“Obama’s newest ‘deficit-conscious’ budget calls for a 9% increase in federal education spending. Instead of dumping the money on our flailing public K-12 system, he should try something that actually works. Today’s Wall Street Journal suggests that he look at the voucher program in Milwaukee. … It’s unlikely that the president will support vouchers. In Washington D.C., Obama killed the Opportunity Scholarship program even though it raised test scores while spending half as much money as government schools spent. The unions give to Democrats, and the unions don’t want competition to their public school monopoly. Unless we allow parents more choice, we effectively imprison kids.” (02/08/10)