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Them to the school of their choice. we we eliminated social promotion in third grade. we did all this and raised standards. and our and our standards have to be high enough where a student going through our system is college or career ready. and thats not whats happening right now. >> is common core a federal takeover? >> no. and it shouldnt be. heres where i think conservatives and myself are deeply concerned with this president and this department of education. theres a theres a risk that they...

Or excellence than the system wont move florida. in florida we did have the first state-wide voucher program and more school choice in florida public and private than any state in the country and the largest virtual school. the largest corporate tax dollarship program 30000 students where if their child has a learning disability they can take the state and local dollars and send them to any private school of their choice. we eliminated social promotion in third grade. difficult thing to do. we d...

>> is anna your real name? >> okay. so its not john? >> no. >> we go by anna. i went by calvin most of my life. then somewhere in the eighth grade, i said i want to be called kelly. somebody could have said thats has girls name. my mother was cool with it. >> but then again, you were 14 and made that decision. eight years old, youre in, what, third grade? >> something like that. >> whats wrong with wearing a suit? >> who knows? these are all interesting questions. we know shiloh has parents who ...

In february, president obama launched an initiative called "my brothers keeper" to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by young men of color. >> i firmly believe that every child deserves the same chances that i had, and thats why were here today. im going to pen this presidential memorandum to determine what we can do right now to improve the odds of young boys and men of color. were committed to what works, and we call it my brothers keeper. >> plight of young black males has been heavil...

Four-year term. why not sign that if you have no interest in running for president? >> chris, let me just be clear, we brought ohio back from the brink of disaster. i mean, we were down 350,000 jobs. now were up almost a quarter million. we were $8 billion in the hole now up $1.5 billion. we have so much to do with workforce. we just put into play a third grade reading grauarantee so ki are not socially promoted to the time they drop out -- >> can you answer my question? >> the answer is simple,...

Alaska, those democrat senators are probably looking at these election results and sweating bullets right now because they know the same thing is going to be true this november. >> dave jolly did not have the name recognition and was outspent four to one. i want to talk about your state for a second. like mitch daniels, came into a situation, was somewhat dubious. then you turned it around to the point where you guys are going to report a surplus this year. you came in with a $3 billion deficit....

We saw very personal side of president obama earlier this week when he announced a new initiative aimed at addressing the unique obstacles to success that young black and brown men face. as the president pointed out, young men and women of color are systemically and structurally blocked from the tools, the resources, and opportunities to make good choices for their lives and succeed. now, the statistics are staggering. two-thirds of students who cant read proficiently by the end of third grade w...

Just deal with that by talking about good policing. we need tostopng discrimination >> absolutely. the thing the president did here thats really good, the thing we didnt have before and why you pointed to it, the lack of congress support. he went out to the public and private sector and said, you guys support me. they wont give me any money and so you support me. the ford foundation, mcarthur, kellogg put up $350 million to support this endeavor and looking at very specific solutions to these pr...

So, for example, early childhood education is a huge priority. so many of the young boys by the age of third grade arent reading. and we know thats a major indicator for whether or not youre going to graduate from high school on time. so lets make sure that theyre literate by third grade. looking at the system by which suspensions and expulsions are put in place. oftentimes disproportionately affect boys of color. lets keep the children in the classroom. the juvenile delinquency system dispropor...

Friends of ours went down to florida. my son was playing in this exhibition and we spent some time in the golf course. >> youre not a lousy golf player. you had a bet with a brain surgeon whos a nice guy but one of the most arrogant people in the world next to talk show hosts. you dont like to take peoples money, so you double down. it was a lot of fun. now i will say this. these are pictures of me playing golf right now. now theres one picture of me in a cart. the cart had a problem. it ran int...