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WaPo: Why Is Obama Killing The D.C. Voucher Program?
On The WaPo’s blog Fred Hiatt wants to know why Obama is killing the D.C. school voucher program:
The Obama administration said it was going to respect science and respond to evidence — a contrast, many Democrats said, to the previous regime. So why is President Obama killing off the program that offers the best chance to find out if school vouchers work?
Hiatt goes on to say the D.C. voucher program could have settled the debate once and for all on whether school voucher programs work. So far the results have been positive from an academic and parental standpoint. With another couple of years of funding we could have a conclusive answer about voucher programs.
But the most important part of Hiatt’s piece is the last part. It shows me that Fred Hiatt gets it or at least is starting to get it. Rational debate about school vouchers is not in the cards with this administration.
…the Obama administration seems to be doing everything it can to wind down the program. Why? Early research results have been positive — certainly in terms of parental satisfaction, but also for achievement. Maybe the Democratic Party, and the teachers union leaders who support it, would rather not see any more evidence.
That is exactly right. The teachers union doesn’t give a shit if kids learn or not. Their only concern is whether teachers stay employed. If your kid drops out of school in the 10th grade totally illiterate, so what? At least his/her teacher has a job.
When students are allowed to leave the deadly DC war zones they call public schools and get a real education at half the price through a voucher, that costs failing teachers their jobs!
I really do wonder though about our president. A man who preaches about social justice and “spreading the wealth around” but has no problem kicking all the poor kids out of the very school he recently enrolled his own daughters in.
Not only should that be an outrage to the entire country, it should be an outrage to the black community, Hispanic community, and minority communities everywhere.
Wouldn’t the ultimate “social justice” be to allow the poor black and brown kids in DC the chance to get the same education as his own daughters are getting? The same education Chelsea Clinton was treated to as a child?
It seems to me there’s a shit load of hypocrisy and outright corruption taking place here. Playing politics with the lives of America’s children is disgusting and Barack Obama should be ashamed.
Having said that, I bet the parents who are so outraged that Obama kicked their kids out of private school will still vote for him in 2012.
Pretty sad.
Video: D.C. Parents Angered At Obama Decision To Kill School Voucher Program
The D.C. voucher program allows poor minority students to get the same education as the president’s daughters — for 50% the cost of attending a failing public school.
There is simply no logical reason why any clear thinking person of either party would be against this.
It just proves that democrats don’t give a damn about the poor or helpless. They actively promote policies designed to keep them that way — and always have.
(hat tip Breitbart.tv)
