A Winning Message to Defeat Obama: Part 3  Educational reform in
this country can be summarized as follows: (1) Reform, not
eliminate, the federal Department of Education by getting them
out of K-12 education;  (2) All K-12 educational funding,
reforms and innovation would occur at the state or local level;
(3) Eliminate Head Start and convert the program to block grants
to states to establish and expand pre-K programs within existing
school districts;  (4) Automatic enrollment into pre-K programs
of children in low-income households;  (5) Emphasis on English
language proficiency and development of social and discipline
skills in these pre-K programs;  (6) Provide for greater
parental choice in schools through the establishment of charter
schools, cross-district registration based upon need,
privatization at the local level, and some form of school
voucher program based upon family income with voucher amounts
awarded on a sliding scale basis up to a ceiling of costs;  (7)
Enhance teacher training through exp