meetings, and the ballot box. communities nationwide are reckoning with big questions about parental rights, k to 12 classrooms, and what children are taught in schools. and virginia governor glenn yang comes made education the centerpiece of his consecutive all campaign. and his agenda. and tonight, our audience is made up of parents, teachers, and students from across the commonwealth of virginia. we ll have a chance to directly question governor youngkin about these issues. that impact children s futures. so, let s get right to. it please welcome glenn youngkin. [applause] how are you? good to see. oh how are you? thank you, thank. you have a seat sir if you. will good education is the key issue for you, perhaps more so than any other governor in the country. you ran your campaign on it, you wish you first executive order on it. why, why is this issue your main focus? first of, all jake, i want to say thank you. thank you to cnn for hosting tonight. and i want to t
Finding and keeping childcare is an ongoing struggle affecting many families across the Commonwealth. Over 258,000 children–in a family of four–lived below the federal poverty level as of 2017, according
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that we passed on a bipartisan basis. yes, it was hard. we had to push. but we empowered parents to make decisions whether their child wear as mask or not. mask mandates went to the side. we empowered parents to make decisions about materials that are inconsistent with your family values that are being used in the classroom. you decide. parents are now in the position to make the most important decisions in their childrens lives. children deserve to have a parent in those decisions. parents have a right to make those decisions with their child. this is a moment that parents have been re-established at the table and at the head of the table, this is not going to stop just after our first year. we have a lot more work to do. as we work through this learning loss and virginia suffereded mightily, we had the worst learning loss in the nation in fourth grade reading and math. we were tired with maryland in math. that is not a prize i want virginia kids to win. we have empowered parents and