Mike Huckabee in Forbes Magazine 2016 Candidates
On Education:
College creates mountains of debt but not lifelong careers
On college costs, Huckabee says on his website, "The rising cost of college threatens middle-class families, students and the American dream. For too many, college is where students discover mountains of debt--but not a lifelong career.
We must tackle the establishment and reform our colleges and universities so they make sense for the jobs of tomorrow."
On Huckabee's personal education background: After just two and a half years, Huckabee graduated magna cum laude with a degree in religion from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
He moved to Fort Worth, Texas, to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary but left after one year to begin a career in Christian advertising and broadcasting before becoming a church pastor.
Source: Forbes Magazine "2016 Candidates Want You to Know" series
May 6, 2015
On Education:
No constitutional authority for Department of Education
"When it comes to education," Huckabee says on his website, "the Obama Administration is lost at sea." Here are some of his other views on education:- School Choice: "I'm for the education of all children not just those in public schools."
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Common Core: "I oppose watering down our education standards or automatically promoting every student. We must kill Common Core and restore common sense."
- Department of Education: "There is no constitutional authority to dictate education from
the federal government. Why even have a federal Department of Education? It's flunked and it needs to be expelled. Education policy ought to be set by states, local school boards and, best of all, by the moms and dads of the children."
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College Costs: "For too many, college is where students discover mountains of debt--but not a lifelong career. We must tackle the establishment and reform our colleges and universities so they make sense for the jobs of tomorrow."
Source: Forbes Magazine "2016 Candidates Want You to Know" series
May 6, 2015
On Education:
School choice for all: public or private for all kids
In his "School Choice For All" video, Huckabee says, "Why should children be forced to go to a school which is failing to meet their needs when there are other schools that could do a good job? Let's put children first and do what's right for kids.
I'm for the education of all children not just those in public schools. But all children ought to have a choice of which school to go, public or private."
Source: Forbes Magazine "2016 Candidates Want You to Know" series
May 6, 2015
On Education:
Some homeschooled kids are the most successful kids
On homeschooling, on "The Kelly File" on Fox News on May 5, Huckabee said, "If they want to homeschool their kids let's accommodate that. I was the first governor in America that appointed a home school parent to
the state board of education. That was controversial. This is a growing movement in our country. And some of the homeschooled kids are the most effective and absolutely the most stunningly successful kids there are."
Source: Forbes Magazine "2016 Candidates Want You to Know" series
May 6, 2015
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