When I became governor, I looked at it and I said, nobody really knows anything about the high school. Kids are not really being taught any of this stuff, and we need to really beef it up. So We beefed up the standards. We launched the Civics and Debate Initiative. and now you have. Every single school district has robust civics and Debate initiative. We had the championship at New College in April, and the winner got a $50,000 college … (13:54–13:59)
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