Rudy Giuliani on Education

At a February 2007 speech in Washington DC, Giuliani promised to take on the nation's public school system, but not dismantle it. "I would not destroy it," he said. "I would revive it, reform it, and change it."

Vouchers

Among the changes he would try is the implementation of a school voucher program, which Giuliani has long favored.

Directly from the candidate:

As Mayor, Rudy Giuliani worked to reform the nation’s largest public school system, with over 1 million school children. He increased school funding and hired new teachers, while insisting on reforms that ended social promotion, abolished principal tenure, and created a Charter School Fund. Rudy is also a strong supporter of school choice, believing that it is one of the great civil rights issues of our time.