Vivek Ramaswamy

There's two prongs, Charlie. The first one we talk about and I think have executed well nationally on, Ohio I think I want to say execute on as well, is school choice. Not just in name, but true universal school choice. Not just private schools, not just charter schools, but also homeschooling as a viable option for any parent who demands it. Give kudos where it's due.

There's two prongs, Charlie. The first one we talk about and I think have executed well nationally on, Ohio I think I want to say execute on as well, is school choice. Not just in name, but true universal school choice. Not just private schools, not just charter schools, but also homeschooling as a viable option for any parent who demands it. Give kudos where it's due.

Arizona, Iowa, certain other states have gone the full distance here. I want to see Ohio go to that full length as well. That being said, there's also a separate frontier here where I want Ohio to lead the way amongst all states and especially conservative states to set a standard. We have to also make sure our public schools are equipped to compete with the best of the alternatives.

Arizona, Iowa, certain other states have gone the full distance here. I want to see Ohio go to that full length as well. That being said, there's also a separate frontier here where I want Ohio to lead the way amongst all states and especially conservative states to set a standard. We have to also make sure our public schools are equipped to compete with the best of the alternatives.

And we're gonna start by doing something in this state that hasn't been done in any other 50 states. There's smaller things. We're going to put every police officer, at least one police officer, at least in every school. A lot of other basic fixes on safety and other areas. But the big one is implementing merit-based pay for every teacher, administrator, principal, superintendent.

And we're gonna start by doing something in this state that hasn't been done in any other 50 states. There's smaller things. We're going to put every police officer, at least one police officer, at least in every school. A lot of other basic fixes on safety and other areas. But the big one is implementing merit-based pay for every teacher, administrator, principal, superintendent.

Your pay will be tied to your performance. And the fact that that's a foreign idea in our public schools shows how broken our public schools really are. We're not attracting the best people to go into education anymore. They might go become a computer programmer in Silicon Valley or a banker on Wall Street. Now that's what they may aspire to.

Your pay will be tied to your performance. And the fact that that's a foreign idea in our public schools shows how broken our public schools really are. We're not attracting the best people to go into education anymore. They might go become a computer programmer in Silicon Valley or a banker on Wall Street. Now that's what they may aspire to.

They should aspire to be educators, but we're not rewarding them. Other countries like Finland or South Korea, when you set up the right incentives for educators, you have some of the best and brightest graduating from the nation's own high schools going into education.

They should aspire to be educators, but we're not rewarding them. Other countries like Finland or South Korea, when you set up the right incentives for educators, you have some of the best and brightest graduating from the nation's own high schools going into education.

A lot of our young people would be passionate about being teachers, but for the fact they're not gonna be able to live the same American dream pursuing that path, that's wrong. And that means the best public school teachers will get paid more, but it means a lot of the dead weight and a lot of the wasteful expenditures in those public schools need to be eliminated to make that possible.

A lot of our young people would be passionate about being teachers, but for the fact they're not gonna be able to live the same American dream pursuing that path, that's wrong. And that means the best public school teachers will get paid more, but it means a lot of the dead weight and a lot of the wasteful expenditures in those public schools need to be eliminated to make that possible.

So I'm not picking a fight with anybody, the teachers unions or anybody else, but I'm not gonna back down from one if that's what's necessary to do what's right. Some other basic fixes, get the cell phones out of the schools, get civic education back into the schools.

So I'm not picking a fight with anybody, the teachers unions or anybody else, but I'm not gonna back down from one if that's what's necessary to do what's right. Some other basic fixes, get the cell phones out of the schools, get civic education back into the schools.

You and I talked about this a couple of years ago, I'm gonna make it reality in Ohio where every high school senior who graduates from high school will be required to pass the same civics test that we require of every naturalized citizen in this country. It's just common sense.

You and I talked about this a couple of years ago, I'm gonna make it reality in Ohio where every high school senior who graduates from high school will be required to pass the same civics test that we require of every naturalized citizen in this country. It's just common sense.

If someone's coming to this country from a foreign country, they better darn well know how many branches of government there are. A little bit about the civics and history of the United States' foundation and our founding fathers and our constitution. But so should our own high school students graduating from right here, where 80% of them or more do not today. You know, a little bit of tough love.

If someone's coming to this country from a foreign country, they better darn well know how many branches of government there are. A little bit about the civics and history of the United States' foundation and our founding fathers and our constitution. But so should our own high school students graduating from right here, where 80% of them or more do not today. You know, a little bit of tough love.

Bring back physical education, including the presidential fitness test. Remember that. We're going to bring that back in our public schools as well, including the pull-ups. And that doesn't mean everyone's going to pass, but it sets a standard.

Bring back physical education, including the presidential fitness test. Remember that. We're going to bring that back in our public schools as well, including the pull-ups. And that doesn't mean everyone's going to pass, but it sets a standard.