Revolution 2.0

School Choice and the 2020 Election (EP.277)

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Introduction If we want to get our country back on track, and keep it there, the best possible education, starting early, is vital. That makes school choice my No. 1 political issue in 2020. Real school choice means that the national average of $15+K per year per student spent on public school K-12 education would follow the student, to be spent as the parents see fit. Parents would choose amongst freely available and equally funded traditional public, public charter and private schools.  Only one party supports school choice.  That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode.  Continuing “The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong.” Keewations (Inuit) proverb.  One of the signature environmental books of the 70’s was “Never Cry Wolf” by Farley Mowat (how’s that for a name?). A wonderful book with many intriguing, fun, and memorable anecdotes, with the core message being that wolves had been getting a bad rap. Until the publication of Mowat’s book, wolves were broadly se