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Where we led the nation in terms of learning gains because we had -- we ended social promotion. we had the most dynamic school choice programs in the country. >> immigration is another potential sticky issue for you in the gop base. >> thats what i heard. >> and you told our own shannon a long time ago its not a felony but an act of love and said -- but lots of crimes are committed out of love. thats my question to you. it doesnt stop their prosecution so what is it about illegal immigration? >>...

Where we led the nation in terms of learning gains because we had -- we ended social promotion. we had the most dynamic school choice programs in the country. >> immigration is another potential sticky issue for you in the gop base. >> thats what i heard. >> and you told our own shannon a long time ago its not a felony but an act of love and said -- but lots of crimes are committed out of love. thats my question to you. it doesnt stop their prosecution so what is it about illegal immigration? >>...

We get what we have today which is a third of kids being college or career ready and we spend more per student than any other country in the world other than a two or three. ill show you the record in florida where we led the nation in terms of learning gains. we ended social promotion and had dynamic school choice programs. when people see the florida record and see the learning gains that have taken place where we were at the bottom in graduation rate and moved up. >> reporter: you hear that h...

My testing question. >> i want to respond to that. basically, what were talking about is its not the case that all school districts know who the grossly ineffective teachers are, at least in california, because you only have 16 months under that statute to try to make a decision about whether or not somebody can achieve learning gains. thats highly problematic. as the court found, it basically results in a quality-blind determination that by default, has grossly ineffective teachers in classroom...

But it was a lot of fun. >> sounds like a great time. >> you started talking about education reform back in 1994, you continued it for a long time. im sure you were doing it before your first campaign. and education nation comes every year and we talk about it. a lot of times were talking about this thing. are we making progress? the only measurement that matters is student learning. some places are, some arent. >> who is doing it right? >> indiana, louisiana, florida, delaware, im not sure why ...

Students learn more, you get paid more. thats complicated, but its doable. particularly now with the new assessment tools that exist. so if a student, if youre in front of 150 students during the semester and 90% of them are having learning gains of a year and your counterpart next door is getting 30% or 20% of the students and is pretty consistent, obviously the teacher that has mastered his or her art should be rewarded significantly. if youre teaching in more difficult schools, you should be ...

Gains for one class from one year to the next -- >> its called collective bargaining. thats the answer, and the answer is if youre the teachers they most represent are the teachers that have been in the system longer. the rights to protect a teacher who gets laid off and automatically gets placed in another school even though they may not be achieving those kind of learning gains, those are negotiated collectively. the last-in, first-out is fought by the, you know, protected by the union so they...

for president? >> no, im not. so, that creates that little opening that now the bloggers will all say stuff on. >> could america be ready for another bush in the white house? >> i mean, look, this is a time to serve. theres no question about it. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." governor, welcome. >> good to be here. >> i have to start, well come to education soon. but i have to start with last nights republican debate. what are your -- whats your view generally of these debates? how ...

youre not opposed to running for president? >> no, im not. so that creates that little opening that now the bloggers will all say stuff on. >> could america be ready for another bush in the white house? >> i mean, look, this is a time to serve. theres no question about it. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." governor, welcome! >> good to be here. >> i have to start, well come to education soon, but i have to start with last nights republican debate. what are your -- whats your view gene...

>> could america be ready for another bush in the white house? >> i mean, look, this is a time to serve. theres no question about it. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." governor, welcome! >> good to be here. >> i have to start, well come to education soon, but i have to start with last nights republican debate. what are your -- whats your view generally of these debates? how important are they right now? and what did you think of last night? >> i didnt see it because i was flying out t...