Posted under Education Politics & Federal Government & School Choice & Urban Schools
Way to go, U.S. Senate. You made a 5-year-old boy cry. How dare you vote to take away scholarships from D.C. kids who really need them!
Have you seen these kids? Even the Eduwonk – no big fan of vouchers – says “the spectacle of forcing the kids to leave their schools before they age out is pretty cold-hearted.” Uh-huh.
Fifty-eight U.S. Senators – including Colorado’s own Michael Bennet and Mark Udall – have decided to spend billions on wasteful pork projects, but can’t spare anything to keep 1,700 students from exercising the choice to enroll in a better school. And to think I’ve said nice things about Mr. Bennet before. I’m thinking about taking it back.
Andy Smarick at the Flypaper blog asks: “Why are they doing this?” He makes some very good points, and I have to agree with him. But really, I’m just plain mad right now. I’ve even thought about throwing some of my Legos at the next U.S. Senator who comes my way. (Not that many ever have, mind you.)
Will President Obama show the Senators who’s in charge? His press secretary said today that “it wouldn’t make sense to disrupt the education of those that are in that system, and I think we’ll work with Congress to ensure that a disruption like that doesn’t take place.”
Well, that’s the very least the President can do. Will he do it? I hope so, because I don’t want to waste any Legos.
Ed is Watching » Still Upset about D.C. Voucher Kids, At Least Arizona Got Some Good News on 13 Mar 2009 at 11:18 am #
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Ed is Watching » Keep Spreading the Message to Help D.C. Kids Keep Their Scholarships on 20 Mar 2009 at 10:17 am #
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Ed is Watching » Virginia Walden Ford: D.C. Scholarship Program Under Attack by Congress on 24 Mar 2009 at 10:39 am #
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Ed is Watching » A Parent’s Voice: Terrific Source of Information for Colorado Moms & Dads on 13 Apr 2009 at 10:48 am #
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Ed is Watching » Secretary Duncan, Please Stop the Madness: Save the D.C. Scholarships on 15 Apr 2009 at 11:00 am #
[...] I’m throwing Legos again (sorry). I just can’t throw them far enough to hit Education Secretary Arne Duncan. First, he [...]