Coming off the campaign trail and returning to the world of education advocacy, it's clear Jeb Bush isn't thinking small.
This week, in the National Review, he outlines what the education system of the future could look like:
There are no more assigned schools. Parents of all income levels are able to choose from a robust marketplace of options, including traditional neighborhood schools, magnet schools, charter schools, private schools, and virtual schools. Information on their performance is readily available, and they are held accountable to parents and communities. We must massively disrupt our education system if we want to ensure our long-term national and economic security.
We have a system that rewards success, replicates it, and weeds out failing schools. It is a system based on the simple premise that all students can learn, and that it is up to us to figure out how.
In this new school system, the current model of funding bureaucracies has been replaced by a new regime in which the money follows the child, guided by the decisions of parents.
We'll have more from the former Florida governor later this week.
