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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Jersey Jazzman: The Real Reason For Vouchers

Jersey Jazzman: The Real Reason For Vouchers:


The Real Reason For Vouchers

So what if I support vouchers to get votes in Lakewood? Wanna make something of it?
NJ Governor Chris Christie, 3/19/13
Gov. Chris Christie today picked up the endorsement of Orthodox Jewish education, community and business leaders, after bringing his small government message to a retirement community down the road.
At Yeshiva Toras Aron, a religious school for boys, Christie said his proposal for private school vouchers would ensure it is “the education of the parents’ choice, regardless of their economic situation, that governs how their children are educated.”
Invoking his epic battles with the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, Christie said “special interests” have stood in the way of the Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Christie accepted the endorsement of three sectors comprising the Orthodox