I'm excited about seeing a bipartisan plan to reform education in the United States. The only other option is to protect the status quo and I really don't think anybody wants to do that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is an analogy between conservation and education reform. The coalition around education reform is the biggest bipartisan thing going in this state right now. We need to recapture the big bipartisan spirit for conservation.
What I see is democratizing education will change everything.
I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out.
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.
Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake. I believe in public education; it did a great job for me. It deserves our support and encouragement.
Jeb Bush is the foremost authority on education reform in the Republican Party, and I will look to reform the ballooning costs of our higher education system along the lines that he has advocated.
During my time as a state legislator, I've pushed for significant investment in public school districts. In Congress, I would look forward to increasing federal public investment in education through initiatives like Race to the Top.
The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive.
In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue.
The left has total control over the public education system, all the way up to the university level. It's something they own, and it's going to have to change.