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president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, i'm going to say i don't know, do you know? >> the least of herman cain's problems now but they are causing trouble. i'll explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. first, here's my take. i've been thinking about occupy wall street which is now occupying a number of other cities in america. and wondering what is it really about. the protesters don't like bank bailouts, they feel the 99% have been hard done by it,...

america's impending drawdown in afghanistan. he's worried. next up -- >> when they ask me who's the president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, i'm going to say, you know, i don't know. do you know? >> the least of herman cain's problems now but they are causing trouble. i'll explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. but first, here's my take. i've been thinking about occupy wall street, which is now occupying a number of other cities in america, and wo...

Excellent education nation initiative. now, some of the top minds in education reform along with teachers and parents have gathered to talk about ideas, problems, and solutions for putting america's schools back on top. there's a lot of positive, constructive discussion happening, and let's face it, a lot of rhetoric. now, one of the things that i've learned in my travels, speaking and debating with reformers, parents, teachers, teachers' union officials and children across the country is this -- there is no silver bullet to solve our nation's education problem. none. dumping obscene amounts o...

More money, especially in times like these. in the state of california we are strapped. and we keep -- we continue to lose money that had been previously allocated toward education. so my send is this -- if a -- my sense is this -- if a community wants a higher standard of public education, why shouldn't they if given direction by the superintendent of the schools, by the board of education, by the principals, why shouldn't they be able to donate toward that rather than taking, what, 25, 30,000 a year and putting it into a private school? i think public schools are the answer to the larger edu...

It's hard to connect everything up. >> glenn: who is making the decisions? >> politicians. people outside the field. the teachers don't have a voice. not getting to say the things we need to focus on in terms of the policy, reform. >> glenn: what would be the, what would you say is the biggest thing that -- if anybody had a grand unifying theory here to fix it, what would it be? yes. >> i think it all comes down to it's not an education problem. it's a values problem. excellent teachers create excellent students. i'm a union person. but i believe that the unions have drasticallydy leng wished ...