Theses Senators who voted against Betsy DeVos, send their kids to private schools, not public....

[Borillar]

So they opposed an idiot who thinks guns should be allowed in school to protect the kids from grizzly bears? Stupid airhead probably can't even spell school.

 

[rightwinger]

I fully support our public schools. They are one of the great equalizers in our country. I think students should be able to move between schools based on interests, capabilities and special programs available

One of the biggest impediments to students moving to a different school is the number of independent school districts. They are private empires and restrict students from out of district. If schools were county run or state run, it would be easier to move students around

Private schools are not my problem. If you want to send your kid to private school, it is on your dime. Don't expect public funding

 

[RealDave]

Yes...the democrats will condemn minority kids to hell holes for schools.......and happily send their own kids to private schools...from the salaries we pay them....

Well, well, well........the fake indian princess sent her kids to private schools....

Senators Opposed Vouchers Backer DeVos, Send THEIR Kids To Posh Private School

Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat representing Minnesota who was once an unfunny comedian with bit parts on “Saturday Night Live,” has two children who attend The Dalton School in New York City — 1,018 miles from Minneapolis and 226 miles from Washington, D.C.

The cost of a single year of tuition for students in kindergarten through 12th grade at Dalton is $44,640. This amount, which represents slightly more than the average household income in the state of Alabama, is “among the lowest of our peer schools,” the posh Upper East Side school trumpets. On Friday, lunch at Dalton scrumptiously featured sustainable green tea salmon, anasazi bean salad, fresh organic papaya yogurt and a pasta bar with both marinara sauce and puttanesca sauce.

Dalton is most famous because its administration called off this year’s ice-skating party after a large group of parents refused to send their children to the Trump Wollman Rink in Central Park for political reasons. (RELATED: ‘Liberal Moms’ Make Fancypants Manhattan Prep School Cancel Ice Skating Party At Trump Rink)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat representing Massachusetts, has a granddaughter who rubs shoulders with the children of movie stars at the trendy Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. Tuition at Harvard-Westlake costs $35,900 each year. There’s also a $2,000 fee for new students.

Harvard-Westlake offers a bevy of amazing opportunities for students including study-abroad programs in Spain, France, China, Italy and India. There’s also the Mountain School, “an independent semester program that provides high school juniors the opportunity to live and work on an organic farm in rural Vermont.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island and himself a private boarding school product, has two children. His daughter attended the Wheeler School, a coed day school in Providence where a single year of tuition for sixth grade through 12th grade currently costs $35,215.

Sixth graders at Wheeler spend a segment of the school year romping around at a 120-acre farm owned by the school. The “unique, place-based experience” includes “vigorous scientific leaf studies” and “examinations of poetry, art, and mathematical models deepened through the context of” the school-owned farm.

Whitehouse, who has owned stock in a for-profit charter school company, also sent his son to a St. George’s School, a private boarding school in a gorgeous hamlet on the seaside.

Annual tuition at St. George’s is currently $39,900. Boarding students pay $58,000.

St. George’s offers a special program which allows students to sail around the world for several week on a 69-foot sailboat “traveling in a grand loop from Rhode Island across to the Azores and Spain, through the Mediterranean to Italy and Greece, back to the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico.”

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat representing New York and herself an alumna of the tony Emma Willard School, sends her two school-age children to Capitol Hill Day School, according to The Washington Post. Tuition at the private, progressive bastion currently runs $30,300.00 per year for sixth through eighth grades, $28,700.00 per year for first through fifth grades and $28,000.00 per year for preschoolers.

Instruction in French and Spanish begins in preschool at Capitol Hill Day School. Also, performing arts is a big deal. There are “operas based on children’s books,” for example, and the sixth graders put on a musical theater production.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat representing Connecticut, sent one of his four children to Brunswick School, a private, all-boys day school in Greenwich, according to the Connecticut Post. A year of high school tuition at Brunswick currently costs $40,450. Tuition for preschoolers costs $30,930 per year.

On Tuesday, grade school kids at Brunswick will enjoy a delicious lunch of barbecue antibiotic-free chicken sandwiches on Texas rolls.

Blumenthal sent another one of his kids to Greenwich Academy, an all-girls day school where high school tuition currently runs $41,890. A single year of prekindergarten at the private institution costs $37,470.

Tuesday’s lunch at Greenwich Academy includes potato leek soup, baked macaroni and cheese and braised red cabbage.

Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat representing New Hampshire, has two children. Her daughter attended Phillips Exeter Academy, one of the most notable fancypants private schools in the United States. Hassan’s husband, Thomas, was the principal of Phillips Exeter at the time. The cost for a year of tuition and fees at Phillips Exeter is currently $37,875. Boarding students pay $48,550.

The lunch menu at Phillips Exeter features “authentic recipes from around the world” and “more than 5,000 recipes in regular rotation.” Dinner selections for boarders include “grilled steak tips, fettuccine alfredo, palak paneer or quinoa with nuts.” Also, all dining staffers — “from chefs to dishwashers” receive “training in food allergens.”

Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat representing Pennsylvania, sent his daughters to Scranton Preparatory School, a private Jesuit school where a year of tuition costs $13,400. Casey is also an alumnus of Scranton Prep.

Every classroom at Scranton Prep offers cutting-edge technology and contains “the very latest in interactive instructional technology.” There’s also a very impressive 34,000-square-foot building dedicated to the arts and sciences which features “state-of-the-art science classrooms and laboratories as well as a magnificent theater that seats 875 people.”



Read more: Senators Opposed Vouchers Backer DeVos, Send THEIR Kids To Posh Private School

So...you don't believe in School Choice.

I believe in school choice for all American kids......even poor kids trapped in the very schools these democrats have destroyed.......that is why those poor kids should get vouchers for the full expense of their public education and should be able to attend the same schools the kids of these Senators go to......

Then you are being hypocritical towards these Senators....who are NOT expecting to mooch off of government to get a voucher. You have kids, it's your call as to which kind of school to send them to. Can't afford the school of your choice.....why did you have kids then?

Then I shouldn't have to pay for your kid to go to public school should I you dumb fuck, and fyi I am paying for these Senators to send their kids to private school by paying their salaries you stupid bastard.

You pay their salaries but you don't get to choose how they spend that money. I bet you think your boss has a right to say where you spend your pay?

If you attended public school, who paid for your education?

 

[RealDave]

Yes...the democrats will condemn minority kids to hell holes for schools.......and happily send their own kids to private schools...from the salaries we pay them....

Well, well, well........the fake indian princess sent her kids to private schools....

Senators Opposed Vouchers Backer DeVos, Send THEIR Kids To Posh Private School

Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat representing Minnesota who was once an unfunny comedian with bit parts on “Saturday Night Live,” has two children who attend The Dalton School in New York City — 1,018 miles from Minneapolis and 226 miles from Washington, D.C.

The cost of a single year of tuition for students in kindergarten through 12th grade at Dalton is $44,640. This amount, which represents slightly more than the average household income in the state of Alabama, is “among the lowest of our peer schools,” the posh Upper East Side school trumpets. On Friday, lunch at Dalton scrumptiously featured sustainable green tea salmon, anasazi bean salad, fresh organic papaya yogurt and a pasta bar with both marinara sauce and puttanesca sauce.

Dalton is most famous because its administration called off this year’s ice-skating party after a large group of parents refused to send their children to the Trump Wollman Rink in Central Park for political reasons. (RELATED: ‘Liberal Moms’ Make Fancypants Manhattan Prep School Cancel Ice Skating Party At Trump Rink)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat representing Massachusetts, has a granddaughter who rubs shoulders with the children of movie stars at the trendy Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. Tuition at Harvard-Westlake costs $35,900 each year. There’s also a $2,000 fee for new students.

Harvard-Westlake offers a bevy of amazing opportunities for students including study-abroad programs in Spain, France, China, Italy and India. There’s also the Mountain School, “an independent semester program that provides high school juniors the opportunity to live and work on an organic farm in rural Vermont.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island and himself a private boarding school product, has two children. His daughter attended the Wheeler School, a coed day school in Providence where a single year of tuition for sixth grade through 12th grade currently costs $35,215.

Sixth graders at Wheeler spend a segment of the school year romping around at a 120-acre farm owned by the school. The “unique, place-based experience” includes “vigorous scientific leaf studies” and “examinations of poetry, art, and mathematical models deepened through the context of” the school-owned farm.

Whitehouse, who has owned stock in a for-profit charter school company, also sent his son to a St. George’s School, a private boarding school in a gorgeous hamlet on the seaside.

Annual tuition at St. George’s is currently $39,900. Boarding students pay $58,000.

St. George’s offers a special program which allows students to sail around the world for several week on a 69-foot sailboat “traveling in a grand loop from Rhode Island across to the Azores and Spain, through the Mediterranean to Italy and Greece, back to the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico.”

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat representing New York and herself an alumna of the tony Emma Willard School, sends her two school-age children to Capitol Hill Day School, according to The Washington Post. Tuition at the private, progressive bastion currently runs $30,300.00 per year for sixth through eighth grades, $28,700.00 per year for first through fifth grades and $28,000.00 per year for preschoolers.

Instruction in French and Spanish begins in preschool at Capitol Hill Day School. Also, performing arts is a big deal. There are “operas based on children’s books,” for example, and the sixth graders put on a musical theater production.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat representing Connecticut, sent one of his four children to Brunswick School, a private, all-boys day school in Greenwich, according to the Connecticut Post. A year of high school tuition at Brunswick currently costs $40,450. Tuition for preschoolers costs $30,930 per year.

On Tuesday, grade school kids at Brunswick will enjoy a delicious lunch of barbecue antibiotic-free chicken sandwiches on Texas rolls.

Blumenthal sent another one of his kids to Greenwich Academy, an all-girls day school where high school tuition currently runs $41,890. A single year of prekindergarten at the private institution costs $37,470.

Tuesday’s lunch at Greenwich Academy includes potato leek soup, baked macaroni and cheese and braised red cabbage.

Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat representing New Hampshire, has two children. Her daughter attended Phillips Exeter Academy, one of the most notable fancypants private schools in the United States. Hassan’s husband, Thomas, was the principal of Phillips Exeter at the time. The cost for a year of tuition and fees at Phillips Exeter is currently $37,875. Boarding students pay $48,550.

The lunch menu at Phillips Exeter features “authentic recipes from around the world” and “more than 5,000 recipes in regular rotation.” Dinner selections for boarders include “grilled steak tips, fettuccine alfredo, palak paneer or quinoa with nuts.” Also, all dining staffers — “from chefs to dishwashers” receive “training in food allergens.”

Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat representing Pennsylvania, sent his daughters to Scranton Preparatory School, a private Jesuit school where a year of tuition costs $13,400. Casey is also an alumnus of Scranton Prep.

Every classroom at Scranton Prep offers cutting-edge technology and contains “the very latest in interactive instructional technology.” There’s also a very impressive 34,000-square-foot building dedicated to the arts and sciences which features “state-of-the-art science classrooms and laboratories as well as a magnificent theater that seats 875 people.”



Read more: Senators Opposed Vouchers Backer DeVos, Send THEIR Kids To Posh Private School

So...you don't believe in School Choice.

I believe in school choice for all American kids......even poor kids trapped in the very schools these democrats have destroyed.......that is why those poor kids should get vouchers for the full expense of their public education and should be able to attend the same schools the kids of these Senators go to......

Yeah, right! Let them take a few thousand dollar voucher and try to get into any one of those schools. First, they would not pass the entrance requirements.

You people are ridiculous sometimes!

Moron.....they don't have to get into those schools...more schools will open and they will actually teach the kids....

How dumb are you people...that you can't understand the dynamic of the customer having the power.....?

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

 

[RealDave]

Question, how many rich people do you know that send their kids to public schools? Stop making a crime out of wealthy mf's who do this all the time and focus on the issues at hand. We now have a mop who's out of touch with public education who bought her way to this position. End of effin story. I personally find it admirable for the elite to look after those less fortunate...something a conservative wouldn't know any thing about

Trapping them in schools that do not educate their children is how you see them taking care of the children? Really? Instead of giving those parents vouchers, where they can actually get an education for their children...instead of watching them die in gangs, drugs and poverty......you are one dumb individual....

So, how many parents in these poor school districts have the money to add to your voucher to get them in a private school? Do you think they cover 100%.

Fix the schools & help all the kids. Don't take a few tokens & declare how fricken great you are.

What you don't understand is that when you give the parents control over the money, new schools will open....in order to get those vouchers...it will not be a zero sum game......

New schools will open up, schools that specialize in difficult kids will open up.....and then public schools will get better because they will have to in order to compete........

You cannot fix inner city schools under the current system...it is not possible...the democrat controlled teachers unions do not want the problem fixed...if they did, it would have been fixed. The only way to fix the system is to give the parents the power to choose where they send their kids.....that creates the change that fixes the education system...

Just like the college system.......vouchers create the college system for k-12...and our colleges are the best in the world...because they have to actually compete to get the money from the students.......so they hire the best teachers, they offer the best education.....we need that at the K-12 level...not these arbitrary borders that force people into one school if they can't move .....

If you knew anything about how schools are financed, please explain where the "new" schools are going to come up with the initial investment to build facilities and hire teachers with no income source?

Those difficult kids just get thrown out of those new schools and wind up back in the public school.

The same way any other business gets financed genius......they get loans and open up......since now they can show they will make an a profit from teaching kids.....

You say you are a teacher or connected to education in some way....no wonder you have no clue.....you have been in the system so long you couldn't understand real freedom if someone opened your cage door....[/QUOT] Profit. Decisions made based on profitability. Great way to teach kids.

 

[Iceweasel]

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

The unions are in the way. And it will cost less once competition gets rolling.

 

[rightwinger]

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

The unions are in the way. And it will cost less once competition gets rolling.

Children do better in schools taught by union teachers than schools taught by the cheapest available teacher

 

[2aguy]

I fully support our public schools. They are one of the great equalizers in our country. I think students should be able to move between schools based on interests, capabilities and special programs available

One of the biggest impediments to students moving to a different school is the number of independent school districts. They are private empires and restrict students from out of district. If schools were county run or state run, it would be easier to move students around

Private schools are not my problem. If you want to send your kid to private school, it is on your dime. Don't expect public funding

No...if schools relied on the parents and their vouchers it would make it easier for them to move around.....moron.....

 

[2aguy]

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

The unions are in the way. And it will cost less once competition gets rolling.

Children do better in schools taught by union teachers than schools taught by the cheapest available teacher

Troll.....

tell that to the kids trapped in schools in the inner city with crappy teachers...because the good teachers left because it was too dangerous and too filled with bureaucratic crap.......

The teachers won't be the cheapest........schools that are created will have to have good teachers...other wise, moron, the parents can take their money and go somewhere else....which they can't do now unless they are rich...

 

[2aguy]

Yes...the democrats will condemn minority kids to hell holes for schools.......and happily send their own kids to private schools...from the salaries we pay them....

Well, well, well........the fake indian princess sent her kids to private schools....

Senators Opposed Vouchers Backer DeVos, Send THEIR Kids To Posh Private School

Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat representing Minnesota who was once an unfunny comedian with bit parts on “Saturday Night Live,” has two children who attend The Dalton School in New York City — 1,018 miles from Minneapolis and 226 miles from Washington, D.C.

The cost of a single year of tuition for students in kindergarten through 12th grade at Dalton is $44,640. This amount, which represents slightly more than the average household income in the state of Alabama, is “among the lowest of our peer schools,” the posh Upper East Side school trumpets. On Friday, lunch at Dalton scrumptiously featured sustainable green tea salmon, anasazi bean salad, fresh organic papaya yogurt and a pasta bar with both marinara sauce and puttanesca sauce.

Dalton is most famous because its administration called off this year’s ice-skating party after a large group of parents refused to send their children to the Trump Wollman Ri

nk in Central Park for political reasons. (RELATED: ‘Liberal Moms’ Make Fancypants Manhattan Prep School Cancel Ice Skating Party At Trump Rink)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat representing Massachusetts, has a granddaughter who rubs shoulders with the children of movie stars at the trendy Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. Tuition at Harvard-Westlake costs $35,900 each year. There’s also a $2,000 fee for new students.

Harvard-Westlake offers a bevy of amazing opportunities for students including study-abroad programs in Spain, France, China, Italy and India. There’s also the Mountain School, “an independent semester program that provides high school juniors the opportunity to live and work on an organic farm in rural Vermont.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island and himself a private boarding school product, has two children. His daughter attended the Wheeler School, a coed day school in Providence where a single year of tuition for sixth grade through 12th grade currently costs $35,215.

Sixth graders at Wheeler spend a segment of the school year romping around at a 120-acre farm owned by the school. The “unique, place-based experience” includes “vigorous scientific leaf studies” and “examinations of poetry, art, and mathematical models deepened through the context of” the school-owned farm.

Whitehouse, who has owned stock in a for-profit charter school company, also sent his son to a St. George’s School, a private boarding school in a gorgeous hamlet on the seaside.

Annual tuition at St. George’s is currently $39,900. Boarding students pay $58,000.

St. George’s offers a special program which allows students to sail around the world for several week on a 69-foot sailboat “traveling in a grand loop from Rhode Island across to the Azores and Spain, through the Mediterranean to Italy and Greece, back to the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico.”

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat representing New York and herself an alumna of the tony Emma Willard School, sends her two school-age children to Capitol Hill Day School, according to The Washington Post. Tuition at the private, progressive bastion currently runs $30,300.00 per year for sixth through eighth grades, $28,700.00 per year for first through fifth grades and $28,000.00 per year for preschoolers.

Instruction in French and Spanish begins in preschool at Capitol Hill Day School. Also, performing arts is a big deal. There are “operas based on children’s books,” for example, and the sixth graders put on a musical theater production.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat representing Connecticut, sent one of his four children to Brunswick School, a private, all-boys day school in Greenwich, according to the Connecticut Post. A year of high school tuition at Brunswick currently costs $40,450. Tuition for preschoolers costs $30,930 per year.

On Tuesday, grade school kids at Brunswick will enjoy a delicious lunch of barbecue antibiotic-free chicken sandwiches on Texas rolls.

Blumenthal sent another one of his kids to Greenwich Academy, an all-girls day school where high school tuition currently runs $41,890. A single year of prekindergarten at the private institution costs $37,470.

Tuesday’s lunch at Greenwich Academy includes potato leek soup, baked macaroni and cheese and braised red cabbage.

Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat representing New Hampshire, has two children. Her daughter attended Phillips Exeter Academy, one of the most notable fancypants private schools in the United States. Hassan’s husband, Thomas, was the principal of Phillips Exeter at the time. The cost for a year of tuition and fees at Phillips Exeter is currently $37,875. Boarding students pay $48,550.

The lunch menu at Phillips Exeter features “authentic recipes from around the world” and “more than 5,000 recipes in regular rotation.” Dinner selections for boarders include “grilled steak tips, fettuccine alfredo, palak paneer or quinoa with nuts.” Also, all dining staffers — “from chefs to dishwashers” receive “training in food allergens.”

Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat representing Pennsylvania, sent his daughters to Scranton Preparatory School, a private Jesuit school where a year of tuition costs $13,400. Casey is also an alumnus of Scranton Prep.

Every classroom at Scranton Prep offers cutting-edge technology and contains “the very latest in interactive instructional technology.” There’s also a very impressive 34,000-square-foot building dedicated to the arts and sciences which features “state-of-the-art science classrooms and laboratories as well as a magnificent theater that seats 875 people.”



Read more: Senators Opposed Vouchers Backer DeVos, Send THEIR Kids To Posh Private School

So...you don't believe in School Choice.

I believe in school choice for all American kids......even poor kids trapped in the very schools these democrats have destroyed.......that is why those poor kids should get vouchers for the full expense of their public education and should be able to attend the same schools the kids of these Senators go to......

Yeah, right! Let them take a few thousand dollar voucher and try to get into any one of those schools. First, they would not pass the entrance requirements.

You people are ridiculous sometimes!

Moron.....they don't have to get into those schools...more schools will open and they will actually teach the kids....

How dumb are you people...that you can't understand the dynamic of the customer having the power.....?

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

No..parents don't...if their school sucks...they either have to pay more to go to a private school...after paying to support the crappy public school through their taxes..or they have to move their home.....

Vouchers will improve the education of all the kids.....because competition improves everything when they have to actually make the people with the money....parents with vouchers, happy...

 

[rightwinger]

I fully support our public schools. They are one of the great equalizers in our country. I think students should be able to move between schools based on interests, capabilities and special programs available

One of the biggest impediments to students moving to a different school is the number of independent school districts. They are private empires and restrict students from out of district. If schools were county run or state run, it would be easier to move students around

Private schools are not my problem. If you want to send your kid to private school, it is on your dime. Don't expect public funding

No...if schools relied on the parents and their vouchers it would make it easier for them to move around.....moron.....

Parents with money can always put their kid in a better school. Those who struggle to pay the rent will not be able to afford it even with a voucher.
Waving a voucher in a schools face does not mean a kid will be able to go to a better school
The best schools will fill up quickly vouchers or not

But as a taxpayer, I do not want my tax dollar to go to for profit schools

 

[rightwinger]

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

The unions are in the way. And it will cost less once competition gets rolling.

Children do better in schools taught by union teachers than schools taught by the cheapest available teacher

Troll.....

tell that to the kids trapped in schools in the inner city with crappy teachers...because the good teachers left because it was too dangerous and too filled with bureaucratic crap.......

The teachers won't be the cheapest........schools that are created will have to have good teachers...other wise, moron, the parents can take their money and go somewhere else....which they can't do now unless they are rich...

Tell it to some kid in Buttfuck Arkansas where the good teachers left because the local taxpayers won't fund anything other than the three R's and the Football Team

Good teachers will go where the money is. A school that pays union wages is where the money is

 

[2aguy]

I fully support our public schools. They are one of the great equalizers in our country. I think students should be able to move between schools based on interests, capabilities and special programs available

One of the biggest impediments to students moving to a different school is the number of independent school districts. They are private empires and restrict students from out of district. If schools were county run or state run, it would be easier to move students around

Private schools are not my problem. If you want to send your kid to private school, it is on your dime. Don't expect public funding

No...if schools relied on the parents and their vouchers it would make it easier for them to move around.....moron.....

Parents with money can always put their kid in a better school. Those who struggle to pay the rent will not be able to afford it even with a voucher.
Waving a voucher in a schools face does not mean a kid will be able to go to a better school
The best schools will fill up quickly vouchers or not

But as a taxpayer, I do not want my tax dollar to go to for profit schools

When parents have control over the money, new schools will open in their neighborhoods since the parents, not the state, will control the money.....those schools will make it possible for the poor families to get quality education which they are not getting now....

Your taxes go to for profit schools now moron.....that is what Pell Grants do in college you nitwit...you think it is fine for college, but not K-12......that is the really stupid part...

Our K-12 kids need grants/vouchers to get a good education....just like college students do...

Pay for College - What Is a Pell Grant?

A Pell Grant is money the government provides for students who need it to pay for college. Grants, unlike loans, do not have to be repaid. Eligible students receive a specified amount each year under this program. Over one-third of undergraduate students received a Pell Grant in 2014-15.

 

[2aguy]

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

The unions are in the way. And it will cost less once competition gets rolling.

Children do better in schools taught by union teachers than schools taught by the cheapest available teacher

Troll.....

tell that to the kids trapped in schools in the inner city with crappy teachers...because the good teachers left because it was too dangerous and too filled with bureaucratic crap.......

The teachers won't be the cheapest........schools that are created will have to have good teachers...other wise, moron, the parents can take their money and go somewhere else....which they can't do now unless they are rich...

Tell it to some kid in Buttfuck Arkansas where the good teachers left because the local taxpayers won't fund anything other than the three R's and the Football Team

Good teachers will go where the money is. A school that pays union wages is where the money is

Those teachers won't leave moron because the new school will pay better because they need good teachers...and they will get rid of the bad teachers because they need to actually educate kids to attract the families to attend......

Vouchers will be where the money is.....and more people will be able to stand being a teacher....

 

[rightwinger]

I fully support our public schools. They are one of the great equalizers in our country. I think students should be able to move between schools based on interests, capabilities and special programs available

One of the biggest impediments to students moving to a different school is the number of independent school districts. They are private empires and restrict students from out of district. If schools were county run or state run, it would be easier to move students around

Private schools are not my problem. If you want to send your kid to private school, it is on your dime. Don't expect public funding

No...if schools relied on the parents and their vouchers it would make it easier for them to move around.....moron.....

Parents with money can always put their kid in a better school. Those who struggle to pay the rent will not be able to afford it even with a voucher.
Waving a voucher in a schools face does not mean a kid will be able to go to a better school
The best schools will fill up quickly vouchers or not

But as a taxpayer, I do not want my tax dollar to go to for profit schools

When parents have control over the money, new schools will open in their neighborhoods since the parents, not the state, will control the money.....those schools will make it possible for the poor families to get quality education which they are not getting now....

Your taxes go to for profit schools now moron.....that is what Pell Grants do in college you nitwit...you think it is fine for college, but not K-12......that is the really stupid part...

Our K-12 kids need grants/vouchers to get a good education....just like college students do...

Pay for College - What Is a Pell Grant?

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Maybe in a fantasy world they will

New schools will not open anywhere. Our society has money for new prisons but will not spring for new schools.
Our educational funding is static. If we take funds from public schools and send it to private schools who suction off the best students, our public schools will be left with the average and below student as well as special needs and delinquents

Doesn't make our overall school system better

 

[rightwinger]

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

The unions are in the way. And it will cost less once competition gets rolling.

Children do better in schools taught by union teachers than schools taught by the cheapest available teacher

Troll.....

tell that to the kids trapped in schools in the inner city with crappy teachers...because the good teachers left because it was too dangerous and too filled with bureaucratic crap.......

The teachers won't be the cheapest........schools that are created will have to have good teachers...other wise, moron, the parents can take their money and go somewhere else....which they can't do now unless they are rich...

Tell it to some kid in Buttfuck Arkansas where the good teachers left because the local taxpayers won't fund anything other than the three R's and the Football Team

Good teachers will go where the money is. A school that pays union wages is where the money is

Those teachers won't leave moron because the new school will pay better because they need good teachers...and they will get rid of the bad teachers because they need to actually educate kids to attract the families to attend......

Vouchers will be where the money is.....and more people will be able to stand being a teacher....

You won't get rid of the bad teachers. Good schools will compete for the best teachers and bad teachers will be dumped on the lower performing schools

 

[bodecea]

So...you don't believe in School Choice.

I believe in school choice for all American kids......even poor kids trapped in the very schools these democrats have destroyed.......that is why those poor kids should get vouchers for the full expense of their public education and should be able to attend the same schools the kids of these Senators go to......

Yeah, right! Let them take a few thousand dollar voucher and try to get into any one of those schools. First, they would not pass the entrance requirements.

You people are ridiculous sometimes!

Moron.....they don't have to get into those schools...more schools will open and they will actually teach the kids....

How dumb are you people...that you can't understand the dynamic of the customer having the power.....?

You have the power. Send your kids where you want. Don't try to make me pay for it. The fact remains thaty kids that do not do well ion school will be left in those failing schools. Those ythat are more expensive to teach will be left behind in schools with less money.

Fix the schools. That works for everyone.

No..parents don't...if their school sucks...they either have to pay more to go to a private school...after paying to support the crappy public school through their taxes..or they have to move their home.....

Vouchers will improve the education of all the kids.....because competition improves everything when they have to actually make the people with the money....parents with vouchers, happy...

You don't think maintaining public schools for your community is a good investment for all?

 

[Winston]

The whole voucher concept is stupid as hell. First, where does the funding for schools come from? It is property taxes. You live in a nice area, you have a nice home, you pay a good bit in property taxes and you fund a decent school system. But, if you live in the inner city, or the rural backwoods, you either have a low valued home or you rent an undervalued apartment, duplex, or home. Not much value in property, not much is taken in via property taxes.

So seriously, when it comes to the inner city, the problem is lack of funding due to a small property tax base. Does anyone really think allowing charter schools to siphon that limited funding is going to improve the outcome for anyone? And does anyone really believe a for-profit enterprise can come in to that situation, siphon off limited funding, and deliver improvement WITHOUT significant outside subsidization? Detroit is an example.

So let's go ahead and toss aside any argument for charter schools that talks about improving student performance in the inner cities. It's a smokescreen. In fact, I will support school vouchers when the vouchers for the inner city school systems are paid by the wealthy suburban property tax base. But when it is being funded by the already limited inner city property tax base it is a damn joke.

This is about religious schools, period. Religious schools getting state funding---can you say Constitution? This is about the holy roller family that lives in the nice suburban area with the good school system but wants their child to attend a religious school for a variety of reasons, rarely academic performance. But they are not willing to pay extra for it, they want to use the tax dollars directed to public schools to subsidize their religious beliefs.

I see it here where I live. The public school system is first rate. We also have a charter school and several small religious schools. Neither turns out students that even touch those at the top of the public school system. That is usually the case in high income areas. Matter of fact, a school district has a huge influence on the value of a home, which results in a compounding of the problem of unequal funding. In Atlanta's Kirkwood, a four hundred grand home in Fulton county is probably going to run you six hundred grand one block over in DeKalp.

 

[Iceweasel]

So seriously, when it comes to the inner city, the problem is lack of funding due to a small property tax base. Does anyone really think allowing charter schools to siphon that limited funding is going to improve the outcome for anyone? And does anyone really believe a for-profit enterprise can come in to that situation, siphon off limited funding, and deliver improvement WITHOUT significant outside subsidization? Detroit is an example.

So let's go ahead and toss aside any argument for charter schools that talks about improving student performance in the inner cities.

You can toss out gravity if you want. You'll still fall on your ass. There's no funding problem. We pay MUCH more per students that any other country and we get our asses kicked academically around the globe.

It's not possible for charter schools to exist within reach of inner city youths? That was quite a reach around.

 

[Winston]

So seriously, when it comes to the inner city, the problem is lack of funding due to a small property tax base. Does anyone really think allowing charter schools to siphon that limited funding is going to improve the outcome for anyone? And does anyone really believe a for-profit enterprise can come in to that situation, siphon off limited funding, and deliver improvement WITHOUT significant outside subsidization? Detroit is an example.

So let's go ahead and toss aside any argument for charter schools that talks about improving student performance in the inner cities.

You can toss out gravity if you want. You'll still fall on your ass. There's no funding problem. We pay MUCH more per students that any other country and we get our asses kicked academically around the globe.

It's not possible for charter schools to exist within reach of inner city youths? That was quite a reach around.

I don't care what we spend per student. If the students in Newark get thirty grand each while the students in bumfuck Idaho get six grand you can't claim those average numbers mean anything.