It's a radical idea. I've taken a lot of heat for it as I'm running for governor here in Ohio. Pay for performance in our schools. Here's why it matters. In China, kids are four grades ahead of where they are [in the U.S.]. Here in Singapore, they're five grades ahead. That means an eighth grader here is the equivalent of a third grader in Singapore. That doesn't work. We've got to turn this ship around. (06:16–06:22)
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Asserts that students in China and Singapore are academically ahead of U.S. students by several grades.
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