Last night, in connection with Professor Glenn Reynolds' appearance on the Glenn Beck program, we asked Blaze readers to tweet us the one education reform you would implement to improve the U.S. educational system.
Below is an early sampling of your responses, which ranged from the wicked to the wonky. Be sure to check out Reynolds' new book, "The New School" (review here), and if you'd like to join the conversation and potentially snag a free copy of "The New School," follow @TheBlazeBooks and see below:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/TheBlazeBooks/status/423575440788189187"]
Now to your responses.
One popular argument was the federalism argument:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/JillRyanMSP/status/423580909950881792"]
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/diverson59/status/423583210313113600"]
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/mflynny/status/423605701613592576"]
As you might expect, unions received readers' wrath:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/p_w_sterne/status/423619096618360832"]
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/ricechecks/status/423597862866657280"]
(Some less tactfully)
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/libneocon/status/423583910904082432"]
Others went for a homerun right away:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/BadgerPundit/status/423584893201707008"]
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/Getalonghome/status/423585757748400128"]
Tenure was clearly one of the more reviled academic policies:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/JulianGotovac/status/423639943068413952"]
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/423665811127939072"]
Along with Common Core:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/andrewpcurrier/status/423575894113144832"]
Meanwhile, vouchers were popular:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/Daddypundit/status/423668720058114048"]
As was the concept of easing the barriers to entry in the education industry:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/talkradio200/status/423668856561737729"]
Along with market cost control:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/kriskanya/status/423696942023974912"]
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/MOConservTchr/status/423637430361948160"]
Changing what we teach:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/VictorB123/status/423715131369869312"]
Changing who teaches:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/vannschaffner/status/423665518210322436"]
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/rkl3dkl/status/423609617600376832"]
And last but not least for now, @Instapundit's favorite:
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/jayljohnson/status/423614864893165568"]
