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Sen. Rand Paul on Reforming Education and the Danger of Occupy Wall Street

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  October 18th, 2011 at 05:35 PM  | 

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The latest iteration of No Child Left Behind comes before a Senate committee tomorrow with bipartisan support. But if Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has anything to say about it, the bill won’t go anywhere fast.

Paul, the Tea Party favorite who won election last November, has promised to introduce 100 amendments, including a complete repeal of No Child Left Behind. That could significantly slow down the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

His approach seeks to reduce the federal government’s role in education and return control to local communities. Earlier today he visited Heritage to share his strategy and explain why he compares No Child Left Behind to Obamacare.

Paul also addressed the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest in New York and similar demonstrations taking place across America. He warned of the “mob mentality” on display and the “lurking danger” of the movement.

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  • lastgopinillinois

    the department of education and returning the powers to the States and local communities. These are laboratories of experimentation and they do talk to each other, so if a particular community has success with a program that increases quality and reduces costs, that knowledge does spread to other districts.

    I doubt Paul will get No Child left behind repealed given the current makeup of the Senate, but I sure wish he could. Maybe after 2012 !

    I am not that worried about OWS, but someone needs to stand up and publicly expose these bought-and-paid-for frauds just for the sake of honesty. Furthermore, they are very small in number, have no coherent message and no particular legislative agenda per se as compared to the grassroots Tea Party.