Ken Buck in The Huffington Post

On Education: Federal research, but no federal requirements or funding

I asked how do we fix the K-12 system. Ken sees a very important role for the federal government where it can support research on what works best in the classroom and promulgate the results of research out to schools. But he is opposed federal requirements and funding such as Race to the Top an NCLB. He added that competition is the best way to find best practices and the combination of public, charter, parochial, private, and home schooling provides the innovation that we need.

Ken spoke about how our educational system is not presently providing what we need for our economy and our country. That we need more scientists and engineers, but that it needs to be accomplished locally. He doesn't blame teachers at all for what's going on. He sees the core problem that parents have not been involved enough. Ken discussed the fundamental need for a parent (usually the mom) to be fully involved in the child's education.

Source: David Thielen's interview in The Huffington Post Aug 24, 2010

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