megimoo
06-12-2011, 09:27 AM
"The NEA Is Going To Be All Over Them !"
It's not every day you will see a governmental body, in this case a school board, create competition for itself. But that’s precisely what the Douglas County, Colorado school board did.
It created a unique, if not unprecedented, voucher program, allowing tax dollars to follow Douglas County students to the school of their choice. Every single school system in America should adopt this model.
Sadly, parents who need school choice the most tend to live in troubled urban school districts that fight to keep children trapped within geographic boundaries. But in Douglas County, leaders understand students have a right to...
http://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2011/06/12/kids_win_colorado_school_board_sets_students_and_f amilies_free_with_voucher_program
It's not every day you will see a governmental body, in this case a school board, create competition for itself. But that’s precisely what the Douglas County, Colorado school board did.
It created a unique, if not unprecedented, voucher program, allowing tax dollars to follow Douglas County students to the school of their choice. Every single school system in America should adopt this model.
Sadly, parents who need school choice the most tend to live in troubled urban school districts that fight to keep children trapped within geographic boundaries. But in Douglas County, leaders understand students have a right to...
http://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2011/06/12/kids_win_colorado_school_board_sets_students_and_f amilies_free_with_voucher_program