Ryan Walters: “Red states have cut back on the bureaucratic red tape for…”

“… of cutting red tape, of cutting bureaucratic requirements from the federal government, local school districts have increased their bureaucracy. So the federal government has cut down the bureaucratic red tape. Red states have cut back on the bureaucratic red tape for school districts. While at the same time, how do school districts respond? Not by increasing teacher pay, not by introducing things like merit pay, but by increasing administrative costs.” (01:24–01:29)

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