Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush pushes high standards, but says the federal government should have no part in setting them. He also promotes school choice.
Tom Latham: Bring Back Control and Power of Education to State and School Districts
I had the opportunity to recently interview Congressman Tom Latham (R-IA) for Caffeinated Thoughts. He is running against Congressman Leonard Boswell (D-IA) in Iowa’s newly drawn 3rd Congressional District. We had a chance to discuss Federal involvement in education. “No Child Left Behind was an experiment with great intentions that hasn’t worked because of the […]
Tom Pauken on the Decentralization of Discretionary Spending
Tom Pauken, author of Bringing America Home and chair of the Texas Workforce Commission, discussed the decentralization of discretionary spending during a speech at the Eastside Conservative Club in Altoona, IA. He mainly discusses education spending. Texans seem to understand the federalist position in regards to education intuitively.