"In short, there is little evidence that vouchers increase educational
achievement for students who utilize vouchers."
And so what?
If vouchers can produce the same shitty product or a marginally better
product for half the price, it is still a win for the tax payers (who save
money), the parent
"Yeah - that is very unlikely."
No doubt.
J
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Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. -
Henry Kissinger
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go
out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:49
>Perfect time for the vouchers argument in Atlanta.
>
why vouchers do not necessarily work. The best research I found indicated that
they only benefit an extremely small number of students, and do not benefit the
ones intended its supposed to.
Many of the studies commonly cited by voucher prop
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
> Perfect time for the vouchers argument in Atlanta.
>
> Works especially well with the budget crises. Fewer schools to upkeep,
> fewer salaries, fewer benefits, and more money per student by ratio.
Yeah - that is very unlikely.
-Cameron
..
Perfect time for the vouchers argument in Atlanta.
Works especially well with the budget crises. Fewer schools to upkeep,
fewer salaries, fewer benefits, and more money per student by ratio.
J
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Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. -
Henry Kissinger
Po
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Maureen wrote:
> You are probably too young to remember the scandals of the seventies
> with the Atlanta School Board. It's always been a mess. Cost per
> pupil versus quality of education is atrocious.
Indeed I am too young to know about that. Real shame.
The
You are probably too young to remember the scandals of the seventies
with the Atlanta School Board. It's always been a mess. Cost per
pupil versus quality of education is atrocious.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Maureen wrote:
>> C
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Maureen wrote:
> Cough, cough, sputter, spewing coffee...When did the Atlanta School
> System ever have a STELLAR reputation? It's been corrupt to the core
> for at least as long as I've been breathing.
Well, previously I had put them in the same category as any
Cough, cough, sputter, spewing coffee...When did the Atlanta School
System ever have a STELLAR reputation? It's been corrupt to the core
for at least as long as I've been breathing.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Cameron Childress wrote:
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> Wow. Massive. Systemwide. Cheating.
>
> Talk abo
Wow. Massive. Systemwide. Cheating.
Talk about unintended consequences of all the measurements tied to
funding by No Child Left Behind. Sheesh.
"State investigators on Tuesday released the findings of a probe into
the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating scandal that tarnished the
system's o
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