AP Monday
September 8 2008
CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama held hisdaughters' hands when he escorted them to their first day of school.The girls arrived at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Laboratory_Schools Monday in a five-SUV motorcade after a short drive from their South Sidehome.It was the first day of classes for 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-oldSasha. They'd spent some of their summer on the campaign trail with their dad. Clad in a black track suit, Obama walked his daughters through the sidedoors of the ivy covered school building just before 8 a.m. before heading to a gym.
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School choice good for Obama – but not for you
The Cato Institute blog http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/07/14/barack-obama-walks-the-walk/reports that Barack Obama told members of the American Federation of Teachers he is opposed to school vouchers, when referring to the “tired rhetoric about vouchers and school choice.” What he conveniently left out is that he takes full advantage of school choice by enrolling his daughters in a private school, which costs approximately $20,000 http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/operations/registrar/tuition.shtml a year for middle school students.Sen. Obama is not along in his hypocrisy over school choice.
Many members of Congress choose to send their children to private schools, according to a yearly survey http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/bg2066.cfm by the Heritage Foundation - while denying those same opportunities to low-income families.On a positive note, Obama has broken with the teachers’ union on at least one issue. He was recently booed http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/07/mostly-cheers-b.html at an address to the National Education Association when he expressed his support for merit pay.
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