Conservative confusion over schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Do you want your tax dollars going to the Jewish school or the Catholic school or the Islamic school, etc.? Well neither do most people. We want the educational tax dollars going to public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And then there's the rest of what Elizabeth Warren wrote on that page - why did the tweet cut that off? Because she was endorsing a PUBLIC SCHOOL voucher program - not one where private schools also get vouchers. And that's not what the fascoChristian-oligrach complex that now backs the GOP wants. They want taxpayer-funded voucher money to go into their own pockets.

Here's the rest of what she wrote:

We recognize that the term “voucher” has become a dirty word in many educational circles. The reason is straightforward: The current debate over vouchers is framed as a public-versus-private rift, with vouchers denounced for draining off much-needed funds from public schools. The fear is that partial-subsidy vouchers provide a boost so that better-off parents can opt out of a failing public school system, while the other children are left behind.

But the public-versus-private competition misses the central point. The problem is not vouchers; the problem is parental choice. Under current voucher schemes, children who do not use the vouchers are still assigned to public schools based on their zip codes. This means that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a bureaucrat picks the child’s school, not a parent. The only way for parents to exercise any choice is to buy a different home—which is exactly how the bidding wars started.

Short of buying a new home, parents currently have only one way to escape a failing public school: Send the kids to private school. But there is another alternative, one that would keep much-needed tax dollars inside the public school system while still reaping the advantages offered by a voucher program. Local governments could enact meaningful reform by enabling parents to choose from among all the public schools in a locale, with no presumptive assignment based on neighborhood. Under a public school voucher program, parents, not bureaucrats, would have the power to pick schools for their children—and to choose which schools would get their children’s vouchers.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-elizabeth-warren-on-school-vouchers-1486597126

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Do you want your tax dollars going to the Jewish school or the Catholic school or the Islamic school, etc.? Well neither do most people. We want the educational tax dollars going to public schools.

I have no problem with it. We need to allow ALL kids - not just kids of wealthy parents - have a choice as to where to get an education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Do you want your tax dollars going to the Jewish school or the Catholic school or the Islamic school, etc.? Well neither do most people. We want the educational tax dollars going to public schools.

I have no problem with it. We need to allow ALL kids - not just kids of wealthy parents - have a choice as to where to get an education.

I don’t want my tax dollars going to schools that can deny whomever they please.

[Anonymous]

Youngkin has no influence on the large school districts like Fairfax, Loundou, so we are safe. There is really no books left to ban from these districts as we removed math, geography, history and literature books from kids many years ago. There is no way Republicans or Youngkin administration can implement these books back in schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin has no influence on the large school districts like Fairfax, Loundou, so we are safe. There is really no books left to ban from these districts as we removed math, geography, history and literature books from kids many years ago. There is no way Republicans or Youngkin administration can implement these books back in schools.

What on earth are you babbling about?

[Anonymous]

I’m confused about conservatives calling for charter schools and “school choice.” They tend not to live anywhere dense enough to support school choice. Most charter schools are in cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about conservatives calling for charter schools and “school choice.” They tend not to live anywhere dense enough to support school choice. Most charter schools are in cities.

Ever heard of suburbs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about conservatives calling for charter schools and “school choice.” They tend not to live anywhere dense enough to support school choice. Most charter schools are in cities.

Ever heard of suburbs?

No charter schools in the suburbs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about conservatives calling for charter schools and “school choice.” They tend not to live anywhere dense enough to support school choice. Most charter schools are in cities.

Ever heard of suburbs?

No charter schools in the suburbs

Well, not yet. Hopefully one day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Do you want your tax dollars going to the Jewish school or the Catholic school or the Islamic school, etc.? Well neither do most people. We want the educational tax dollars going to public schools.

I have no problem with it. We need to allow ALL kids - not just kids of wealthy parents - have a choice as to where to get an education.

How do charter schools allow all kids to have a choice? These schools reject kids they don't want. Public schools can not reject students form the district. Our public has a large chunk of the budget for special needs students. Charters just won't accept these students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Do you want your tax dollars going to the Jewish school or the Catholic school or the Islamic school, etc.? Well neither do most people. We want the educational tax dollars going to public schools.

I have no problem with it. We need to allow ALL kids - not just kids of wealthy parents - have a choice as to where to get an education.

How do charter schools allow all kids to have a choice? These schools reject kids they don't want. Public schools can not reject students form the district. Our public has a large chunk of the budget for special needs students. Charters just won't accept these students.

Where are they allowed to reject students? They aren't allowed to reject students at DC charters.

[Anonymous]

To the earlier commentary about "Weaponizing the DoJ" and "labeling parents as domestic terrorists" et cetera -

FALSE. Merrick Garland calls out the RW lie:

[Anonymous]

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin has no influence on the large school districts like Fairfax, Loundou, so we are safe. There is really no books left to ban from these districts as we removed math, geography, history and literature books from kids many years ago. There is no way Republicans or Youngkin administration can implement these books back in schools.

What on earth are you babbling about?

No textbooks in schools.