I Take a Day Off On Vouchers
Why should I do battle yet again with Tom Moran and the Star-Ledger editorial page? So many others are knocking down today's ridiculous piece cheering on vouchers that I'm taking the day off!
Here's NJ Parents Against Christie's School Cuts:
Here's NJ Parents Against Christie's School Cuts:
The assertion that it's ok to hand public money to religious institutions for education as long as we let parents choose which ones is utterly wrongheaded. Why don't we just take money away from other government programs and let people give it to their houses of worship? Why stop at education? While we're at it, why don't we fund religion-based health care, public safety, and justice? Hey, as long as we let people choose which religion gets the money, it's all good, right?The fact that most kids in poor urban schools aren't succeeding doesn't justify a "try anything" approach. You seem to be saying, hey, why pay any attention to all the evidence that vouchers are ineffective and do more harm than good? (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/01/school-vouchers-education-reform_n_843861.html)