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The rest of the people on this stage and one person that wants to run for the presidency. being in favor of the obama race to the top and that is not conservative. >> governor romney? >> nice try. let me tell you what i think i i would do. one, education has to be held at the local and state level not at the federal level. we need to get the federal government out of education. and secondly, all of the talk about we needed smaller classroom size. that is promoted by the teachers unions to hire m...

and 13.9 million people are still out of work. we just cant seem to catch a break. don pack is features editor for "the atlantic" and wrote "can the middle class be saved?" don, whats the answer, can it? >> the middle class can be saved but we need to take a wide array of aggressive action to save it, i think. its interesting the middle class itself has in many ways been downgraded in this recession. the housing bubble amassed a host of problems. the middle class has been slowly hallow...

Overtime, performance bonuses, hazardous duty pay and even classroom size. i will put it become on the table and well have a vote. he didnt have to do any of that, but he did that. and the democrats rejected it saying, we dont get to negotiate over sick pay and sick leave and vacation, then its not good enough. im almost done. let me finish. >> you are going and going. megyn: i want to set it up because people dont necessarily know. so supporters say, hes done his best to negotiate and there was...

Time, classroom size for teachers and the democrats who are awol say thats inadequate. he has to have sick leave on the table, vacation pay and they are still staying out of the state. do you agree with the governors proposed compromise and your reaction to the democrats that its not sufficient. >> i think the lines of communication have remained open and should through this process with the democrats. but the idea that we are going to change the bill that was passed in the wisconsin assembly af...

Across the border in illinois, but it good show the governor was willing to give up ground on the centerpiece of this controversy, collective bargaining under the original investigation of the budget repair bill, collective bargaining rights had been restricted to wages and to the consumer price index or inflation with this compromise, if it would go through, the public employees would have the ability to bargain beyond inflation, and therefore, compensate for the reduced benefit, with the discu...

Budget. were broke. we are broke in this state. were broke. you really cant negotiate when you dont have money to negotiate. >> walker talks a good game on camera but he is trying to cut a deal behind closed doors. a new development. this afternoon e-mails between governor walkers aides and the wisconsin 14 were released to the milwaukee journal sentinel. the governors office e-mailed a series of concessions to democratic senator bob jauch on sunday night. they include a concession to allow unio...

Im sure you spoke to a lot of public workers there. did they feel this was an important examination of how to fix our problems? did they feel it was a union story? or is this a teacher story or all of those things? >> i think it is all of those things, you know. talking to people who were there. it wasnt so much about the benefits, it wasnt about the financial impact. it was about getting rid of collective bargaining and getting rid of the right to have a say in working conditions and classroom ...

Fortunate to be attending our schools and weve had situations where they have groomed other students and in other case last year in seattle sexually assaulted a developmentally disabled parents without the parents knowing they had to information. >> uma: but do the school officials have the information? >> school has the information and what the school can do is notify teachers because of classroom size, you know, teachers cant watch for everything. and parents should have that information, its ...

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line. engines pumping and thumping in time. the green light flashes. >> detroit may have to close down half of their public schools. can you imagine? half of their public schools. classroom size. that means well go from 32 students for one teacher to 62. >> yes, it will double from 32 to 62. and then how will the children learn math? >> time now to take a look at morning papers. "miami herald." at least four people have filed human rights abuse claims in hait...

City, public schools are certainly not palted. here is what i say. ill leave the question whether to give rid of the department of ed to people with bigger sledgehammers than me. it becomes a political issue. what i do is hopefully the opposite of politics. what i know, however, is the idea of having the federal government setting education policies way down the line seems to not be a good idea. as you talk about here. when we look at test scores and r.o.i.s, you think like a business person loo...