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Decades. he works for the oecd and is the mastermind behind the test which compares school systems around the world. he's written a fascinating book about the lessons he's learned. it's called "world class: building a 21st century school system." welcome, andreas. first, explain the pisa test. the united states does not do very well on this test. i think what people need to understand is, it is a test that measures problem solving, intelligence, creativity. it is not just cramming of facts, right? >> absolutely. we put less weight on content knowledge and more on your capacity to think like a ...

Problem. second, those countries that educate those teachers much, much more in content knowledge and classroom practice than we do, and they have a much more professional view of their role. second thing to do is give everybody choices. one of the things we did, we talk a lot about in new york, is we opened up some 600 new schools of choice under mayor bloomberg. you know, everybody we know, every middle class person insists on a choice. why not give it to all the kids and set up a much more competitive system? the third thing, which you focus on and many of your programs, is the intelligent ...

To newt. >> i think he has shown a lot of content knowledge in the debates and he has not attacked his of points. you notice newt at the debeat on saturday was asked do you want to attack romney and he basically said no. i think that's smart. >> he has attacked the press a lot. usual lay good strategy. >> the question of is he the flavor of the month, it will come down to him. he is someone being known as undisciplined, not able to say the right thing. he's got the right views but can he maintain discipline and not make a bunch of errors and with stand the multiple marriages, flip flops on iss...