While the education positions of the candidates have been sparse so far, the candidates are beginning to speak more and more about the topic. (That they would have to say somethig more is inevitable) . This week, McCain went before the NAACP and discussed education. To nobody’s surprise, McCain focused on school choice and the benefits that it provides to parents, urban and minorty parents in particular. Will school choice resonate as a Presidential issue?
“If I am elected president, school choice for all who want it, an expansion of opportunity scholarships and alternative certification for teachers will all be part of a serious agenda of education reform,” McCain said in the excerpts.
“After decades of hearing the same big promises from the public education establishment, and seeing the same poor results, it is surely time to shake off old ways and to demand new reforms,” he said. “That isn’t just my opinion. It is the conviction of parents in poor neighborhoods across this nation who want better lives for their children.”
