Friday, November 20, 2009

Whitman: No vouchers for California

Earlier this week, Meg Whitman told ABC that a Governor Whitman would model significant portions of education reform on Jeb Bush's model in Florida, but would depart on at least one key issue.

ABC NEWS: "Jeb Bush also pushed on vouchers. You wouldn't push there?"

WHITMAN: "I wouldn't push on vouchers. This is not something that we will be able to get accomplished in California. And my view is; 'what is the 20 percent of the reforms that we can focus on that will get us 80 percent of the way home?' Vouchers is not happening in California. So let's focus on three things that most people can agree on and let's do those three things."