DES MOINES, Iowa – Scott Walker took to the pages of the Des Moines Register to outline the education reforms enacted in Wisconsin while tipping his hand at potential reforms if elected president.

After recounting the story of Act 10 and the expansions of school choice over the last four years, Walker makes the case for similar education reforms at the national level.

Now, more than ever, we need to push big, bold reforms to improve our schools. If we can do it in Wisconsin, there is no reason we can’t push positive education reforms across the country.

Nationwide, we want high standards but we want them set by parents, educators and school board members at the local level. That is why I oppose Common Core.

Money spent at the local and state level is more efficient, more effective and more accountable. That is why I support moving money out of Washington and sending it to states and schools. Students deserve a better education.

And every student in the our nation’s capital should have access to a great education. Therefore, we should expand the options for families in the District of Columbia to choose the school that is best for their children.

Walker’s ideas here, while a bit opaque, do suggest some real concrete reforms.

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Ending Common Core is not really a surprise and has largely become a staple position among most Republican presidential candidates.

Walker’s allusion to getting money out of Washington back to the states could suggest major reforms to the federal Department of Education, likely in the form of block grants. Don’t be surprised is Walker tries to take certain aspects of Act 10 national.

And the direct mention of expanding school choice in the District of Columbia is interesting given that DC has a limited school choice program with a famous lottery system made famous in the documentary Waiting for Superman.

Can you just hear the heads at the National Education Association exploding?

Authored by Collin Roth
Originally published here

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