Radley Balko: A Few Questions for Barack Obama
Questions for Obama from a libertarian perspective:
In February, you said you might support vouchers and charter schools if empirical data showed that they improve education some studies show that they do. Admirably, your position was, “I will not allow my predispositions to stand in the way of making sure that our kids can learn.” After pressure from the teachers unions, you quickly backed off from that position, stating that your campaign doesn’t support vouchers “in any shape or form.” What prompted that change? And if it’s important that we not “throw up our hands” and “walk away from the public schools,” why do you send your own kids to private schools?
