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Youre talking about. its these damned republicans that just dont understand the value of public education. they want to find fault with everything. they dont find any kind of positive stories at all when it comes to education. and this is the result. and now youre going to be in a school district that theyre expecting, well, heck, you could raise your property taxes 17%. whos in favor of that? >> and that doesnt work. >> and that doesnt work in the school district. >> and it doesnt work because ...

To governor corbett to come to our school and spend a day with us in our classroom, because she feels that their cutting education funding, theyre cutting her education opportunities to go to art, to go to music, to go to gym, to have guidance counselors because shes a bad person. she feels shes being targeted because the kids in inner city schools are bad people. and thats an open invitation to the governor. >> its doing damage to the kids, theres no question about it. no doubt. >> no question....

Even a child with learning disabilities or severe disabilities, is measured the same way. and in a district like ours, the poorer district, we have a higher percentage of special education students, who are required to take the same test as a student without disabilities. so even if my students make a gain from a first grade reading level to a third grade reading level in one year, im still a failure as a teacher. even though i moved them -- yeah. and, you know, i think a lot of the public -- th...

Are now being cast aside so the wealthiest americans can live a little bit better. how do you feel about that? >> well, i have to tell you, tth its the corbett administration way to devalue teachers, because the you devalue teachers, youre not going to have to pay them any money. i dont know about you, but i do know that no teacher i teach with are living high on the hog. we dont have big swimming pools and we dont have big cars. we teach because we love our kids. and its to the point now where ...