number of folks try to politicize the issue and do a lot of teacher bashing. when i meet teachers across the country, they are so devoted and dedicated to their kids. devoted, devotion, loving their profession. that s what teachers are about, but romney didn t say anything like that. they are the problem. many of romney s answers were superficial. one of his big solutions for education reform is a new one that we have been talking about for 70 years p parental involvement. i d love to see parents very much evolved in evaluating the success of schools. if parent rs show up at parent/teacher night, kids are going to do fine. when a parent stepped up with a question, romney wasn t too happy with the parent s involvement. new york city the parents here support the union to protect our kids three to one over the mayor and the chancellor. this is not me. this is coming from a poll of parents. i don t believe it for a
i like every parent to have a choice and every child to have a chance. as for the teachers, savannah guthrie sat down with president obama and asked him about the strike in his hometown of chicago which pitted his former chief of staff against unions who support politically he does depend on. mitt romney said that president obama has chosen his side in this fight that you sided with the unions and last spring he said he can t talk up reform while indulging in groups that block it. well, you know, i think governor romney and a number of folks try to politicize the issue and do a lot of teacher bashing. when i meet teachers all across the country, they are so devoted and so dedicated to their kids. what we have tried to do is actually break through this left/right conservative liberal gridlock. joining me now is los angeles
ultimately performance, and making sure the kid doswell. i but i do think from the perspective of democrats, we can t just sit on the status quo or say that money s the only issue. reform is important also. that s been the benchmark we ve used in my administration is to say we re going to give more money to those schools that are serious about reform, but we re not going to let people make excuses and suggest that it s just a money problem. mitt romney said that president obama has chosen his side in this fight, that you sided with the unions. at another time last spring he said he can t talk up reform while indulging in groups that block it. well, you know, i think governor romney and a number of folks try to politicize the issue and do a lot of teacher bashing. when i meet teachers all across the country, they re so devoted, so dedicated to their kids. and what we ve tried to do is actually break through this
our best teachers, we don t think of studying for a bunch of testing to see how we do on the tests. some people think he can t have a honest conversation about what they re doing right or wrong. can you really say teachers union s aren t slowing the pace of reform? i get frustrated when i hear of teacher bashing as evidence of reform. my sister is a former teacher. she now works at the university working with teachers, and i can tell you na that they work so hard. they re pulling money out of their own pockets. and in some of the tougher school districts, they re not just teachers. they re counselors, teachers, disciplinarians because these kids are coming into the schools with so many different problems. what is absolutely true is if we ve got a bad teacher, we should be able to train them to
etch-a-sketch. when you have a fire in an aircraft, the windows don t open. you have a ritual where he tucks you in at night? i m not telling you that. what does mitt wear to bed? as little as possible. we need backbone in the republican party. the devil is in the details, the angel is in the policy. did you watch the packer game last night? give me a break. there will be bumps in the road. why consider these bumps in a road. i read some work that said first of all that classroom size didn t seem to be driving the quality of education. when you look at the budgets, they re talking about slashing our investment in education. their conclusion is the greatest determiner of the success of a school system was the quality of the teacher. i get frustrated when i wear teacher bashing. you were lucky enough to attend cran brooke. i was delighted to have a terrific education. we pay taxes so kids who are going to public schools can have good teachers and can succe