The President's recently submitted budget is slated to kill the D.C. school voucher program called the Opportunity Scholarship Program.
School vouchers have proved a huge success, giving parents choice in how their tax dollars go to providing an education to their children. Opponents of the voucher program attempt to find every possible failure of individual students, and use those failures to draw a bleak picture of the program.
Yet the overall facts don't support detractor's theories.
But, when you support increased government control over people's lives (as the administration does...and it's not just Democrats, you know) and when you must appease a union powerhouse (aka the teacher's unions)...
...you kill individual choice.
"The D.C. OSP (Opportunity Scholarship Program--aka, School Voucher program) has been highly successful. According to federally-mandated evaluations of the program, student achievement has increased, and graduation rates of voucher students have increased significantly. While graduation rates in D.C. Public Schools hover around 55 percent, students who used a voucher to attend private school had a 91 percent graduation rate.
And at $8,000, the vouchers are a bargain compared to the estimated $18,000 spent per child by D.C. Public Schools.
The Department of Education’s budget will increase 3.5 percent if the proposal is enacted, continuing a failed trend of spending more taxpayer dollars through Washington on a myriad of programs with a poor track record.
By contrast, the D.C. OSP has a stellar track record of increasing academic success, student safety, and parental satisfaction. And because of the nature of the District of Columbia (education in D.C. is under the jurisdiction of Congress), it is entirely appropriate for the federal government to fund the D.C. OSP."
Less money for people to make the best choices for themselves and more money for central planners.
Yup, walking backwards on the road to recovery and moving forward on the Road to Serfdom.
School vouchers have proved a huge success, giving parents choice in how their tax dollars go to providing an education to their children. Opponents of the voucher program attempt to find every possible failure of individual students, and use those failures to draw a bleak picture of the program.
Yet the overall facts don't support detractor's theories.
But, when you support increased government control over people's lives (as the administration does...and it's not just Democrats, you know) and when you must appease a union powerhouse (aka the teacher's unions)...
...you kill individual choice.
"The D.C. OSP (Opportunity Scholarship Program--aka, School Voucher program) has been highly successful. According to federally-mandated evaluations of the program, student achievement has increased, and graduation rates of voucher students have increased significantly. While graduation rates in D.C. Public Schools hover around 55 percent, students who used a voucher to attend private school had a 91 percent graduation rate.
And at $8,000, the vouchers are a bargain compared to the estimated $18,000 spent per child by D.C. Public Schools.
The Department of Education’s budget will increase 3.5 percent if the proposal is enacted, continuing a failed trend of spending more taxpayer dollars through Washington on a myriad of programs with a poor track record.
By contrast, the D.C. OSP has a stellar track record of increasing academic success, student safety, and parental satisfaction. And because of the nature of the District of Columbia (education in D.C. is under the jurisdiction of Congress), it is entirely appropriate for the federal government to fund the D.C. OSP."
Less money for people to make the best choices for themselves and more money for central planners.
Yup, walking backwards on the road to recovery and moving forward on the Road to Serfdom.
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