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That conversation or that voice. >> absolutely. a deep fear that our children won't be prepared. you know, the world that they're entering into is highly competitive, and parents understand if their children are not getting their needs met educationally they're going to fail. >> eva, how do you -- >> the passion is -- >> i'm a deep believer in parent choice and i think that disadvantaged parents need the same choices that more affluent parents have. and so i don't think that we should be making choices for parents, and that's why i support the charter movement. it's also why i support tax cred...

Schools now. and the truth is it not all public schools are failing and not all charter schools are succeeding. in fact, a 2009 report by stanford university found the following -- 17% of charter schools reported academic gains that were significantly better than traditional schools. 17%. and the same study found that just 37% of charter schools showed gains that were worse than their traditional public school counterparts. and 46% of charter schools showed no significant difference. that's almost half. now, my goal in using these statistics is not to say that there isn't merit in charter scho...