Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Tancredo on Education

Ari Armstrong has posted an interview with Colorado's Tom Tancredo on the subject of education and parental choice.

Two interesting aspect of the interview: (1) his description of parents who are willing to evade responsibility for their kids' education by letting the government decide for them, and (2) the fear amongst professional that parental choice would mean a flight from the public schools.

Unfortunately, I think that Tancredo is correct about some parents on the first point. On the second point, as long as the government has significant regulatory oversight of private schools through entangling public programs, then a private education alternative does not really exist.