Governor Mitch Daniels Champions Education Reforms

Rachel Sheffield / May 06, 2011

Yesterday, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels (R) signed into law legislation to implement the nation’s largest school voucher program. And this week, the Governor visited Washington, D.C., to highlight his education reform agenda, which is rooted in the belief that those closest to students know them best—a fact which should drive education policy.

In his speech at the American Enterprise Institute May 4, Daniels outlined the four major elements of the state’s education reforms: expanding school choice, increasing school accountability, improving teacher quality, and limiting the stranglehold collective bargaining has had over local schools.

Daniels boldly stated that Indiana will no longer “incarcerate any family’s kid in a school that they don’t believe is working.” (more…)