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Romney backs vouchers, more school choice
Comments (430)ShareTweetEmailPrintShar e on google_plusoneMOREText Size: + / - By Stephen Dinan
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The Washington Times
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will expand Washington’s endangered voucher program as part of a broad push for more school choice nationwide, setting up a dramatic contrast with President Obama, who has called for the D.C. program to be phased out, and with teachers unions, which have fought against expanded choice.
Mr. Romney announced the push on education in a speech in Washington as he made overtures to Hispanic voters, who regularly tell pollsters that access to education is one of their top concerns — even above immigration — and who generally support vouchers.
“Here we are in the most prosperous nation, but millions of kids are getting a Third World education. And America’s minority children suffer the most,” Mr. Romney said in a speech to the Latino Coalition, a conservative Hispanic organization. “This is the civil rights issue of our era. And it’s the great challenge of our time.”
And he declared war on teachers unions, saying they “are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way.” He said Mr. Obama is too beholden to the unions to be able to reform the school system.
“President Obama has been unable to stand up to union bosses — and unwilling to stand up for kids,” Mr. Romney said, accusing the president of putting the unions’ campaign donations ahead of the needs of students those teachers are teaching.
Driving his message home, Mr. Romney plans to visit a charter school in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Mr. Romney’s nationwide plan calls for giving students who receive federal education assistance the ability to choose from among any public and charter schools in their districts. He said he would push for states to offer enough options so that the choice would be meaningful.
He said he will streamline teacher-quality programs at the federal level and award them to states based on how well they promote good teachers. He also said he would demand better transparency from schools — such as a more useful grading of public schools’ performance — which he said lets parents make better choices.
Overall, his plan relies heavily on giving parents more choices in schools as a way to push reforms on troubled school systems.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Mr. Romney has been slow to mention education during the campaign, appearing to question the GOP’s commitment to the issue.
“It’s the first time I’ve heard of it. As I recall, education never came up in the Republican primaries in any of the debates. Or if it did, it came up almost never,” Mr. Carney said.
He said Mr. Obama has pursued bipartisan education reforms that the president will defend during the campaign.
In supporting D.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, Mr. Romney is setting up one of the clearest differences between the two.
Mr. Romney said he wants to expand the program and make it a model for other jurisdictions.
The program, which was created and funded by Congress, has been politically contentious from the start, with the powerful teachers unions opposing it but city parents in support.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/23/romney-backs-vouchers-expanded-school-choice/
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In Obama's communist utopia there is no choice, only what the dictator mandates from on high, despite the fact that he himself is an incompetent mess himself.
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yeah, 0% of teachers support romney, it's breaking on Drudge now. I thought it'd be lower, wow.
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yeah, 0% of teachers support romney, it's breaking on Drudge now. I thought it'd be lower, wow.
No shit sherlock, theyre all Union backed, they cant get fired unless there is more competition in the school system.
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yeah, 0% of teachers support romney, it's breaking on Drudge now. I thought it'd be lower, wow.
There is a big surprise. ::) ::)
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Romney backs vouchers, more school choice
Comments (430)ShareTweetEmailPrintShar e on google_plusoneMOREText Size: + / - By Stephen Dinan
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The Washington Times
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will expand Washington’s endangered voucher program as part of a broad push for more school choice nationwide, setting up a dramatic contrast with President Obama, who has called for the D.C. program to be phased out, and with teachers unions, which have fought against expanded choice.
Mr. Romney announced the push on education in a speech in Washington as he made overtures to Hispanic voters, who regularly tell pollsters that access to education is one of their top concerns — even above immigration — and who generally support vouchers.
“Here we are in the most prosperous nation, but millions of kids are getting a Third World education. And America’s minority children suffer the most,” Mr. Romney said in a speech to the Latino Coalition, a conservative Hispanic organization. “This is the civil rights issue of our era. And it’s the great challenge of our time.”
And he declared war on teachers unions, saying they “are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way.” He said Mr. Obama is too beholden to the unions to be able to reform the school system.
“President Obama has been unable to stand up to union bosses — and unwilling to stand up for kids,” Mr. Romney said, accusing the president of putting the unions’ campaign donations ahead of the needs of students those teachers are teaching.
Driving his message home, Mr. Romney plans to visit a charter school in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Mr. Romney’s nationwide plan calls for giving students who receive federal education assistance the ability to choose from among any public and charter schools in their districts. He said he would push for states to offer enough options so that the choice would be meaningful.
He said he will streamline teacher-quality programs at the federal level and award them to states based on how well they promote good teachers. He also said he would demand better transparency from schools — such as a more useful grading of public schools’ performance — which he said lets parents make better choices.
Overall, his plan relies heavily on giving parents more choices in schools as a way to push reforms on troubled school systems.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Mr. Romney has been slow to mention education during the campaign, appearing to question the GOP’s commitment to the issue.
“It’s the first time I’ve heard of it. As I recall, education never came up in the Republican primaries in any of the debates. Or if it did, it came up almost never,” Mr. Carney said.
He said Mr. Obama has pursued bipartisan education reforms that the president will defend during the campaign.
In supporting D.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, Mr. Romney is setting up one of the clearest differences between the two.
Mr. Romney said he wants to expand the program and make it a model for other jurisdictions.
The program, which was created and funded by Congress, has been politically contentious from the start, with the powerful teachers unions opposing it but city parents in support.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/23/romney-backs-vouchers-expanded-school-choice/
Now, there's a social (and economic) issue, with which Romney can bludgeon Obama. Why don't black voters ask Obama WHY he killed the DC Opportunity Scholarship program? How is Mr. Hope-and-Change helping black children get better education, so they can actually get jobs and not have to be on their folks' health insurance until age 26?
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Romney backs vouchers, more school choice
Comments (430)ShareTweetEmailPrintShar e on google_plusoneMOREText Size: + / - By Stephen Dinan
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The Washington Times
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will expand Washington’s endangered voucher program as part of a broad push for more school choice nationwide, setting up a dramatic contrast with President Obama, who has called for the D.C. program to be phased out, and with teachers unions, which have fought against expanded choice.
Mr. Romney announced the push on education in a speech in Washington as he made overtures to Hispanic voters, who regularly tell pollsters that access to education is one of their top concerns — even above immigration — and who generally support vouchers.
“Here we are in the most prosperous nation, but millions of kids are getting a Third World education. And America’s minority children suffer the most,” Mr. Romney said in a speech to the Latino Coalition, a conservative Hispanic organization. “This is the civil rights issue of our era. And it’s the great challenge of our time.”
And he declared war on teachers unions, saying they “are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way.” He said Mr. Obama is too beholden to the unions to be able to reform the school system.
“President Obama has been unable to stand up to union bosses — and unwilling to stand up for kids,” Mr. Romney said, accusing the president of putting the unions’ campaign donations ahead of the needs of students those teachers are teaching.
Driving his message home, Mr. Romney plans to visit a charter school in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Mr. Romney’s nationwide plan calls for giving students who receive federal education assistance the ability to choose from among any public and charter schools in their districts. He said he would push for states to offer enough options so that the choice would be meaningful.
He said he will streamline teacher-quality programs at the federal level and award them to states based on how well they promote good teachers. He also said he would demand better transparency from schools — such as a more useful grading of public schools’ performance — which he said lets parents make better choices.
Overall, his plan relies heavily on giving parents more choices in schools as a way to push reforms on troubled school systems.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Mr. Romney has been slow to mention education during the campaign, appearing to question the GOP’s commitment to the issue.
“It’s the first time I’ve heard of it. As I recall, education never came up in the Republican primaries in any of the debates. Or if it did, it came up almost never,” Mr. Carney said.
He said Mr. Obama has pursued bipartisan education reforms that the president will defend during the campaign.
In supporting D.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, Mr. Romney is setting up one of the clearest differences between the two.
Mr. Romney said he wants to expand the program and make it a model for other jurisdictions.
The program, which was created and funded by Congress, has been politically contentious from the start, with the powerful teachers unions opposing it but city parents in support.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/23/romney-backs-vouchers-expanded-school-choice/
Hmm sounds good
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Hmm sounds good
Hooray! You can finally go back and get that GED, you uneducated retard.