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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Schools Matter: Young Conservative Loves Obama Education Agenda, RttT, Merit Pay

Schools Matter: Young Conservative Loves Obama Education Agenda, RttT, Merit Pay
Jonathan Krohn, the 14 year old wunderkid of the conservative/Tea Party movement, spoke to progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann, after absorbing the scene at the recent CPAC gathering. You can skip to the 3:25 mark of the video to hear Jonathan "give credit where credit is due" - in this case, Krohn thinks our "socialist" President deserves support for his pro-competition, pro-charter, pay for test score, pro-merit-pay agenda. "Public education is already there and we're not going to be able to abolish it," chimes in the kid - but you sure get the impression that he'd like to.