Did Big Education, not children, score a BIG victory in education Tuesday?

Molly Spearman is a moderate, at best, Republican.  Tom Thompson is a Democrat.
The two will face each other in November, in a fight to be South Carolina's Superintendent of Education.

Sadly there are a lot of people in education, as professionals, for the wrong reasons.

Education industry insiders use education funding to enrich themselves. They put themselves first, and care about politics and control.

Children, and are not close to the top of the liberals' priority list.

A lot of South Carolinians are scared of self-serving liberals. We fear education hierarchy  that just wants to make sure administrators, and bureaucrats, get a big slice of the pie, not concerned so much, if the children get less.

The Democrats' tend to ask for, and spend, more money, with less accountability and more blame placed on others.

That approach has been a failure for years.

Public education is one of the most important tasks the government has taken for itself.

It is also a segment of our society that has been controlled, especially in the last 30 years – and until recently- by liberals.

One of the strongest benefits of the Republican Revolution in South Carolina has been the influence more competent, and reasonable, Republican leaders have had on education.

Under Republicans, the opportunity for school choice has expanded.

School choice is popular among every demographic. Regardless of economics, race, religion or political persuasion, THE PEOPLE like diversity in choosing how to educate their children.

Under departing SC Superintendent of Education Mick Zais, with the help of many state legislators, more charter schools have opened. More children have had choices.

Students, who would have quit school because of a job or an extreme circumstance, have been able to go to school around a work schedule. Or a student in a charter, non-cookie-cutter school, has been able to take classes that address a learning nuance.

And believe it or not, academic achievement and a high school diploma extends the hope for the otherwise at-risk child's potential. Maybe he or she won't give up so easily, having completed high school. It means something. It's a source of pride.

But the fear on the morning after, is that South Carolina's children will now be put on the back of the bus, while education bigwigs, or political manipulators, pat themselves on the back, and tell us how they are "doing it for the children."

But I fear, based on history, the children will not be the top priority.