Obama Uses Daughter’s Bad Grade As A “Teachable Moment”
Obama was in Wisconsin talking about education today, and he used a poor test grade from his daughter to illustrate how parents should be more involved in their children’s education.
I disagree with Obama’s politics, obviously, and I think our schools need more local control and less federal involvement. In fact, I think that if we’re going to subsidize education in this country we should move away from public schools to providing vouchers for parents so they can choose a private school of their liking.
All that being said, when Obama says that parents can’t just sit around and expect the teachers to raise the standards for their children’s education he’s not wrong. If you want your kid to get a good education don’t sit back and demand that the government do it for you.
Go out and make sure it happens yourself.
