Capital Compassion Fund
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Brittany Said:
What Federal, State or Local socialist programs can you name?We Answered:
And thank goodness we have all of them.*Sylvia Said:
Faith based funding was yanked from the Stimulus Package. Do you support faith based funding?We Answered:
I don't know, but I sure hope it's a trend. And the best way to ensure that it continues? Lots of emails to your representatives and senators!((((Laptop)))
Jimmie Said:
Do you think the kids in the DC school voucher program will give 0bama a B+?We Answered:
Because all of the STUDIES about the DC vouchers state very different stats then you have stated.Here are a two:
" ... instead of giving poor children access to better learning environments, program officials put children at risk by failing to certify whether all of the participating schools had the required operating permits.
In a random sample of 18 schools reviewed by the GAO, two lacked occupancy permits, and four lacked permits needed for buildings used for educational purposes. At least seven of the 18 schools were certified as child development centers but not as private schools. In one case, a school was operating in a space designed for a retail store, the report says. "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con…
After two years there was no statistically significant difference in test scores in general between students who were offered a DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) and students who were not offered a scholarship. Overall, those in the treatment and control groups were performing at comparable levels in mathematics and reading.
http://www.nabse.org/leg_DCVoucher.htm
In general there are many reasons people are against vouchers. To be brief:
1) Vouchers do not pay for the whole tuition, just part. Additionally, they do not pay for all the other things at a private school requires; transportation and materials being the main costs.
2)Vouchers do not ensure that every child will go to a good school. Voucher schools can pick and choose the children they want. Children with physical, learning and behavior problems, to name just a few, are routinely not accepted into private schools.
3) Vouchers can go to schools without certified teachers. They can also go to schools that teach children to dislike, hate, or fear people that are not of their religion.
4) There is no evidence, besides anecdotal ones, that children who attend voucher schools actually test better or go on to college at a greater rate.
For scientifically based evidence on the statements above see:
http://www.montessorianswers.com/voucher…
Lastly, you state, "Their argument is always that the money used for vouchers will be siphoned off from public schools, but that doesn't make sense to me because that child will no longer be in a public school, therefore no extra resources will be used to educate that child because the resources will be used in a different school".
What you aren't understanding is that most of the money goes to paying for things like electricity, heat, custodian resources, toilet paper, library upkeep, ... When there is less money coming into the school, those things are compromised. For example, I teach in a school in a very poor area of CA, a state that cut their funding of public schools greatly in the last 10 years. To continue to run our schools on less money we have: cut the number of teachers, increased class size, increased teacher work load, decreased teacher pay, medical, and retirement, decreased the amount of school librarians, custodians, secretaries, administrators, and other support staff.
Paper of all kinds, including toilet paper is rationed, we have no one to fix our very old and out of date computers and AV equipment so teachers can not use overheads, computer projectors, or even teach children basic technology skills, our copy machines often go weeks without being fixed, our classrooms are cleaned one a week, we don't have water access to all of our classrooms, and the sinks and water-fountains are often broken (The temp. in our area is over 100 degrees during the day for at least the first two months of school).
Additionally, we have done away with busing, assemblies, field trips, guest speakers, special activities and have stopped updating our text books. And, opposed to private and voucher schools, we aren't allowed to kick children out for misbehavior or poor grades, and now we don't have the money to run in-school suspension or discipline programs. Without anyone to take the children who are misbehaving, the classroom teachers have to keep them in the classrooms, where they disrupt the classroom environment further.
Would you like me to go on, or do you get the picture?