Sparking the evolution of education choice
President Obama has often called on us to be true to who we are as a people, as Americans. And in his second term, he has the opportunity to transform the education system back to our core – to where parents are primarily in charge of children’s educations. We have[Read More…]
Fresh from Sean Cavanagh at Education Week, after interviewing Michelle Rhee at the DNC: Rhee was skeptical of Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s proposal to allow parents to use federal Title I and special-education money for private school vouchers. While Rhee backs vouchers for impoverished students in academically struggling schools, she said[Read More…]
Mitt Romney is all in on school choice, at least according to the speech he delivered today at the Latino Coalition’s Annual Economic Summit. Here’s a piece of his prepared remarks: First, I will expand parental choice in an unprecedented way. Too many of our kids are trapped in schools that[Read More…]
