As a husband and father, Rick Santorum knows that at the heart of the American educational experience is the family; after all, every parent is a teacher, a child’s best teacher. Rick Santorum believes the best way to reduce government control over the educational system is to put the power back in the hands of the family.
Rick Santorum and his wife Karen understand the difficulty of educating children firsthand. As the parents of seven children, the Santorums know that the educational needs of each of their children is different. This is why Rick is a full-throated supporter of educational choice options for parents, and was a leader in the fight for school choice—including homeschooling options, charter school expansion, and voucher programs. Rick believes that in America, parents should not have to be forced to send their children to either failing schools or schools that do not meet the needs and wants of their families.
Not only have the Santorums been vocal supporters of educational choice, but they have also walked the walk in their own family. Each of the Santorum children has been homeschooled, with both Rick and Karen taking the responsibility of providing both a rigorous and nurturing educational environment for their children. Unlike many who support the education establishment but use their own resources to send their children to private schools, the Santorums believe that educational choice should be available to all American families, aligned with each family’s individual needs and wishes. Every family is different and no child, regardless of income or geographic location, should be confined to anything less than an excellent school or have limited opportunities—not in the information age. And not in America.
Rick Santorum not only believes in but cherishes the ideals of educational excellence based on opportunity, safety, and each family’s values. As a member of the United States Senate, Rick has supported the DC Opportunity Scholarship program, providing less fortunate families the options to send their children to their school of choice; worked to create Kids Accounts, so our children could better afford a college education; and helped author the Schools SAFE Act which helps ensure that adults working with children have criminal- and abuse-free records.
Learn more about Rick and his work to defend the first principles upon which our nation was founded by visiting America’s Foundation’s website at www.ricksantorum.com.
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