Obama School Voucher – Video Update

Steve has already posted twice on this issue. So this is really a companion piece to “Obama’s Flip Flopping Statements”. But lest you think only conservatives are outraged by the Obama administrations flip flopping stance on a very successful program in the DC schools … no less than liberal pundit Juan Williams has urged the…

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Obama’s flip-flopping statements on school vouchers

One Wednesday, I wrote about the Obama administration’s plan to sunset the the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program – a federal initiative – that provided scholarships to kids. After the kerfluffle of the Wall Street Journal piece, Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposed a solution. Let the kids who are already in the private system stay there,…

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Obama administration attacks school choice

By offering school choice, many cities – including Washington D.C. – have been able to provide some kids with the opportunity to attend better performing schools. Following marching orders from the National Education Association, the Obama administration intends to let a popular D.C. program end. As mentioned here and here, the administration is taking some heat after…

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