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Thats exactly what i said. increase their obligation to pay more in. >> right. right. >> so there is no mis -- >> you used the figure 20%, ed. and that is misleading. >> that is not misleading because that is the figures that we got. okay. you know, im trying to get along with you here. why doesnt this go far enough? why pick on fixed income workers in america? why do that in your state? >> well, because so many people have lost their jobs or taken cuts in pay the state of wisconsin faces a $3 b...

>> you used the figure 20%, ed. and that is misleading. >> that is not misleading because that is the figures that we got. okay. you know, im trying to get along with you here. why doesnt this go far enough? why pick on fixed income workers in america? why do that in your state? >> well, because so many people have lost their jobs or taken cuts in pay the state of wisconsin faces a $3 billion deficit. governor walker is stuck with one of two options. he can either layoff a lot of state employees...

Have adequate funding in the school system to pay for more teachers. so they have to put them in voter youll school classrooms. >>clayton: they think they will see a teacher the first day and there is a computer system in there and no teacher. a shock if you are not informed. and now a statement from the school board and get your reaction to it. the state of florida is a leadership in online education because of the success and innovation of florida very youll -- virtual schools offering quality...

>>clayton: that is happening for thousands in floridian attempt by the school board to bypass school class room size restriction. >>dave: amoeba -- a member of the miami beachs parent association is here. you did not sign up for this and did not expect. what was your reaction when you found out your child had a computer as a teacher. >>guest: i was quite surprised. i had virtual school experience the year before. and to know that we were finished with virtual school as an option and to find out ...

Having this discussion. because to this day black students continue to suffer from much larger classes than the average student. we know it works to narrow the achievement gap. we know there are inequitable class size conditions across the country, especially for poor and minority kids. this is something where our first priority and our dollars should be going into investing in the classroom. right now states are spending billions of dollars on unproven programs like merit pay for teachers and i...

Strongly believe, having looked at this, that smaller class sizes are better for our students than larger class sizes even though there have been studies that show the opposite. >> well, i think its very clear the institute for education sciences chshgs is the research arm ever the u.s. department of education, says there are only four education reforms that have been proven to work with rigorous evidence, and class size reduction is one of them. allen krueger, professor at princeton, also the f...

Do you have a number in your head? >> the ideal class size in a world with unlimited money is one. its always easiest to learn when youre by yourself. in theory, its better to have fewer kids per teacher. we know we cant afford one kid per class. the question is, where do we balance the trade-off between having fewer kids per teacher and have toing hire more teachers and having to spend enormous amount stz money to do that? and keep in mind im not saying we should spend less money on education. ...

Teachers. >> lets talk about that. in the hierarchy of things that you would like to happen to create a better situation for public education in america, there are issues with teachers, there are issues with teacher training and evaluation. there are issues with class size and the condition of schools and the resources that they have. are you of the view that class size is the most important thing and based on what matthew said, do you agree that its more important in younger grades than it is s...

Good evidence that smaller classes make even more of a difference for disadvantaged kids and minority kids than for more advantaged kids and nonmciff minority kids. i think one important thing to keep in mind is you want to avoid a one size fits all mentality. by trying to implement the class size reductions across the board. you want to think about, can you focus the resources on where they have the biggest impact? one problem with class reduction is its enormously expensive, you have to hire t...

Things ive want bud have gotten more than that, so you know, its all about reading the situation and the only way to get there is to be clear with what youre position is. >> chris: letsz talk about education. you want to end tenure for teachers and put them on five-year contracts and you had to cut aid to lok kalts for schools by $1 billion this first year. the teachers union lets put it on the screen says results of the cuts of aid to schools was 10,000 layoffs and retirements, larger class siz...