Comments on: Can D.C. scholarships be saved? http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/01/can-d-c-scholarships-be-saved/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Erin O'Connor http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/01/can-d-c-scholarships-be-saved/#comment-53870 Erin O'Connor Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:00:17 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12768#comment-53870 The people who have been fighting for school choice in DC for more than a decade have set up a fund to receive private donations to keep the DCOSP running. More <a href="http://www.erinoconnor.org/archives/2010/01/save_dc_kids.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The people who have been fighting for school choice in DC for more than a decade have set up a fund to receive private donations to keep the DCOSP running. More here.

]]> By: tehag http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/01/can-d-c-scholarships-be-saved/#comment-53869 tehag Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:05:53 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12768#comment-53869 Why can't we just admit the government's only interest in education is in corruption, bribery, and sinecures? The solution is abolition of public education. Why can’t we just admit the government’s only interest in education is in corruption, bribery, and sinecures? The solution is abolition of public education.

]]> By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/01/can-d-c-scholarships-be-saved/#comment-53868 allen Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:26:37 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12768#comment-53868 I'd go a step further. Rather then just replace the D.C. Scholarship fund commit to a rising number of scholarships with the explicit intent of bankrupting the district. The Democrats who vote at the direction of the NEA may be comfortable cutting off funding to this program but it would be a distinctly different situation if they had to vote to curtail the availability of privately-funded scholarships. It would put those Democrats in the position of protecting the continued existence of the school district regardless of the education outcomes for the kids. I’d go a step further.

Rather then just replace the D.C. Scholarship fund commit to a rising number of scholarships with the explicit intent of bankrupting the district.

The Democrats who vote at the direction of the NEA may be comfortable cutting off funding to this program but it would be a distinctly different situation if they had to vote to curtail the availability of privately-funded scholarships. It would put those Democrats in the position of protecting the continued existence of the school district regardless of the education outcomes for the kids.

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