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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Schooling in the Ownership Society: WSJ critical of PA Republicans for being soft on vouchers

Schooling in the Ownership Society: WSJ critical of PA Republicans for being soft on vouchers:


WSJ critical of PA Republicans for being soft on vouchers

NAACP protest in Harrisburg, slams vouchers & Gov. Corbett's budget cuts.
There's no better place to get the Ownership Society viewpoint on school reform than from the Wall Street Journal (although lately EdWeek has been running a close second). A June 16th, WSJ article, "Keystone State Kop-Out on Education," by David Feith, lambasts Pennsylvania Republicans for not doing enough on passage of a  state-wide voucher bill which could also serve as a bailout for the struggling Catholic school system.
"Without vouchers, we simply can't continue to bear the heavy cost of operating schools that are