Sarah Steelman on Education

More competition in college loans; end federal monopoly

Steelman said she would have to take a closer look at the proposal but said she supported more competition in the sector because "the federal government has a monopoly now on student loans."

Brunner didn't answer whether he would support keeping the rates at their lower level but said the whole college finance system needed a "fresh look."

Akin said the government should be out of the student loan market altogether. "America has got the equivalent of the stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in," he said.

Federal bureaucracy leaves less time for teaching

As the federal government has become more involved in your children's education, educational bureaucracy has grown. The requirements that this bureaucracy puts on teachers leaves them with less time for teaching. Do you think that the federal government should have a role in your child's education?