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It is. >> its like the reformers are up against jabba the hut. its the unions and the paper pushers. >> city schools are terrible because of unions like yours. >> our test scores are not what we choose to focus on. >> how do you know if theyre learning anything? >> i know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. >> give me a break. >> gretchen: there he is. thats a clip from his special that airs tonight on "fox business" network. joining us now, john stossel. give me a break, right. >> g...

Same thing. its about frustration with the public school system. the inability to measure whats going on there, the inability to measure whether or not the children are learning anything and whether or not the teachers are doing their jobs. and that frustration is what, i think, pointed to things like charter school and standardized tests. >> joining me here on the red carpet, one of the stars of "wont back down," two-time oscar nominee, viola davis. a pleasure to be here. >> thank you very much...

That we are now faced with -- watch this. >> reporter: your results are awful. they are among the lowest in the nation. >> you make an argument that its the lowest in the nation, based upon the test scores. now, i would say that ours can get better. but i would say. >> reporter: your predecessors, the unions have been saying that for years. >> i think the unions have a pretty strong history of advocating for high-quality, public edkaysication. >> reporter: but not achieving it. >> our test score...

That we are now faced with -- watch this. >> reporter: your results are awful. they are among the lowest in the nation. >> you make an argument that its the lowest in the nation, based upon the test scores. now, i would say that ours can get better. but i would say. >> reporter: your predecessors, the unions have been saying that for years. >> i think the unions have a pretty strong history of advocating for high-quality, public edkaysication. >> reporter: but not achieving it. >> our test score...

That we are now faced with -- watch this. >> reporter: your results are awful. they are among the lowest in the nation. >> you make an argument that its the lowest in the nation, based upon the test scores. now, i would say that ours can get better. but i would say. >> reporter: your predecessors, the unions have been saying that for years. >> i think the unions have a pretty strong history of advocating for high-quality, public edkaysication. >> reporter: but not achieving it. >> our test score...

Kids. >> but how do you know if they are learning anything if you dont test them and compare. >> i know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. >> the protesters had celebrity you support. actor matt damon. he was asked by a come from reason tv about the rules that make it hard to fire a union teach. in acting there isnt job security, right. why isnt it like that for teachers. >> do you think job insecurity is what makes me work hard. i want to be an actor are. that is not the thing. y...

To come there. >> does he get to stop them? >> i will confront the unions about that and other strange things a union bosses says like we shouldnt judge teachers by how well students do on tests. >> how do you know they are learning anything? >> i know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. >> what? >> more stupid in america when we return. [ gans ] [ marge ] psst. constipated? phillipscaplets use magnesiu an ingredient that rks more naturally with your colon than stulant laxatives, phi...

School. body they ared bodhi they are going to come there. >> does he get to stop there? i. they said we shouldnt judge teachers by how well students do on test. >> how do you know they are learning anything. >> i know when i look in their eyes. >> what? more "stupid in america" when we return.

Are learning anything if you dont test them and compare? >> i know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. >> the protestors had celebrity support. actor matt damon he was asked about the rules that make it hard to fire a union teacher. >> in acting there is job security. why isnt it like that for teachers? >> you think job insect makes me work hard? >> you have an incentive to work harder. >> its not an incentive. you take this nba style thinking. >> nba style? this is a school idea. >>...

The banks and what about the colleges use ting this money to build all sorts of bells and whistles. i was in one of the most expensive colleges in the country. >> theyre just trying to recruit to get money, it doesnt have to do with learning anything. in fact, learning has gotten pretty cheap when youre looking at the combination of human beings, its just that we figured out how to sucker everyones brain. >> part it have is we have a society where part of the benefits are rising to the top of th...