UC Is Now Teaching College Kids MIDDLE SCHOOL Math | Gloria Romero

**Guest** Gloria Romero, Candidate for CA Lt. Governor **Guest Bio** Gloria Romero is a former California State Senator who represented East Los Angeles and served as Senate Majority Leader. A longtime champion of school choice and education reform, she left the Democratic Party, and is now the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California. She is also endorsed by the American Independent Party and the Bakersfield Californian. **Show Summary** Host Jon Slavet welcomes back Gloria Romero, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, who says the biggest difference between her and Fiona Ma is education policy. Romero argues that K through 12 schools and the University of California have now collided, after 3,000 UC professors warned that students arrive unprepared and need remedial middle school math. Her fixes: bring back the SAT, tighten teacher tenure that now comes after just 15 months, pay for merit, and expand school choice. She rejects the claim that testing is racist and cites a striking figure: at current rates, a Black kindergartner in LA Unified would need 54 years to reach reading proficiency. Romero lays out her path to victory through the Republican base, independents, disaffected Democrats and the Central Valley, and tells voters Trump is not on this ballot. She closes with her day one plan for two extraordinary sessions, one to rebuild the budget from zero and one to go after waste, fraud and abuse. **Chapters** 00:00 – Gloria Romero vs. Fiona Ma: The Biggest Difference 01:18 – Education: The Issue That Eats Half the Budget 03:04 – 3,000 UC Professors Sound the Alarm 05:07 – Teacher Tenure After Just 15 Months 05:59 – Bring Back the SAT, Merit Pay and School Choice 07:17 – Is the SAT Racist? The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations 08:43 – 54 Years to Reading Proficiency in LA Unified 10:13 – The Math to Win: 200,000 LA Republicans Who Didn’t Vote 12:04 – No Flyover Country: Why the Central Valley Matters 12:46 – Trump Is Not on This Ballot 14:58 – Day One: Two Extraordinary Sessions on the Budget 16:55 – Going After Waste, Fraud and Abuse 18:23 – Not a Red State or a Blue State, a Golden State **Connect with Gloria Romero** - Campaign website: https://www.gloriaromero4ltgov.com/ - X: https://x.com/gloriajromero - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gloriajromero.ca - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloria\_jromero/ Enjoyed the episode? Subscribe to our podcast, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and join the conversation on Instagram and LinkedIn with the hashtag #stateofgoldpodcast **Connect with State of Gold** - X: https://x.com/realjonslavet - Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stateofgold/about - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateofgoldpodcast/?hl=en - Website: www.stateofgold.com