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Why are they dead set against giving parents alternatives to some of the worst public school districts in the country?
Is it because of constituent dissastisfaction?
Nope. More than 90% of the families express high satisfaction with the program, according to researchers at Georgetown University.
Is it because of the costs?
Nope. The program provides a $7,500 voucher, compared to the average of $13,000 per student for public schooling.
Is it because the program caters to rich white children?
Nope. More than 80% of the recipients are black and most of the rest Hispanic. Their average income is about $23,000 a year.
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Obama would overhaul the entire educational system. There should be no poor schools. All of our children should have access to the best that America has to offer in every school district in America. Read more—http://www.barackobama.com/issues/educat…
That’s EXACTLY what it’s all about. The NEA and AFT should be abolished. They do absolutely zero to facilitate education, and they don’t even act in the interest of the vast majority of their members. Like most unions, they protect the dregs at the expense of the majority. Most teachers WANT to do a good job and educate their students to the best of their ability.
Anything in Washington D.C. is the least of their concerns, except for getting their candidate into the White House. They are selfish and would rather help out the terrorists from 9-11.
The pulbic should only pay for public schools, not for private entities not accountable to the public.
Because the Obama kids go to private school. Who cares about the ordinary people? They might be able to run for President if they got a good education. We don’t want competition out here in Hawaii!
because an educated populous is a danger to a nanny state.
To answer your question;
Because you will see that through out history Democrats claim to be able to fix things, but to date have fixed nothing. Every socialist program, every free handout created by Democrats have yet to solve one problem in America and in fact as you have pointed out in Washington DC have made the problems worse. The Democrat party is a scam, made to create a elitist class of people who once in power do everything to remain in power, even to the point of never fixing the problems they are elected to solve.