And on the same day that he was extolling the need to shake up the "status quo" in education, Obama also defended his opposition to school vouchers.Obama is a teachers union kind of guy to the core.
"We don't have enough slots for every child to go into a parochial school or a private school. And what you would see is a huge drain of resources out of the public schools," Obama said.
McCain advocates giving every parent a voucher to essentially choose which school they'd like to send their child. Obama, whose two daughters attend private school, said that idea would crush the public school system entirely.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Obama Opposes McCain School Voucher Plan
ABC News reports: