[lbo-talk] Vouchers Unspoken, Romney Hails School Choice

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jun 12 10:06:42 PDT 2012


On Jun 12, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> I cannot believe I would say it, but Romney's position on
> education is superior to that of Obama and the Democrat party. The
> market-schmarket talk is obnoxious, to be sure, but he seems to be
> moving away from federally imposed 'accountability' measures tied to
> standardized tests scores. That makes it easier for me to accept the
> prospect of Romney 2012, which now seems very likely.

His notion that poor city kids could cross borders and enter suburban schools is fanciful. Suburbanites will defend their borders with AK-47s before that would happen.

Doug



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