How are higher test scores "settling for less"?
VOUCHERS are the answer.
But vouchers were defeated. So I guess we just shrug and say "Oh well"?
This is way too expensive an expansion of government power for the results. Government education sucks. Just because Bush’s signature is on it doesn’t make it any better.
The rhetorical excesses aside (who said anything about it being "netter" because it has Bush's signature?), how much is "way too expensive"? What is your yardstick for whether or not this is too much?
That's exactly the problem. Instead of standing his ground and explaining the solution to the public, Bush capitulated to the libs and enacted YET ANOTHER massive expansion of government. He gained no political advantage by doing so either- he did it because government schools are what he believes in- not the private sector.
It was bad politics, and it's bad policy. He's a believer in big government, and this crappy law is one of the most excellent examples.
I still think vouchers and encouraging more private education is the way to go... and that we need to continue working toward that eventuality.