On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Interesting piece a few days ago by George Will on the scholarship program > for poor children in DC that Congress voted to kill in the budget. This > vote > was such an embarrassment, I hope the idiots in the Congressional > leadership > bring this program back. > > http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/will042309.php3 > > saved about $15 million by killing, or trying to kill, a tiny program that this year is enabling about 1,715 D.C. children (90 percent black, 9 percent Hispanic) to escape from the District's failing public schools and enroll in private schools. Seems to me DC has a larger problem here that should be addressed. $8,746 per child, so they can go to private schools. That money didn't get lost totally as education as a whole receives more money in this same budget. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296434 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
