Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2016/Education
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Mike Huckabee |
Former Governor of Arkansas (1996-2007) Former Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (1993-1996) |
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- On his 2016 presidential campaign website, Mike Huckabee said the Department of Education should be abolished and that "[e]ducation decisions are best made by the most local government." Huckabee also expressed his opposition to Common Core.[2]
- According to a 2015 Forbes profile of Huckabee, he said, "Why should children be forced to go to a school which is failing to meet their needs when there are other schools that could do a good job? Let’s put children first and do what’s right for kids. I’m for the education of all children not just those in public schools. But all children ought to have a choice of which school to go, public or private."[3]
- In his 2008 book, Do the Right Thing, Huckabee said he supported charter schools and appointed a homeschooling parent to the State Board of Education.[4]
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- ↑ USA Today, "Huckabee ends GOP presidential bid," February 1, 2016
- ↑ Mike Huckabee for President, "Common Sense Education," accessed July 8, 2015
- ↑ Forbes, "Mike Huckabee On Education: 7 Things The Presidential Candidate Wants You To Know," May 6, 2015
- ↑ Huckabee, Mike. (2008). Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America. New York, NY: Sentinel. (page 124).