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Ron Johnson: “Rather than get 10,000 high school teachers that really…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 13:23

My second campaign, I wasn't suggesting replacing high school teachers. What I was suggesting, what I was suggesting is, you know, just as an example, how you teach more, better, easier. You know, Rather than get 10,000 high school teachers that really don't know the Civil War very well, why don't you pop in the old Ken Burns tapes. 14 hours of it, and then have those 10,000 teachers, you know, not lay them off, but, you know, have them have the discussions then? Yeah, because. (13:23–13:39)

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Suggests using Ken Burns tapes instead of relying on high school teachers for teaching the Civil War.

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