Monday, July 28, 2008

Where's the change we can believe in?

Our inner city public schools have been a mess for over four decades now.

So how's Obamamania going to give us some hope and change for these failing schools.

From WSJ.

Mr. Obama told an interviewer recently that he opposes school choice because, "although it might benefit some kids at the top, what you're going to do is leave a lot of kids at the bottom." The Illinois Senator has it exactly backward. Those at the top don't need voucher programs and they already exercise school choice. They can afford exclusive private schools, or they can afford to live in a neighborhood with decent public schools. The point of providing educational options is to extend this freedom to the "kids at the bottom."

Huh?

Clue phone to Obama. Those people that have choices are already exercising them. But it's clear that the system doesn't work for those kids remaining.

But I guess that's fair, we can't have kids at "the top" benefit from some change. It's better when everyone can be at the bottom.

Now that's the change we can believe in.

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