etan patz. the last bizarre twist in a 33-year-old mystery. also countdown to the olympics. dara torez has won 12 medals and gunning for more in london. >> i love standing up on the blocks against the young whipper snappers and swimming against them. >> tonight i dare her to show me what shes really made of. and in america, a good deed gone very, very bad. this is "piers morgan tonight." >> good evening. our big story tonight, politics and pr...

>> good evening. our big story tonight, politics and promises. mitt romney rolls out a new ad today and makes big promise on the deficit, trade with china, the economy and jobs. lets take a look. >> what would a romney presidency be like? day one, president romney announces deficit reductions, ending the obama error of big government, helping secure our kids futures. president romney stands up to china on trade and demands they play by the rules. president romney begins repealing job-k...

Portraying romney caring for about profit than people. visited american education in crisis and obama dragging its feet and alleged its because the president values gain donations from teachers unions more than educating students. he talks like he is he for the under privileged. he is putting campaign cash ahead of the needs of our kids. >> he also noted a study by the mcken zi institute for all that the students smaller class size is not as important as a good teacher. one the schools he visite...

the truth if thats a promise he can keep or whether its his version of read my lips or ill close gitmo. this evening with presidential politic, and a focus on key battleground states. president obama is in iowa tonight. six electoral votes but a hotly contested tossup state at a wind turbine plant in newton, iowa, the president said he understood times are tough but he argues the republican agenda isnt the answer. >> when you hear somebody say, we should cut more taxes, especially fo...

Increasing class size. we are losing art, music, phys ed. were losing guidance counselors, librarians. were having, you know, maybe upwards of 45 students in a class. thats whats projected. were losing two middle schools. our students will go to k-8 buildings. that could be a positive. >> and mr. bradford, this is all about the budget or is it about an ideology that public education isnt necessary and only a few are going to make it? what does it do to opportunity? >> i think its about ideology ...