Interview: Ryan Olson - 2/5/08
In her State of the State address last week, Governor Jennifer Granholm asked lawmakers to raise the high school drop-out age to eighteen. Currently, students are allowed to drop out at sixteen. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy opposes the governor’s idea. Dr. Ryan Olson is the Mackinac Center’s director of education policy. Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry spoke with him.
This is just more of big government protecting a failing education system which does more to benefit teachers unions than students. I say, let the state fix government schools instead of adding laws to protect the status quo. We need freedom in education. Not more laws to protect those who benefit from taxpayer dollars at the cost of true education reform.
Posted by: Pam Booth | January 31, 2009 at 05:55 AM