Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016/Education
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See below what Gary Johnson and the 2016 Libertarian Party Platform said about education.
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Johnson on education
- On his campaign website, Johnson called for giving more control over education to state and local government and for eliminating the Department of Education. He said, "Most importantly, Governor Johnson believes that state and local governments should have more control over education policy. Decisions that affect our children should be made closer to home, not by bureaucrats and politicians in Washington, D.C. That is why he believes we should eliminate the federal Department of Education. Common Core and other attempts to impose national standards and requirements on local schools are costly, overly bureaucratic, and actually compromise our ability to provide our children with a good education."[2]
- In 2012, Gary Johnson supported abolishing the Department of Education. He said, "I don't think people recognize that the the [sic] Department of Education was established in 1979 under Jimmy Carter. So if you measure educational performance since 1979 there is nothing to suggest that the federal government has added any value. The federal government gives eleven cents out of every school dollar that every state spends but it comes with 16 cents of strings attached, and I found this as governor of New Mexico. ... There is so much education that is being distorted by Washington. Give it up to the states and in my opinion there will be some fabulous successes that will be emulated."[3]
- In his 2012 book, Seven Principles of Good Government, Johnson recommended giving each student in New Mexico a $3,500 voucher for whichever school he or she chose to attend. "I realized that many people believed vouchers take money away from the public school system. But my plan would have increased the per capita funding for kids who remained in public schools because we were actually spending about $5,500/child—so each public school district would get an extra $2,000 for each student who opted out," Johnson explained.[4]
- Johnson also proposed more competition between schools, writing, "I believe that we should treat K-12 education more like higher education. The reason higher education in the US is the best in the world is because these institutions compete with each other for tuition dollars. We need that same competition in public education."[5]
- One area for public education reform Johnson cited in this book was testing standards. He wrote, "In order to improve schools, we have to measure and grade schools. And the purpose here isn't to denounce the schools but to say, 'Here's where we're at. What do we need to do to get better next year?' We need to compare one school to another when it comes to test scores in the various categories. We also need to be able to look at one school from one year to the next, and have the results put out in a format that is easy to read and easy to understand."[6]
- Read what other presidential candidates said about education.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Reason.com, "Gary Johnson To Announce He's Running for President Today," January 6, 2016
- ↑ JohnsonWeld, "Education," accessed September 1, 2016
- ↑ iSideWith, "Interview with Gary Johnson," accessed January 9, 2016
- ↑ Johnson, Gary. (2012). Seven Principles of Good Government. Aberdeen: Silver Lake Publishing. (pages 68-69)
- ↑ Johnson, Gary. (2012). Seven Principles of Good Government. Aberdeen: Silver Lake Publishing. (page 69)
- ↑ Johnson, Gary. (2012). Seven Principles of Good Government. Aberdeen: Silver Lake Publishing. (page 95)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Libertarian Party, "The 2016 Libertarian Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
