Public education: Good for them, but not for our kids ...

I give enormous credit to politicians who walk the walk. If you're the sort of defender of public schooling who is also opposed to home schooling, school choice, etc., you should send your own children to a public school. To do otherwise is rank hypocrisy.

Well, our president-elect is starting to look an awful like the typical D.C. politician. No surprise there; that's what he is. The New York Times reports that the Obamas will send their kids to the Sidwell Friends School, an ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive private school that educates the creme de la creme of D.C. No problem there; that's the Obamas' prerogative.

Now, I have no problem with anyone sending their kids to a private school. That's their business. But it's a curious private decision for a man who has openly championed the status quo in public education -- pandering to the educator unions, spouting the same bromides about throwing even more money at public schools, etc. In true Obama fashion, he's also spoken frequently of reform and accountability, but once the reality of the educators' unions influence over the Democratic Party sinks in, he'll back off the accountability tack. He won't have a choice, which is very sad.