Comments on: Annoy the Teachers’ Unions: Reinstate D.C. School Vouchers

By: Ideology Over Education

Ideology Over Education — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:57:47 +0000

[...] It’s unfortunate, really- teachers unions often complain we need more money in education, as do their mouthpieces in the government. This happens despite the facts about education spending (see the previous link), and how the unions themselves harm the American education system. (See Opportunity Scholarship, D.C.) [...]

By: Part 1: Grabbing the Low-Hanging Fruit

Part 1: Grabbing the Low-Hanging Fruit — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:51:55 +0000

[...] or hundreds of billions. The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship is on its last legs, even though it saves nearly $13 million public dollars while providing a better-than-average education to D.C. students. Hundreds of millions are wasted [...]

By: Last Gasp For DC Opportunity Scholarship - nhconservative2’s Diary - RedState

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:28:32 +0000

[...] explained Burke, this is expected to be the final infusion of federal dollars into this very successful and popular education program, despite the president’s promise to at least let the current batch of [...]

By: race42008.com » Blog Archive » Last Gasp For The DC Opportunity Scholarship

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:53:44 +0000

By: Government Employees & Salaries Growing | thelobbyist

Government Employees & Salaries Growing | thelobbyist — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:08:57 +0000

[...] rolls (i.e., Democrats) killed the D.C. Voucher Program recently, even though it not only saves millions of taxpayer dollars but also educates its students- poor minorities, by and large- better than the horrific D.C. public [...]

By: race42008.com » Blog Archive » The Catholic Church Holds To Its Tenets

race42008.com » Blog Archive » The Catholic Church Holds To Its Tenets — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:31:32 +0000

[...] make up only a bit over seven percent of private sector workers and yet receive much attention and lavish legislative support at the hands of [...]

By: Heritage Foundation Holds Event for DC School Voucher Program | thelobbyist

Heritage Foundation Holds Event for DC School Voucher Program | thelobbyist — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:48:14 +0000

[...] are put through an educational system that is safer for them, gives them a better education and saves the public millions of dollars. Unfortunately, most Democrats are so beholden to teachers unions they are trying to shut the [...]

By: balconesfault

balconesfault — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:14:02 +0000

I don’t get it – what we basically have is a lot of conservatives arguing that additional Federal Taxpayer Dollars should be being used to subsidize the education of kids in DC? What the hell – why just DC? Why not have more Federal Taxpayer Dollars pumped into every district in America?

And let’s face it. Vouchers may work with limited numbers of kids entering each of these $30,000+/year private schools … but when the number of voucher kids starts being a significant portion of the student body, those schools won’t be able to keep accepting $7,500/year vouchers … unless they further raise tuitions on the rest of the student body. Sidwell Friends doesn’t charge $30K/student just because that’s what the market will bear … presumably, they do so because to operate that great a facility with that excellent a faculty in a high cost area like DC, it costs $30K per student to do so.

By: ottovbvs

ottovbvs — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:20:33 +0000

“which is in danger of being eliminated after the current crop of students graduate. ”

…………What do you mean “in danger of being eliminated”………..it is going to be eliminated as things now stand………This bit of flapdoodle by Lieberman et al has no chance of passage