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Note: At right is a list of the 11 entries in the "Vouchers" archive (most recent first).
Below, the entries are listed again in expanded form, with a short excerpt or summary from each entry.Vouchers Archives
Do Vouchers Take Money Away From Public Schools? January 10, 2006
Opponents to the concept of education vouchers say that they drain money from public education. It's an interesting piece of criticism: dollars to pay for an Opportunity Scholarship voucher in Florida (recently deemed unconstitutional) were actually state funds originally slated to go to the public schools, but diverted to the private school of the parent's choice. While there are some...
$10,000 per student in taxpayer dollars? Ouch. July 09, 2004
Remember Robin Hood? He's the fellow with the nifty income redistribution scheme, stealing from the rich, and giving to the poor. The U.S. Federal government has the idea a bit confused. It steals from taxes everyone, and gives it to the bureaucrats, all in the name of the common good. We've never been enamored with the idea of government schools... Posted by ceb into Politics
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Black Alliance for Educational Options February 27, 2004
Last night we attended an membership reception hosted by the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) in Philadelphia (at right is Dawn Chavous, chair of the Membership Committee). While we've been a member for about two years, this is the first event we've attended. These folks are passionate about increasing educational options for children--our kind of people! And what is... Posted by ceb into Parents & Community
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The point to vouchers: Helping parents pay for private school February 26, 2004
One of the favorite arguments against vouchers is the "all or nothing" attack. Specifically, if the vouchers can't pay for all kids to go to any private schools, then the whole voucher program must be rejected. Here's a simple little graph illustrating how silly this argument really is. Assuming a $5,000 voucher, we've graphed whether private school is "affordable" at... Posted by ceb into School Choice
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Special-Ed Vouchers? February 22, 2004
There are many arguments against vouchers (all of which we're willing to knock down, by the way), but one favorite is that all the "good" kids will get the vouchers, while the neediest or most difficult students will be abandoned to the ever-worsening public schools. Specifically, voucher opponents question where special-education children will end up, because surely no private schools... Posted by ceb into Misconceptions
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Voucher School Gone Bad: An edu-Enron? February 21, 2004
One of the criticisms of voucher programs (or other ways of privatizing schooling which is currently done by the government) is the invitation to corruption. Here, in a series of articles by Sarah Carr in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, it would seem the critics are right. January 20, 2004: Officials at Mandella School of Science and Math inappropriately cashed almost... Posted by ceb into Misconceptions
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A Discussion of Vouchers February 19, 2004
Some recent commentary by fellow edublogger (and good guy) Jeff Hellman over at So You Want To Be A Science Teacher centers on criticism of Bush's education policy ideas. We'll be the first to tell you we're not big fans of federal education policy, but we'd like to correct some misunderstandings about the whole concept of vouchers. Jeff writes: I'm... Posted by ceb into School Choice
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Criticism of Vouchers, Defense of Monopoly January 31, 2004
Over at Assorted Stuff, Tim Stahmer says U.S. Secretary Rod Paige is "Full of it" simply because he has positive words for vouchers and negative words about the government monopoly over schools in poor neighborhoods. He quotes from a CNN article: Paige said the experiment "isn't about dismantling the public school system. And this isn't a plan to federalize the... Posted by ceb into Politics
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Vouchers destroy public schools! Don't they? (The tide is rising...) January 12, 2004
Say someone is sitting in a beach chair with the low-tide ocean waves lapping only a few feet away. When the tide comes in, only an unconscious or deceased person would not pick up the chair and move further back! It is the classic misconception, of judging tomorrow's policy changes with today's actions. The best example of this is the... Posted by ceb into Vouchers
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Vouchers destroy public schools! Don't they? (The tide is rising...) January 12, 2004
Say someone is sitting in a beach chair with the low-tide ocean waves lapping only a few feet away. When the tide comes in, only an unconscious or deceased person would not pick up the chair and move further back! It is the classic misconception, of judging tomorrow's policy changes with today's actions. The best example of this is the... Posted by ceb into Vouchers
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Fighting those who hold blacks back January 08, 2004
Armstrong Williams has an excellent column on the efforts by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams to improve the education of our children, especially children of color in our cities. According to the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, "More than 70 percent of the nation's black students now attend predominantly minority public schools." In... Posted by ceb into Racial Issues
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