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

[bodecea]

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.

How are the unions in the way? Point that out to us.

 

[bodecea]

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.

How about we run our schools like they do in those countries you admire so much? Honor our teachers more.... (RW says "Hell No!") Lengthen the school year (RW says "Hell No!). Lengthen the school week/day (RW says Hell No!)....re-introduce tracking (RW says "You can't put my darling in vocational training!!!!)

 

[RealDave]

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.

The "much more" is a lie.

 

[jillian]

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.

How are the unions in the way? Point that out to us.

Isn't it sick how they resent anyone who is paid a fair wage?

 

[Flopper]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

Let me explain something to you. Stop directing posts like this to me. I have a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and have been an educator for over twenty years. Your cut and paste jobs should be directed to Mr. Moto.

I have read volumes on this topic and have probably forgotten more of the minutiae than you will ever know.

You forget to mention specific points that destroy your arguments.

They choose unqualified staff, have personnel policies that are unfair to the teachers, pay lower salaries, and provide fewer benefits.

They are unaccountable to the state and the taxpayers. They could commit academic malpractice and get away with it because no one is the wiser until it is too late.

They are not a good deal for anyone.

 

[jillian]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

*yaen*

You are the whiniest little trumpster snowflake

 

[sealybobo]

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......

Don't pretend this is for inner city kids when it's really for your kid in private school

 

[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 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......

Don't pretend this is for inner city kids when it's really for your kid in private school

Yes....it is for inner city kids trapped in hell holes created and controlled by democrat teachers unions....so they can actually have a life......I am a conservative...I value life....I do not simply use minorities for votes every two years and then forget about them the way democrats do....

 

[2aguy]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

Let me explain something to you. Stop directing posts like this to me. I have a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and have been an educator for over twenty years. Your cut and paste jobs should be directed to Mr. Moto.

I have read volumes on this topic and have probably forgotten more of the minutiae than you will ever know.

You forget to mention specific points that destroy your arguments.

They choose unqualified staff, have personnel policies that are unfair to the teachers, pay lower salaries, and provide fewer benefits.

They are unaccountable to the state and the taxpayers. They could commit academic malpractice and get away with it because no one is the wiser until it is too late.

They are not a good deal for anyone.

Charter schools are still government schools......and there aren't enough of them and there isn't enough choice for parents.......vouchers......like Pell Grants for college, will open new schools and improve education...Charter schools are undermined by the education establishment who wants to prevent parents from having the power to choose where they send their kids to schools......your background proves the point....you are so deep in the system you can't see out of it.....

 

[hazlnut]

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

And most of the legislators writing anti-abortion laws don't have a uterus.

What's your point?

 

[sealybobo]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

*yaen*

You are the whiniest little trumpster snowflake

Here's the truth the way I see it about schools.

Devoss wants rich parents to get tax breaks for private school. She will Defunding public schools.

She will also try to break the public teachers union. Probably get away with it too. But no more tenure or pensions. They'll all make less, lose collective bargaining. Basically they are another industry Republicans are going to go after.

Will teachers be better off in 8 years? That's a lot of Americans who won't be better off 8 years from now.

Charter schools suck but they are better than inner city schools but only because the parents sending their kids to charter schools care. It's easier to teach kids who's parents care.

 

[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 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

And most of the legislators writing anti-abortion laws don't have a uterus.

What's your point?

Oh...that's right...you are one of the really stupid ones......these Senators are preventing poor kids from escaping hell holes...while they keep their own children out of those hell holes......that is the point...they have the power to help those children...but because they want the money from the democrat controlled teachers unions, they fight school vouchers, which would give those poor children a chance at an education...just like they shut down the D.C. scholarship program that allowed poor D.C. kids to attend the school their kids and obama's kids went to....

 

[2aguy]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

*yaen*

You are the whiniest little trumpster snowflake

Here's the truth the way I see it about schools.

Devoss wants rich parents to get tax breaks for private school. She will Defunding public schools.

She will also try to break the public teachers union. Probably get away with it too. But no more tenure or pensions. They'll all make less, lose collective bargaining. Basically they are another industry Republicans are going to go after.

Will teachers be better off in 8 years? That's a lot of Americans who won't be better off 8 years from now.

Charter schools suck but they are better than inner city schools but only because the parents sending their kids to charter schools care. It's easier to teach kids who's parents care.

No...they will make more and get better benefits...because new schools will need to hire the best teachers if they want parents to send their kids to their schools.....there are more parents that want to send their kids to charter schools than there are spaces...vouchers will change that.....

 

[sealybobo]

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......

Don't pretend this is for inner city kids when it's really for your kid in private school

Yes....it is for inner city kids trapped in hell holes created and controlled by democrat teachers unions....so they can actually have a life......I am a conservative...I value life....I do not simply use minorities for votes every two years and then forget about them the way democrats do....

I think when we take a closer look at inner cities were going to realize it's not the teachers it's the parents. Maybe this is a good thing. Every once in awhile you got to try something g different. It might be as bad as the aca but we got to let her do it her way. Teachers beware.

 

[sealybobo]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

Let me explain something to you. Stop directing posts like this to me. I have a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and have been an educator for over twenty years. Your cut and paste jobs should be directed to Mr. Moto.

I have read volumes on this topic and have probably forgotten more of the minutiae than you will ever know.

You forget to mention specific points that destroy your arguments.

They choose unqualified staff, have personnel policies that are unfair to the teachers, pay lower salaries, and provide fewer benefits.

They are unaccountable to the state and the taxpayers. They could commit academic malpractice and get away with it because no one is the wiser until it is too late.

They are not a good deal for anyone.

Charter schools are still government schools......and there aren't enough of them and there isn't enough choice for parents.......vouchers......like Pell Grants for college, will open new schools and improve education...Charter schools are undermined by the education establishment who wants to prevent parents from having the power to choose where they send their kids to schools......your background proves the point....you are so deep in the system you can't see out of it.....

I went to a Detroit public schools till 4th grade. White kid. If charter were available I'm sure we would have taken it. The school was horrible so don't think I'm defending inner city schools. But most public schools aren't that bad. If you were honest you'd go after bad parents and give public schools the power to hold parents accountable or the power to expel kids who aren't trying

 

[Flopper]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

Let me explain something to you. Stop directing posts like this to me. I have a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and have been an educator for over twenty years. Your cut and paste jobs should be directed to Mr. Moto.

I have read volumes on this topic and have probably forgotten more of the minutiae than you will ever know.

You forget to mention specific points that destroy your arguments.

They choose unqualified staff, have personnel policies that are unfair to the teachers, pay lower salaries, and provide fewer benefits.

They are unaccountable to the state and the taxpayers. They could commit academic malpractice and get away with it because no one is the wiser until it is too late.

They are not a good deal for anyone.

Reading your posts, I would have never guessed that I was in the presence of someone so well qualified.

 

[sealybobo]

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

*yaen*

You are the whiniest little trumpster snowflake

Here's the truth the way I see it about schools.

Devoss wants rich parents to get tax breaks for private school. She will Defunding public schools.

She will also try to break the public teachers union. Probably get away with it too. But no more tenure or pensions. They'll all make less, lose collective bargaining. Basically they are another industry Republicans are going to go after.

Will teachers be better off in 8 years? That's a lot of Americans who won't be better off 8 years from now.

Charter schools suck but they are better than inner city schools but only because the parents sending their kids to charter schools care. It's easier to teach kids who's parents care.

No...they will make more and get better benefits...because new schools will need to hire the best teachers if they want parents to send their kids to their schools.....there are more parents that want to send their kids to charter schools than there are spaces...vouchers will change that.....

You guys have the power. No sweat off my back. My nephews go to expensive private schools.

I think my sister in law makes $70k has summers off every holiday and weekends off and a pension coming. That job is a $40-$60k job.

 

[sealybobo]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

Let me explain something to you. Stop directing posts like this to me. I have a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and have been an educator for over twenty years. Your cut and paste jobs should be directed to Mr. Moto.

I have read volumes on this topic and have probably forgotten more of the minutiae than you will ever know.

You forget to mention specific points that destroy your arguments.

They choose unqualified staff, have personnel policies that are unfair to the teachers, pay lower salaries, and provide fewer benefits.

They are unaccountable to the state and the taxpayers. They could commit academic malpractice and get away with it because no one is the wiser until it is too late.

They are not a good deal for anyone.

Reading your posts, I would have never guessed that I was in the presence of someone so well qualified.

The admiral didn't give it away?

 

[Flopper]

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?

Charter schools do not require vouchers. DeVos supports charters as an option. Next faux outrage please.

Charter schools still reduce available funding for public schools, and they still get to choose which kids get in! Think they will pick the poor black child from the inner city?

Charter Schools are different from private schools in that they are public schools but operate under slightly different rules and they are accountable to the state. They do not charge tuition. The may be funded completely by the state or they be may be funded in part or whole through other sources, depending on state law. They can be selective but unlike private schools they must be able to justify their selection process. Also unlike private schools their tools for performance measurement must be comparable with public schools so parents can make valid comparisons.

Where they differ from regular public schools is that they are free from most rules concerning management of the school. They can use their on criteria for choosing staff, creating personnel policies, setting salaries, and benefits. The staff is free to use different teaching methods and tools. They have greater freedom in setting curriculum, however this varies with the type of charter school and state laws.

Many charter schools are specialized. I have seen schools that limit their curriculum or student population to, fine arts, science, gifted students, special ed students, the disabled, the homeless, etc. However, there are many charters that teach the same curriculum as regular public schools without limiting the type of enrollment.

IMHO, charter schools are the best bet for school choice.

*yaen*

You are the whiniest little trumpster snowflake

My point is that Charter Schools are a better option for many parents than issuing vouchers for private schools. Vouchers have been a disaster.

I visited and then volunteered in a Charter School for homeless kids and I think they were doing a hell of a good job. I know not all charter schools have worked out but I believe there is place for them.