Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to speak about saving school choice or, perhaps, parental choice. Some students learn differently than others do. I am the parent of a child with dyslexia. I can tell you that any such parent knows one- size-fits-all education does not work. Parents and students should have the ability to choose the learning environment that is best for that child, and I think the parent can make the choice better than the school board and certainly better than bureaucrats in the Department of Education here in Washington, DC. The charter school program was created by Congress for that exact purpose: To ensure that parents could choose what is best for their child. Power to the parent. Giving parents the power is crucial to allowing every student to succeed. Unfortunately, there are groups working to undermine the power the parent should have to choose their child's school. The U.S. Department of Education has decided to disregard what is in the best interest of the student with a new proposed rule that adds new requirements for applicants completely unrelated to student outcomes. Applicants would have to demonstrate an unmet need for a charter school, provide evidence of overenrollment at existing public schools in order to establish a charter school. It seems as if the Department of Education is putting up arbitrary barriers to opening a charter school simply out of prejudice. They don't want the parent to have the power.…”