GO SIMON
Posted on 10/01/2002 7:12:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:45:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Here's some good news for parents, teachers and anyone else who cares about the public schools: No matter who wins the Nov. 5 election, the bipartisan consensus for education reform in California should continue.
Gov. Gray Davis and his Republican opponent, businessman Bill Simon, agree on the core tenets behind the recent reforms: consistent standards, statewide testing and an accountability program that puts schools on the spot to improve. Where the two candidates do differ, it is mostly over detail, not principle.
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Home schoolers should turn out en masse for Simon, since Davis' public school manager has said repeatedly that home schooling is illegal and should continue to be.
That being said, I do think decentralization combined with tighter standards would help. The LA Weekly, hardly a typical Simon mouthpiece, ran an article that said Simon had might as well have a shot at education for all the good Davis has done.
Considering that the Weekly hates all conservatives, that's quite a Davis dig. Sadly, I know that Davis has done barely enough to earn the Weekly endorsement in November, but I know they're going to pepper it with so many caveats that I don't think the Weekly crowd will show up.
If this election was decided by committed true believers - if it was the Free Republic crowd versus the Weekly crowd, I have no doubt that we'd win, because we're a lot less disgusted with our candidate than the Weekly is.
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Public schoolers who don't vote for Simon.....
are fools.
FReepers who just FReep FReepers are also ........
Get the lead out!!!
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