On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Jerry Ba wrote: > > "$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." > > If successful (and let's face it: any school or school system would > probably be more successful than DC), these scholarships might lead to more > parents wanting scholarships which could lead to *shudder* a demand for > vouchers. > > > >
and what really scares the teachers' unions is that the $8,746 is WAY less than what the DC public school system spends: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040402921.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:296474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5