Posted in Take it back on Jun 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Rabbi Merrill Shapiro of Temple Beth Shalom in Palm Coast, the vice president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said his organization joined in the lawsuit because it will take tax dollars from Jewish Floridians and use it “to fund institutions that teach that we have no access to salvation, that we’re [...]
Posted in Sweet on Apr 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Excellent Education for Everyone’s newsletter has just informed me that NJ is pushing a bipartisan bill to pass school vouchers in 7 cities.
NJ has been trying to get a school voucher program started for a looong time and it’s about time state legislators realized that their public schools are horrible and kids need alternatives.
Posted in This is bullshit! on Apr 8th, 2008 No Comments »
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Posted in Take it back on Apr 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday I blogged about Sun-Sentinel’s terrible opinion on school vouchers. Personally, I found their opinion filled with loopholes.
However, the Miami Herald’s opinion had substance and provides examples unlike the Sun-Sentinel. However, I still disagree with them.
Here is their logic on not removing the state’s Blaine Amendment in order to get school vouchers.
The 120-year-old ”no aid” [...]
Posted in This is bullshit! on Mar 31st, 2008 No Comments »
On Sunday’s paper, the Sun-Sentinel discussed one of the many recommendations of the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission — a constitutional amendment that would establish a publicly funded school voucher program by removing the Blaine amendment from the state constitution.
The editorial board says:
This week, the commission took a step toward putting [...]
Posted in Take it back on Mar 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
A few days ago, a special state committee discussed the possibility of giving Texan high school dropouts a voucher.
That discussion went nowhere but I do need to correct the AP in their story.
They said the following:
Under a voucher program, students could attend any school their parents choose at state expense, whether the school be public [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, This is bullshit! on Mar 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
Missouri bureaucrats are against a tax-credit program that would give special needs students scholarships to attend better schools.
Here is their reasoning:
It would use public dollars for private purposes. - Independence Superintendent Jim Hinson
Using tax credits in this manner is not the right way to use public dollars. It concerns me that if this was approved, [...]
Posted in Lame! on Feb 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
What did I tell you, the guy is not sincere and will never support school vouchers.
From the NY Sun:
“No sooner had we issued Elizabeth Green’s dispatch under the headline “Obama Open to Private School Vouchers” than his campaign was scrambling to undo the potential damage with the Democratic primary electorate. On February 20, his [...]
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