Santorum Questions Education System; Criticizes Obama

Michael McElroy for The New York Times
Rick Santorum said the idea of governments operating public schools was “anachronistic.”
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: February 18, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio — With his candidacy surging, Rick Santorum on Saturday questioned the legitimacy of state-run public education systems and suggested that President Obama’s agenda sprang from a “phony theology.”
Multimedia
the former Pennsylvania senator — who is tied in polls in the critical