"If charter schools work let’s try that," Obama said. "Let’s not be clouded by ideology when it comes to figuring out what helps our kids."
God bless him.
Indeed.
I bolded that because I got in some heated arguments about whether Obama supported vouchers, and it seems post-election he is very much open to it. I mean, with the financial crisis, I don't expect Obama to be spending any political capital at all on education, but maybe in his second term...
Duncan seems nifty since he isn't adverse to closing failing schools and firing bad teachers if he can openly catch them, while at the same time he seems to enjoy the good graces of the teachers unions. I would actually prefer someone, on principle, that the teachers unions hated, but that might not be pragmatic. Teacher's unions seem obsessed with the status quo, which makes them effectively anti-children since the status quo is unacceptable. I'd be fine with paying teachers a lot more, but they'd have to actually deliver and not just be slackers on tenure like most of the people I've encountered.
Yep. More of a reason why Obama is a FF on education.
