Both parties have taken a pass on education in recent years but the democrats are particularly infuriating because they embolden the special interests that push against reform accountability and results. The only real way to interrupt the cycle of poverty in poor communities is with a great education. To his credit @RahmEmanuel has spoken the loudest for change in k-12 education. We will see if the other democratic presidential candidates follow his lead or continue to be obstacles of sorely needed change
david friedberg@friedberg
government destroys value. in this case, the value of an American education was destroyed in ~40 years. if there’s no marketplace for customers (parents of students) to demand value (quality of education for price paid) by simply going to another service provider (school or educator), it is inevitable that costs will go up and quality will go down. this is true of any service provided by government, which effectively grants itself a monopoly, deleting the opportunity for other service providers to compete in offering better value to customers/citizens…
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