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YOU. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TONIGHT, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST THINK YOU TO GOVERNOR BUSH. HE HAS PROVIDED AN EXTRAORDINARY...
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| 00:01:38 |
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REFORM. STATE-BY-STATE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND WE KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE IS FAR FROM EASY. IT'S NOT EASY AT ALL, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IF...
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| 00:03:13 |
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SPECTRUM CAN COME TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE IS WHAT HELPED TO CREATE THIS MOMENT. I SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN NEW JERSEY THAT THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC...
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| 00:04:30 |
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BACK TO NEWARK AND TALK ABOUT EDUCATION. CHRIS, DO YOU WANT TO WIN? WE BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? BUT IT'S ABOUT A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION,...
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| 00:05:28 |
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WITH CONVICTION, BECAUSE SHE KNEW I WAS GETTING A GREAT EDUCATION. AND SHE KNEW THAT I HAD CERTAIN GOD-GIVEN TALENT, THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS....
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| 00:10:50 |
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FAILURES, BOTH PARTIES, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 30 YEARS. AND WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIX THEM. NOW, ONE OF THE IMPEDIMENTS? OF GETTING THIS...
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| 00:13:26 |
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TO SCHOOL NIGHT, THAT THEY ACTUALLY TOLD YOU THE TRUTH? RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU ALL BEEN BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AND I FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN SEVEN AND 17, ABOUT...
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| 00:13:59 |
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GOALS. OUR YOUNGEST IS BRIDGET, SHE IS IN SECOND GRADE, SHE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD. NOW IMAGINE IF BRIDGET WAS ONE OF THOSE CHRONICALLY FAILING SCHOOLS....
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| 00:14:32 |
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TESTING. THEY DON'T LIKE COMING TO HER CLASS. SHE DOESN'T REALLY CARE. SHE'S USING THE SAME LESSON PLANS THAT SHE USED 15 YEARS AGO. AND NO MATTER...
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| 00:15:22 |
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IT'S HAPPENING IN CLASSROOMS ALL ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND ALL ACROSS AMERICA. AND THEY CALL ME IMPATIENT. BUT HERE'S WHY I'M IMPATIENT. MY DAUGHTER HAS...
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| 00:18:59 |
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NO LONGER AFFORD THE CONSEQUENCES OF PROPPING UP AN ANTIQUATED, AN EFFECTIVE MODEL THAT PROMOTES FAILING SCHOOLS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE...
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| 00:20:44 |
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BORE YOU WITH GOING THROUGH ANY OF THEM. MERIT, TENURE REFORM, ELIMINATION, WE'LL ACCOUNTABLE IN THE IN THE CLASSROOM, SHARED SACRIFICE BY EVERYBODY...
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| 00:21:59 |
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JOB. I'LL TELL YOU THIS. IT'S NO HARDER THAN MY JOB. [LAUGHTER] >> NOW, I MAKE $175,000 A YEAR. I SAID, HOW ABOUT THIS? YOU DON'T MAKE ANY MORE THAN...
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| 00:22:14 |
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AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE THAN ME, HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT. YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO 20%
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| 00:22:25 |
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BONUS ON TOP OF THAT ARE OBJECTIVELY MEASURED ACCOMPLISHMENT BY THE STUDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT. YOU ACHIEVE, I WILL PAY YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> SHOWING UP...
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| 00:22:43 |
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JERSEY MAKE MORE MONEY THAN THE GOVERNOR. 70%. NOW, IMAGINE THIS, IN THE CONSPIRACY OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS, THE CAP GOES INTO...
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| 00:23:22 |
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CAP. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WRITING OP-ED PIECES AS IT THEY ARE DISINTERESTED OBSERVERS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES UPSET ABOUT THE AWFUL...
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| 00:23:52 |
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SCHOOL BOARD WHO WANTS TO GIVE THEIR SUPERINTENDENT A SALARY HIGHER THAN THE CAP AND IS SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY TO SUE THE GOVERNOR AND THE COMMISSIONER...
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| 00:24:40 |
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NEW JERSEY FOR ME TO GIVE IT A NEW TITLE. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? WHY IS THIS FIGHT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. WE HAVE...
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| 00:26:34 |
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THIS IS THE RAMP? I SAID, YEAH, THIS IS THE RAMP. I SAID IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW. [LAUGHTER] I THINK IT'S THE NATURE OF THE GOVERNSHIP IN...
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| 00:39:00 |
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GOVERNOR BUSH WILL TELL YOU THIS, WHEN YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF IS WAITING FOR YOU IN YOUR OFFICE -- [LAUGHTER] THIS IS NEVER GOOD. [LAUGHTER] AND I HAVE...
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| 00:53:23 |
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BEEN GIVING GENERAL
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.