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>> democrats have delayed the confirmation actis of the some e president's cab knows, jeff sessions, betsy devos, tom price. what do democrats accomplish by doing that? >> i think it's important to make sure that the folks who are going to serve in these cabinet positions are qualified. good example of that was the questioning of betsy devos, who is up for the education secretary position, and folks saw very clearly that basic questions, basic questions about th education system were asked of her, and she had no idea what the answers were. when al franken asked her about the difference between...

Five-city tour to talk about their education as a civil right. so i think this is something we can come together on, but there are those who want to privatize education for personal gain that are not concerned about the students. i think what jeb bush is doing in florida can be studied but i think there are some that have taken it way over the line to privatization and union busting and there's a difference between union busting and privatization and education reform. that's education deform using rhetoric and really trying to do a political agenda at the expense of the kids. >> there are a lo...

Some of them slashed the superintendent's tires but he didn't back down. governor scott walker in wisconsin led his state -- [ applause ] governor walker led his state to adopt reforms that promote early literacy and require that teacher evaluations incorporation student achievement. in nevada, governor sandoval pushed for reforms to end the damaging practice of last in, first out, where teachers are hired or fired based on their years in the system, not their impact in the classroom. governor hazlem in tennessee is making sure every classroom has an effective teacher. because he is a former g...

Opportunity, not equality of outcome. as equality of outcome expands massively in america, right, inequality is growing, we put more and more pressure. we say the only institution in american life that's supposed to fix the iunequainequality is th education system. the inequality grows and grows and grows. the education system, do more and more and more to fix it. if you're committed to equality, how does cutting schip, cutting medicaid, cutting food stamps for kids, cutting the entire universe of redistributed services for those kids, provide the quality of opportunity? >> all right. this is ...

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