So that tells you where his heart is. I oppose this class size mandate. It's going to balloon the already $40 billion budget by about a billion six a year. And This has been tried around the country. And it is one of the least effective ways. It does not move the needle on student achievement. Because while of course all of us want smaller class sizes, everything being equal, in fact, that benefit is offset by the requirement to suddenly hire thousands of teachers who are less experienced and less qualified than existing teachers. (10:01–10:08)
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