“President Bush Tries Another Push for Vouchers”

President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address last night highlighted a plan to give children with greater economic needs private school vouchers -- something key Democrats in Congress already have signaled they will reject. The administration tried unsuccessfully to include a voucher program in the No Child Left Behind law when it was first approved by Congress five years ago.

In an article in the today’s Mississippi Sun Herald, entitled “Bush reintroduces school voucher plan”, Nancy Zuckerbrod of the Associated Press writes: “White House officials say a private school voucher program makes sense for students in schools that are consistently failing to meet progress goals under the No Child Left Behind law.”

"This is not for every kid in America," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joel Kaplan said. "This is for those kids who are trapped in the absolute worst schools that just don't seem to be capable, or willing, to make the changes necessary to serve those students well." www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/16528972.htm

Let’s hear what you think of another push for vouchers by this administration.
Good Idea…?
Crummy Idea…?

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