John Raese on Education Republican Challenger

Competition is what's good for education

Raese, on the other hand, said that competition is what's good for education. But he didn't stop there, he added that competition is also good for America and West Virginia.

Allow families a voucher to send kids to private schools

Raese wants more opportunities for programs that would allow families a voucher to send their children to private schools, which he says create competition and improve the quality of education. "We don't need a federal education system to set our curriculum," Raese said.

Vouchers ok for public, private, & religious schools

Indicate which principles you support regarding education.
• Support national standards for and testing of public school students.
• Allow parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any public school.
• Allow parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any private or religious school.
• Allow teachers and professionals to receive authorization and funding to establish charter schools.

Vouchers let all families choose like wealthy families

Break education monopoly; competition will improve schools

Experience from business teaches us that competition is good for everyone involved. If families have the opportunity to choose which schools they go to, then it will be in the interest of every school to improve its standards

Supports education vouchers for public or private school.

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The CC survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: "Education vouchers that allow parents to choose public or private school for their children"