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Us, having a great teacher in the classroom and reasonable class size makes all the difference, makes a huge amount of difference. the real discussion is how do you get great teachers in the classroom and take experienced teachers and those who aren't performing, bring them along and new teachers. that's the focus. he doesn't want to talk about teachers because he doesn't want to employ them. >> it means money. you have to pay them. in 2011, 68% of schools said they had to eliminate teacher positions because they didn't have the budget money. this is a problem that actually requires checks. th...

Teachers and those who aren't performing, bring them along and new teachers. that's the focus. he doesn't want to talk about teachers because he doesn't want to employ them. >> it means money. you have to pay them. in 2011, 68% of schools said they had to eliminate teacher positions because they didn't have the budget money. this is a problem that actually requires checks. there's no money under romney's budget to do it. >> it seems to me romney doesn't understand what tutoring is all about. that one-on-one personal connection, focus on the student that needs to be catching up a little bit. he...

Car that was world class unless they began to change them, the same has been true for the detroit public schools. but because they were a monopoly so long, campbell, they just kept running those big impersonal standardized schools. and they haven't worked for a quarter century. and they still aren't. >> so why do you think shutting down schools, i guess, is more effective than trying to fix them or reform them? >> well, i think the really big news is a week ago, a broad civic coalition in detroit unveiled a reform plan which for the first time offers hope, even if the detroit public schools fa...