It is not just that he isn't putting his kids in public school--that would be sacrificing his kids for political favor--it is that he makes it out to be something that has to do with money. Obama's kids aren't going to a school that is more expensive, it is just more exclusive. Sidwell Friends is $25k a year, but then so are the D.C. public schools if you look at what they spend per pupil. In the case of D.C. private schools resources really aren't the problem, it is how well or ineffiently they are used. The press has, as usual, burried the lead: private schools aren't more expensive they are just better managed. If you gave the money spent on public education to the parents to use at a school of thier choice then everyone actually could afford to go to Sidwell Friends. But do we let the money follow the parents? No. Just the opposite. Instead of expanding what works we are contemplating expanding what doesn't into other realms such as health care.
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