Comments on: Mitt Romney Wades Into The Education Debate – There Is A Political Logic To His Proposals, But A Net Win For President Obama

By: jamesmorkal91

jamesmorkal91 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:38:34 +0000

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By: dynamic fountains

dynamic fountains — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:28:13 +0000

Actually real education starts from school education. Now a day, who has a lots of money he or she can join a good college. The higher education is really risky.

By: executive mba in india

executive mba in india — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:06:09 +0000

Well. The higher education ideas are extra risky. Pell Grants are positively due for an overhaul both because the costs are becoming indefensible and also because structural reforms could improve the efficiency of the program.

By: submit article

submit article — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:32:07 +0000

Take some extra care. Real education improvement, starting with School selection but going still further along the lines of the Indiana Plan, will one day inside the next 2-3 years show the wisdom of School Choice Programs.

By: Dubai SEO

Dubai SEO — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:10:58 +0000

The higher education idea is more risky. The “choice” is the main factor. So that this is a great idea for educational improvement.

By: small market CRM

small market CRM — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:43:33 +0000

Charter schools competing with regular public ed is a great idea–makes everyone improve educational quality.

By: Spanish in Spain

Spanish in Spain — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:54:45 +0000

Significant programs are in the works in states across our country. The popularity of the programs, combined with improvements that will be real and perceived, will tip the scales irrevocably in favor of more and large scale school choice programs nationally.

By: jeffreymiller

jeffreymiller — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:42:02 +0000

Awesome link, Phillip! I totally agree with Mitt that class size doesn’t matter. Why, next year I’ve agreed to take on 4,583 more kids in my 12 classes. That way, our community’s job creators won’t have to fire the parents of all those kids and the creators won’t have to pay any more unfair taxes. Cuz, freedom, that’s why.

By: Bill Jones

Bill Jones — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:05 +0000

If “choice” were THE cure all there would NOT be market failure in health care, health insurance, and energy markets.

Education has become a civil right. It is a scarce resource. There is NOT an infinite supply of super teachers in math and science, just as there is NOT an infinite supply of outstanding politicians or doctors.

Education IS allocated by income level, also known as neighborhood quality. With education a civil right, any rational allocation based on prices is out the window, and so is cost control.

Education is slated to become a cost failure just as health care and health insurance are. When parents became consumers of a public good rather than citizens, the system failed.

WHEN we let price ration school choice, as the proponents wish to do, then some will get none, and some will get all. That is how markets work. That is the way they have always worked. They do not work any other way.

Our system provides mediocre results for ALL students on average which means this outcome has TWO TAILS. Some are getting a REAL DEAL, and some are getting cheated. The supporters of edu-reform failed math, and statistics and assume the rest of us did also.

What should concern all citizens is this simple point: Those who are driving the edu-reform debate are entirely UNACCOUNTABLE to taxpayers. If this whole thing falls apart, NO ONE will have been in charge.

By: PhillipMarlowe

PhillipMarlowe — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:37:49 +0000

Mitt in Philly:

Ungrateful West Philly African Americans Inhospitable To Poor Mitt Romney All poor Mitt Romney wanted to do was show some “compassion” to a group of African American schoolchildren in West Philly and explain to them that they are only poor because their mothers are sluts and their fathers are deadbeats, and what kind of thanks did he get? No thanks, that’s what kind! Seeking to broaden his appeal heading into the general election, Romney was venturing for his first time in this campaign into an impoverished black neighborhood to hear the concerns of local educators and community leaders. But here in the streets of West Philadelphia, the emotion surrounding his contest with the nation’s first black president was raw, as dozens of neighborhood residents shouted, “Get out, Romney, get out!”