The WSJ reported that the program initiated in Washington, DC, to give kids an opportunity to escape failing public schools was only authorized for this year, versus the expected five years. The program has been around since 2003 and has been taken advantage of by thousands of kids. It has been opposed by President Obama, the local teachers’ union and the “representative” E.N. Holmes from the inception. The program spends HALF of what the public schools get per student, accepts all, and has much better results. When will we realize that outcomes are more important than inputs. When will we realize that leadership is more important than seniority. From the article a mother tells the journalist, “Sheila Jackson tells me she feels insulted by the black Democrats who claim to look our for her and her family interests–You want my vote but you don’t care about my children”
WSJ; February 16, “Fighting Congress for a Capital Education”