honest way with abundant school choice ending social promotion. and i know how to do this. because as governor of the state of florida, i created the first statewide voucher program in the country. the second statewide voucher program in the country, and the third statewide voucher program in the country. and we had rising student achievement across the board because high standards, robust accountability ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go. and florida s low income kids had the greatest gains inside the country our graduation rate improved by 50%. that s what i m for. senator rubio, why is governor bush wrong on common core? i too believe in curriculum reform. it s critically important in the 21st century. we do need curriculum reform. and it should happen at the state and local level. that is where educational policy belongs. because if a parent is unhappy with what their child
immoral. no i don t believe a gay person or lesbian person we re not going to offer you service. there s a difference between discriminating against the person saying i don t want to offer services to an event. same-sex wedding is an event. it s not a person. it is an event that s going on. i don t think ewe can force someone to participate or provide professional services to an event that goes contrary to the teachings of their faith, in fact, forces them to violate their own religious in other words that would be constitutional, but free exercise thereof in your mind? it doesn t mean the exercise of it in your home but your life. that doesn t mean you can go around discriminating against people. to decide i won t participate in an activity, in this case a same-sex wedding because it violates my faith, it s something that s constitutionally protected. common core. a big issue. role of government in education. i believe the state government and local governments have an impor
exercise thereof in your mind? it doesn t mean the exercise of it in your home but your life. that doesn t mean you can go around discriminating against people. to decide i won t participate in an activity, in this case a same-sex wedding because it violates my faith, it s something that s constitutionally protected. common core. a big issue. role of government in education. i believe the state government and local governments have an important role to play in education. when i was speaker of the house, i promoted things like curriculum reform. i don t think we need a national standard or federal standard for turning thede department of education into a national school board. i think we are best served when we have states competing against each other for better quality, better standards, better curriculum. i fear common core is already being used by the department of education as a stick, not as a carrot, to force local school districts to adopt the standards they want them to ha