Based on some comments and emails to yesterday's blog, I thought it might be helpful to provide a link defining the term "school choice." It's from none other than the foundation run by the very father of school choice, the oracle of free market school systems as well as everything else free market: Milton Friedman.http://www.friedmanfoundation.org/friedman/schoolchoice/ … [Read more...] about What is “School Choice”?
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Will Arts Education Be Determined by Republicrats?–Part Two
Dagnabbit! Just when you think you did a nice blog on where the two major presidential candidates stand on arts education (and education overall), one of the candidates has to go and unveil a new education platform. Yesterday, in Dayton, Ohio, Barack Obama presented his "A New Vision for 21st Century Education."Tops on the list is school choice! For those who were excited by … [Read more...] about Will Arts Education Be Determined by Republicrats?–Part Two
For Arts Education, they might as well be Republicrats
It's true, Barack Obama has an education platform that includes arts education, and during the primaries he spoke any number of times about the importance of arts education. That being said, if you want to find his platform for arts education, be prepared to click through any number of times until you get to his fact sheet on arts. John McCain has an education platform that … [Read more...] about For Arts Education, they might as well be Republicrats