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Students learn more, you get paid more. that's complicated, but it's doable. particularly now with the new assessment tools that exist. so if a student, if you're in front of 150 students during the semester and 90% of them are having learning gains of a year and your counterpart next door is getting 30% or 20% of the students and is pretty consistent, obviously the teacher that has mastered his or her art should be rewarded significantly. if you're teaching in more difficult schools, you should be paid more. if you're teaching science and math, you should be paid more. differented pay is part...

Gains for one class from one year to the next -- >> it's called collective bargaining. that's the answer, and the answer is if you're the teachers they most represent are the teachers that have been in the system longer. the rights to protect a teacher who gets laid off and automatically gets placed in another school even though they may not be achieving those kind of learning gains, those are negotiated collectively. the last-in, first-out is fought by the, you know, protected by the union so they can protect the teachers that pay the more dues. this is -- this is economics. this is not -- we...

for president? >> no, i'm not. so, that creates that little opening that now the bloggers will all say stuff on. >> could america be ready for another bush in the white house? >> i mean, look, this is a time to serve. there's no question about it. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." governor, welcome. >> good to be here. >> i have to start, we'll come to education soon. but i have to start with last night's republican debate. what are your -- what's your view generally of these debates? how important are they right now? and what did you think of last night? >> i didn't see it because ...

you're not opposed to running for president? >> no, i'm not. so that creates that little opening that now the bloggers will all say stuff on. >> could america be ready for another bush in the white house? >> i mean, look, this is a time to serve. there's no question about it. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." governor, welcome! >> good to be here. >> i have to start, we'll come to education soon, but i have to start with last night's republican debate. what are your -- what's your view generally of these debates? how important are they right now? and what did you think of last night...

>> could america be ready for another bush in the white house? >> i mean, look, this is a time to serve. there's no question about it. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." governor, welcome! >> good to be here. >> i have to start, we'll come to education soon, but i have to start with last night's republican debate. what are your -- what's your view generally of these debates? how important are they right now? and what did you think of last night? >> i didn't see it because i was flying out to san francisco, but this morning, bright and early, i saw what other people thought of the deb...