And listen, we know what's most important to educate our kids in the classroom and that is the best teachers. And we want to attract and to retain the best teachers. And to accomplish that goal, We provided them with a 4 billion dollar pay raise. The largest teacher pay raise ever in the history of our great state. But surely you can agree with me on this common sense. And that is even with the best teachers, our students will not learn if we have a bad curriculum. (26:43–26:51)
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