Vivek Ramaswamy: “I want to get the cell phones out of the classroom.”

“… principals, superintendents, so that the best teachers who should be paid more are actually paid more. But that comes at the expense of a lot of dead weight hanging around. I want to get the cell phones out of the classroom. I want to bring back early physical education. So educational excellence, I think, is a core theme, especially as it relates to the achievement of our kids, Sean.” (01:46–01:48)

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