Romney Pushes School Vouchers, Federal Rollback

Thursday, May 24, 2012 Romney Pushes School Vouchers, Federal Rollback In a week-long series of campaign activities that began Wednesday with an address to the Latino Coalition's Annual Economic Summit, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is taking on the issue of the state of the nation's schools. "Too many dreams are never realized because our education system is failing," Romney said, according to prepared remarks. "We are in the midst of a national education emergency. The only reason we don't hear more about it is because our economic troubles have taken our national attention away from the classroom." ACLU: Fla. Schools Misled Parents On Social Security Number Laws Student Suspended For Anti-Bullying Fake Suicide Video Chicago Teachers Rally Against the Mayor In Downtown Protest Teachers Maligned As 'Radicals' In Pro-Scott Walker Flyer Penn To Offer Tax Benefits To Employees In Same-Sex Relationships BLOG POSTS Randy Turner: Mitt Romney and the Fierce Desire for Educational Change As a teacher who has students write research papers on the American Civil Rights Movement, I was stunned to find out that I am on the wrong side of the great civil rights issue of our time. It has to be true. Mitt Romney says so. Adam Levin: Is It True About Commencement Speeches? (A Response to James Franco) The system by which we fund higher education may be horribly broken, but that in no way means the people who are a product of it should be written off. Graduates should feel empowered to effect these changes. If they don't -- if they're all too cynical and feel there's no use in trying -- then we're in big trouble. John Merrow: Mixed Messages If we believe that education is "the next great civil rights issue of our time," then we ought to be enabling the 'human capital' now in the profession to succeed (while weeding out those who, after help, cannot cut the mustard). Michael J. Petrilli: The Romney Education Plan: Replacing Federal Overreach on Accountability With Federal Overreach on School Choice Today, there's not a single Republican in the House of Representatives willing to defend federal accountability mandates. The GOP conversation has shifted to transparency. What a difference a decade makes. Romonia Dixon: Graduating High School Got Me Off the Streets and into College Living on the streets was difficult, but going to school was even harder. How could I focus on a math problem or a vocabulary word when I'm constantly thinking about where I will stay that night?

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