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On stage at the gop debate, i want to hear about education. i do not want to teach my five year old about sex identity. i want to focus on curriculum, this is super important, we are ranked number 30 in math and 17 in reading, we need to focus on education. i never thought i would be talking about the importance of teaching math and alithe metic, we are focusing on sex education. i do not want teachers to focus on this. i want to hear them talking about that. >> carley: kesha, what are you focus...

Year. but in virginia, one educator is staying put for the long haul. heres cbs scott macfarlane. >> reporter: he hits the treadmill to keep up his endurance in strength. hes in his 63rd year teaching math in northern virginia. and that adds up to thousands of students. >> 6,400 students. >> some of them are doctors and lawyers. >> reporter: you teach the children of your former students. do you teach the grandchildren of your former students? >> i think i had one. >> reporter: hes also had stud...

Sometimes and had a trial of it but we can learn pre- >> red and blue generous, caring about people regardless of which side they are on. and as americans it seems like theres a lot there in the history show we are capable of it. >> you teacher ask if youre blue or red if youre teaching math its not revel in entrant relevant. also reteaching these ideas the ideas of virtues. it is not a matter of blue or red. there are things deeper and more important than politics. >> it sounds we see young peo...

Sometimes and had a trial of it but we can learn pre- >> red and blue generous, caring about people regardless of which side they are on. and as americans it seems like theres a lot there in the history show we are capable of it. >> you teacher ask if youre blue or red if youre teaching math its not revel in entrant relevant. also reteaching these ideas the ideas of virtues. it is not a matter of blue or red. there are things deeper and more important than politics. >> it sounds we see young peo...

Known people around me that her lgbtq, whatever so many different letters now and things to describe how they want to be but ive been fine with that. the problem i have with bringing the stuff into the school the way its been brought into the school has been very sexualized. with books that contain sexually explicit details that is not correct. i dont even think teachers should be discussing this and for teaching math, or english, it is not correct. i never knew of my teachers were married, i di...

Known people around me that her lgbtq, whatever so many different letters now and things to describe how they want to be but ive been fine with that. the problem i have with bringing the stuff into the school the way its been brought into the school has been very sexualized. with books that contain sexually explicit details that is not correct. i dont even think teachers should be discussing this and for teaching math, or english, it is not correct. i never knew of my teachers were married, i di...

Known people around me that her lgbtq, whatever so many different letters now and things to describe how they want to be but ive been fine with that. the problem i have with bringing the stuff into the school the way its been brought into the school has been very sexualized. with books that contain sexually explicit details that is not correct. i dont even think teachers should be discussing this and for teaching math, or english, it is not correct. i never knew of my teachers were married, i di...

You would see the quality of schools, again, just like in a competitive market, start to rise. some schools would go broke. a lot of the public schools would go broke. no question about it rather painful for the first several years. i think far less painful as the kids going through the system as it is right now. >> jesse: our schools are failing because there is no competition. if you introduce competition they will get back to teaching math and history real quick because parents dont want to s...

Stay alive no matter what, and to find them. >> she was ultimately able to leave ukraine and reunited with her family in the netherlands. today she is volunteering in the netherlands teaching math and english to young ukrainian refugees. >> john: her story is heartbreaking, particularly when her daughter asked her about possibly being shot, my god, cant imagine going through that. trey yingst, great work again in kyiv. thank you. anita. >> anita: great work from trey, john. bring in retired four...

>> sean: rachel, you have kids. what is your reaction? >> its outrageous. they said be teaching math and science. they are grooming. pete is right. this is not an isolated case. many friends say in elementary school the kids are taught the ginger bread man to explain gender fluidity. >> sean: you cant make this up. >> no, you cant. there is a state senator in rhode island. a former teacher. she wrote on twitter excited for the house sex-ed bill teaching queer inclusive pleasure based sex-ed was ...