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Gives their kids a better chance of success in life. one great thing we need to know, is we made more progress in more areas than any other country on earth if we can make progress in the education space, we'll change the fabric of the country. in a positive way. we saw that in commonwealth of virginia, parent involvement in politics of virginia lead to one of the biggest victories we've seen in the last 20 years, because parents being involved in education, means that the issue is front and center countrywide. that is good news for those of us who believe that the best is yet to come for the ...

Goliath type of situation. you have the teachers unions who are well organized, well funded, and membership pays their dues. so in chicago we have the chicago teachers union, which is 25,000 strong. and they have significant sway over the city. sometimes it even feels like they have a vice grip over our children and they hold our children hostage. they hold our children hostage and they hold their educational needs hostage to their on whim. they will make a list and say we want x, y and z and let's add a, b and c as well and if we get five out of six we won. there needs to be more parent invol...

The left, show you the voting booth. they have ten voting stations set up where people are casting ballots. they say it has been a smooth process. 780 people so far came through this precinct and voted today, according to a loudoun county official. there's about 40,400 people that voted early. as an drew comes out, i am going to talk to one of the people that voted here. amy simone, a resident here more than 20 years. you told me a short time ago the issue driving you out here more than any other is the education issue. what specifically is concerning you. i know that's a big issue in loudoun ...

And 3% not at all, and this is the comment that has been haunting terry mcauliffe at the end of the debate in september. and then the economy which is always asked, and what do you think that the condition of the economy is, and 8% say excellent and 48% say good, so a majority of the virginia voters have a positive outlook on the economy, and 35% say not so good, and 8% say poor. >> thank you, david chalian. david axelrod, when the majority of the commonwealth of virginia cares about education, and they want parent involvement in the parent education and you is the candidate terry mcauliffe sa...

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) announced the launch of BE ENGAGED®, an initiative focused on encouraging parents, families and communities to work together to transform student outcomes.