Fifth GOP presidential primary debate: on Education

Nikki Haley: Teach kids how to build: apprenticeships & vo-tech

DESANTIS: Nikki said she wants parents to decide on education. She campaigned for governor saying she was going to do school choice, to give private scholarships to low-income families. When she was governor, she never did it. She caved to the teachers union.

Nikki Haley: Let parents parent and let teachers teach

HALEY: I have fought for school choice in my entire career because I think parents know their children best, and I think we should always do that. We wanted school choice. I had a Republican legislature that wouldn't do it. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't do it across the country. But we've got to get these programs down to the state level. We've got to let the focus be on teachers. Teachers right now have to be the guidance counselors, the pastors, the nurses and everything in between. That's not what teachers want. Teachers want to do what they were taught to do. And that means math, science, reading, history, English, arts. That's it. Schools can't be all things to all kids. They need to let the parents parent. They need to let teachers teach.