President Obama is disappointing education reformers by failing to support school choice policies.
Education reformer Steve Perry, the CEO and founder of Capitol Preparatory Schools, called Obama out on Monday at a school choice forum hosted by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.
“With all due respect to our president, he wasn’t always our president,” Perry said. “He didn’t send his children to public schools at any point, nor did he attend himself. I’m not against him for that. I’m saying I want what he wants for his kids for all kids. I’m saying I respect and support this brother, but I want him to respect and support the other children in the same way that his own children had.”
Perry also criticized many members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Hispanic Caucus for sending their children to charter and magnet schools but not advocating school choice policies.
“If we don’t call out the hypocrisy of individuals who themselves benefit from choice, but then pull the bridge of choice up behind them, then we’re not going to get to where we need to be,” Perry said to a room full of education reform advocates, charter school students, Catholic school students and others.
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2 comments:
Every time Republicans try to help minorities and poor people get free of the dismal education system, the dems BLOCK it!
What does that tell you?
They claim it is to keep money in the current system to improve it, but that's been the story for decades, and it continues its downward spiral.
Typically public schools spend 10,000-13,000/yr per student and are still not getting it done.
This is all about keeping the money flowing to the teachers unions and blocking any accountability.
Just follow the money.
Union $$ ---> DEM candidates
Tax $$ ---> maintain status quo.
Do you think he's going to let his kids go to school with inner city kids who won't learn or behave? Heck no. But he can tell the rest of us to put up with it. Wish kids who work and behave in school could get a fraction of the money and personnel spent on their classmates.
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