Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said Wednesday that the presidential candidates aren’t talking enough about education, despite the issue being what he termed “the biggest national challenge.”
“There’s very little conversation about education” by Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat hopeful Hillary Clinton, said Haslam at the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting.
The Republican governor called education “a really hard problem.” But, he said, that’s not an excuse to “back up” on the issue.
“We won’t fix poverty issues until we address education issues,” said Haslam, who was introduced by former Chattanooga mayor and current U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
In the 25 or more presidential debates so far by both the political parties, there has been “a minute and a half of conversation about education,” Haslam said.