. -- bridgeton, new jersey. >> i have two children in high school. the students' needs instead of the teachers' needs. if you see what the teachers go on strike about or what they complain . . they never go on strike because the students are not graduating. that is never one of their issues. we need teachers to be focused on the students' needs and not the teachers' needs. if the teachers unions would get together and focus on what the students want and complain and demand more for the students then something would change. teachers are the ones teaching the students. as long as the students feel that the teachers are more important than the graduation rate, then they never will get a chance. guest: i am not talking about throwing more money at the problem. as governor, i had to balance the budget. i know what that is about. i am talking about targeting dollars. i do not want to spend one additional dollar to make a dysfunctional system more expensive. expensive. we need to for strategic change. every school should be student- centric. you raise a poi