Political Quotes

“The real question is where does accountability flow in that model? In that model the accountability flows from the school, to the politicians, to the school district, to the State Department of Education. It flows away from the local community. And it flows away from the people who care most about the kids. It starts flowing to the Department of Education. We have always said, I am from Michigan, I wonder if we start with Secretary Paige and you start going down through the hierarchy when we will find the first person from Michigan and then when we will find the first person from the Second Congressional District who really knows my communities, who knows the difference between the needs in Muskegon and Muskegon Heights and Holland and Baldwin and Ludington and Cadillac, and says they are all a little bit different. But where is that person versus a tax credit? The accountability flows immediately from the child through the school to the taxpayer. So the accountability flows into the community, not away from the communities. It flows to the people who care most about the kids and they care most because they know the kids' names.”