Stop lying to the inner-city children and families who have the greatest need. A higher-quality education is not only possible, but more practical than the bandages being applied to the open wound that we have today. This is not a racial issue and it's not a union issue, it's a child issue. I believe also that the learning process must start earlier and that school days must be longer. Today, some 65 percent of the women with children in school are in the workplace, and we have not, as a public school system, addressed that fact.
All children can learn if provided the proper environment, no matter what color or creed.
There can be no equality until there is equalization of educational opportunity. This doesn't exist today, but it can exist simply by allowing education dollars to follow the student to the best possible alternative for that child's education. School Reform News School Reform News is a project of The Heartland Institute .