The Choice Channel

“More money for education should also mean significant changes in state laws and funding programs which make it easier and less expensive to open innovative charter schools - no matter what the teachers unions say. Additionally, states should begin opting-out of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program. Education is and should be a local issue…period. States can and should take care of their own education needs without jumping through Uncle Sam’s hoops. If state taxpayers are going to cough up significantly more money for education, there should be no need for federal dough and all the strings and red-tape that come attached to it. And speaking of NCLB, states should seek to exceed those federal standards, not meet them. State and local school districts should be pursuing superiority and excellence, not just “adequacy” - no matter what the teachers unions say.” (08/30/06)