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Because socialism is for the people, not the socialists.
These are the very same people who fight against school choice vouchers at every turn.
No, unfortunately, these are some of the people who benefited from school choice vouchers. However, in districts that have good public schools, they send their kids to public school. Some send their kids to mediocre public schools, because they believe in the public school system. Private schools are expensive. It tends more to be rich Republicans who send their kids to private schools.
I completely agree. All children should have to go to the same public schools. That way, everyone is in it togeter, and hopefully everyone would better value education. You know, "one for all, and all for one."
Unfortunately, that isn't the law in the USA, and I don't think it's ever going to change, particularly with our over abundance of church based schools. There's too much money to be made.
So, given the choice of reaching deep, and paying for the private school, or sending my children to the public schools just to make a point, my choice is pretty obvious. Trust me, if the public schools in my area were anywhere near as good as the private schools, I would gladly take advantage of them, and save the money.
Shouldn't parents decide where their kids should be educated? What about those of us who want a religious education??
Why would anyone not send their child to a private school if given the choice? All of the top Ivy League pipeline schools are high dollar private schools.
By the way, vouchers are nothing more than a way to concentrate the poor and disenfranchised in to a few substandard schools, and that is why they are blocked.
But then he and other liberals in Congress killed a voucher program for poor kids in DC that allowed some of them to attend private schools, as well.
So, let me get this straight....a poor kid has a voucher, and that makes a private school have to accept him?
Yeah I thought not. No way that school lets average rabble hob nob with the wealthy elites kids.
What WOULD happen though, is that schools would become legally segregated (which is exactly what the voucher set is after).
Low income kids and minorities who dont have parents who can buy them out of their "black/hispanicness" would all end up in a few poorly funded schools that will take "anyones vouchers", while those who have parents who have the means to "grease the wheels", or are just lucky enough to look a certain way, will be "accepted" by more elite schools.
Shouldn't parents decide where their kids should be educated? What about those of us who want a religious education??
In my opinion 'religious education' is an oxymoron.
But, if that's what you want, you'd still have plenty of time to force feed the coolaid to your kids.
There are 168 hours in a week.
It wouldn't hurt for your kids to go to public school and learn science, math, factual history, english etc, for 30 of those 168 hours.
If you can't get your point across to your children in the other 82% of the time that they aren't in school, then maybe you should re-examine the credibility of your beliefs.
Right, because everyone knows the number one qualification for all good teachers, is a working pair of ovaries.
It dosnt matter. IT should be the parents decision , not the gvmts.
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