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customers, we listened to the customers, we talked to them. as governor, education is one of the biggest parts of the state budget. i go, i shadow a student. the student finds out i'm going to go to every class with them. i don't lecture districts how to do it. i see the experience. what needs to change in education is innovation. we are doing at the same way we did it 50 years ago. i would get rid of the department of education and give block grants to schools, but i would give them on merit. i just got done holding the government's conference. you should see what people do when you cut loose the red tape. they care. teachers care about those kids. they are working low-paying jobs and they are fighting for those kids. >> you said this is the women's issue of our time.
did it 50 years ago. i would get rid of the department of education and give block grants to schools, but i would give them on merit. i just got done holding the government's conference. you should see what people do when you cut loose the red tape. they care. teachers care about those kids. they are working low-paying jobs and they are fighting for those kids. >> you said this is the women's issue of our time. >> as a parent, the one thing you want is for your child to have a better life than you. we can talk about these things and there is a lot of crazy things happening in schools but we have to get these kids are reading. if they cannot read by third grade, they are four times less likely to graduate high school. we need transparency in the classroom because parents should not have to wonder what is being said or talked to their
that lasts well into september. the best month of the year. >> bill: if you work at goldman sachs, good luck. we're here every day. american education now escalating as a major concern for voters as the nation's reading and writing scores plummet. candidates last night in the stage here in milwaukee calling the to axe the department of education? how would that work? lydia hu has more. >> good morning, bill. republican candidates ripped into the decline of american education pointing to progressive policies as a problem and some calling to dismantle the department of education. watch here. >> we need education not indoctrine nation. >> let's shut down the department of education, put the $80 billion in the hands of pair analities. >> i would give block grants based on merit. >> tim scott criticizing the teachers unions. >> on education, the only way we
into failing schools and locking them out of the greatest future they could have. >> parents should never have to wonder what's being said or taught to their children in the classroom. >> i would get rid of the department of education and give block grants to schools on merit based on who is doing the most innovative. >> the decline the education is one of the major reasons why our country is in decline. we need education. >> if god made you a man. you play sports with men. >> harris: governor chris sununu of an early voting state new hampshire home to the nation's first primary. great to see you today. you and i were back channeling right there. what is your take on all that about killing the board of education? where are you? >> i'm a big states rights guy. the best education is local. there is very few things that come out of washington where one size fits all especially in education. we talk about parents matter, having control on the school