James Rogan: “the defenders of the education status quo are on the wrong side of history. Each year these people ask for more money…”

“the defenders of the education status quo are on the wrong side of history. Each year these people ask for more money for the same failed programs that gave us such poor education results in the first place. Parents are fed up with broken promises and the lack of accountability that has been the hallmark of these demands for more and more money. Parents and reformers are demanding change. Charter schools, school choice and education IRAs are the wave of the future. Yet these reforms are fought tooth and nail by the special interests and their defenders in Congress. But these bureaucracy lovers will ultimately fail. They will fail because parents who care about the education of their children will no longer accept failure no matter how much money is wasted on the failure. Mr. Speaker, parents and their children who desire more educational opportunities are looking to Congress to pass the Coverdell legislation and vote for better educational opportunities for their children. That is the mandate and the obligation of this Congress, and I urge my colleagues to follow it.”