DC Kids Win a Big One Today Thanks to Congress
Slowly, but surely, we’re taking back our schools from the big-money, big-power teachers’ union heads.
The House signed off Wednesday on reviving a school voucher program for low-income students in the District of Columbia.
The House voted 225-195 Wednesday afternoon to allocate $20 million to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program, which stopped accepting new students in 2009. The bill will open the program to new applicants.
This was a no-brainer vote, really. The DC program was wildly successful and residents overwhelmingly supported it. The only reason it died is because the NEA opposed it. Barack Obama and the Democrats followed the NEA’s lead because, well, lots and lots of reasons that had nothing at all to do with children or education.
Thankfully, they lost today and the children of Washington, DC won. Some of them are going to get a chance for a better education because of it, assuming that the Senate approves the bill. That’s worthy of celebration.
(via Cubachi)
Other Posts of Interest:
- Democrats to Poor Schoolchildren: “No Good Education for You!”
- The New Secretary of Education is A Mixed Bag
- In Progressive America, Your Kids Aren’t Your Own Either.
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