More Freedom for Education
By Star Parker
March 2, 2009
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Central to this also must be values. The problem is that these values - the traditional values that Ben Carson's mother taught him - are off limits in our public schools.
This is why throwing money at a government school monopoly is not going to change education realities. We need freedom, not money. Freedom to allow parents ― certainly inner-city parents ― to choose their child's school.
President Obama often uses the right words. He says that ``responsibility for our children's education must begin at home." But then he will not allow parents' school choice and the option to choose a religious school.
Ben Carson's mother didn't need Harvard education theorists to know what her child needed.
We need more common sense and freedom in K-12 education ― not more government programs and money.
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Star Parker is an author and president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (CURE, www.urbancure.org). She can be reached at parker@urbancure.org. For more stories, visit Scripps Howard News Service (www.scrippsnews.com).
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