Earlier today, I attended a rally of more than 1,000 students,
parents, and activists protesting the decision by the Obama
administration and Democratic Congress to defund the tremendously
successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, which provides
parents with the choice to send their children to private schools
rather than failing public schools, just like the choice that
President Obama made for his daughters. Joe Lawler plans a more
thorough report later, but I just thought I'd post this video in
which Carlos Battle, a student at Georgetown Day School, talks
about how he doesn't fit the stereotype of a black teenager, and
sending him back to a public school would be like kicking the
ladder out from under him. Mary Katharine Ham has more
photos from the event.
…the vouchers, their parents, and including dignitaries such as Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, recording artists Ginuwine and Mya, council member Marion Barry, and activist Virginia Walden-Ford. That said, this is only a partial victory. Candidate Obama said he would stand up for voucher systems, as did his Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Both failed miserably once in office. Additionally, the…
…Beck: ACORN National Spokesman Gets Booted (Updated) ~ NEW INFORMATION Reveals Obama Ma y Be First Muslim President. Robert Spencer …. (vladtepesblog) ~ THE O: SCREWING OVER BLACK K IDS– Students for School Choice protest in DC; UPDATE: Change: Obama to extend D.C. voucher program â then kill it in a few years …. (spectator, CM,…
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Students for School Choice | But As For Me links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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Obama Reverses on DC Vouchers | NEOAVATARA links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Alan Brooks| 5.6.09 @ 9:16PM
well, i suport publik skoolz!
no childz lef be-hind (hic)
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Steynian 353 | know thy congressman links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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