Ryan Walters: “We'd have school choice universally across the country.”

“We've got to get back to the basics. That's a fundamental problem in our education system. Excellence isn't rewarded. We'd have merit pay for teachers. We'd have school choice universally across the country. Those are things that help drive academic performance. But again, there is absolutely a problem with cell phones and social media. But there are bigger problems out there that have to be addressed.” (01:00–01:04)

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