I am surprised that DC only spends $18,000 per child, it's at LEAST 1/3 higher here in NJ!!!
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324879504578599792705897724.html > **** > > ** ** > > **· **July 12, 2013, 6:44 p.m. ET**** > > The D.C. Voucher Example**** > > Mr. President, how about that 97% graduation rate? **** > > President Obama talks passionately about reducing school dropout rates, > and he need only look in his own backyard for how to do it. Of course he'll > also have to quit trying to kill the successful program. **** > > Washington D.C.'s Opportunity Scholarship Program has released its latest > data on student progress in that landmark voucher program. A remarkable 97% > of its students graduated from high school in the 2011-2012 school year—a > 4% increase from the two previous years. This compares to a D.C. public > schools graduation rate of 55%. More than 90% of parents say they are happy > with their voucher child's academic progress, and applications exceed slots > for the coming school year by nearly 3 to 1.**** > > Despite this success, Democrats killed D.C. vouchers in 2009 at the behest > of teachers unions. It was left to Speaker John > Boehner<http://topics.wsj.com/person/B/John-Boehner/6252>and former > Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman to rescue the education > lifeline. The President's 2014 budget proposal again zeroes out funding, > but it will survive thanks to House Republicans.**** > > Mr. Obama's policy alternative for dropout rates is to demand that states > raise the minimum age at which kids can leave school. This 2012 proposal > fell flat once states realized they'd pay more to keep kids longer in the > same rotten schools, with no uptick in diploma rates. The union answer is, > as ever, to spend even more on failure.**** > > Each D.C. voucher is worth about half the $18,000 that D.C. public schools > spend per student. The voucher success rests not in money or mandates, but > in giving parents the choice to take their child out of a failing school > and into one with high standards and committed teachers. That's what > President Obama does with his own daughters, who attend private schools. > Millions of poor kids deserve the same choice.**** > > ** ** > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
