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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.

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Students for School Choice | But As For Me links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

Students for School Choice | But As For Me TWITTER • FACEBOOK But As For

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Obama Reverses on DC Vouchers | NEOAVATARA links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…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…

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:

…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,…

Pingback| 5.11.09 @ 8:15AM

Steynian 353 | acorn 8 links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…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,…