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Jon Husted: “We basically have institutionalized a barrier against that…”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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Published | Video Starts at 02:53

If we say that an education is foundational to living your version of the American dream, yet you don't have the choice to go to a school that serves your needs. We basically have institutionalized a barrier against that opportunity and to have that quality of opportunity. Just share with me how you hope to fix that. Well, Certainly the president, one of his cornerstones relative to education is school choice. He certainly does believe in universal school choice. (02:53–03:04)

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Asserts that current educational systems create barriers to equal opportunity.

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