When Cory Booker spoke at the American Federation for
Children’s National Policy Summit earlier this month, he not only inspired the
room of education reformers, but drummed up support for the Opportunity
Scholarship Act currently being considered by the New Jersey Legislature. But it turns out that news of Cory Booker
spreads—like fire (get it?!).
The Oregon Catalyst, a website for conservative Oregonians
to discuss policy issues, wrote about Cory Booker inspiring change in the
Beaver State. Steve Buckstein called for
supporters to make school choice a reality for students all across the
nation. Not only did he mention that
Booker saved a woman from a burning house last month, but called the need to
put out other fires: the reality that children are often doomed to failing
schools because of their ZIP codes.
Buckstein wrote:
Newark,
New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker is a
larger-than-life figure fighting for what he calls the “Most Important Civil
Right of All–equal access to high quality education.”
On May 4th
Booker gave an inspiring
keynote address before the American Federation for Children,
a national school choice organization. He said his strong support for school
choice stems from the options he was afforded in his own life–options denied to
millions of children because their ZIP codes determine what schools they must
attend.
A Black
Democrat himself, Booker made it clear he is disappointed that “his president”
hasn’t yet joined him in supporting school choice for every family, not just
for those he calls “the connected and elected.”
