DCPS Comes in dead last as the worst school system in America

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Anonymous wrote:The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are neither an LEA nor a "school system."

Looks like Nevada got smart and will give EVERYONE a voucher to attend a private/parochial if they choose. So if the system is bad, at least your tax dollars can be useful to find a proper alternative.

AKA the "Tax break for Rich families". $5300 is not going to buy a family very much education, but I'm sure some madrassas will pop up that will be happy to take the cash.

I think DC spends at least $10k per pupil and much more in poorer areas. So that would be the stipend. It would work. No idea where you got $5300 from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bring Rhee back!

Blame Rhee

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are neither an LEA nor a "school system."

Looks like Nevada got smart and will give EVERYONE a voucher to attend a private/parochial if they choose. So if the system is bad, at least your tax dollars can be useful to find a proper alternative.

AKA the "Tax break for Rich families". $5300 is not going to buy a family very much education, but I'm sure some madrassas will pop up that will be happy to take the cash.

I think DC spends at least $10k per pupil and much more in poorer areas. So that would be the stipend. It would work. No idea where you got $5300 from.

Undoubtedly te best way to improve public schools is to find new ways of siphoning yet more money from school budgets and reducing the resources available to struggling and at risk students. Where do you think thousamds of these "vouchers" will be used? Sidwell? GDS? NCS? Do you have the slightest idea what tuition costs at a private school in DC?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are neither an LEA nor a "school system."

Looks like Nevada got smart and will give EVERYONE a voucher to attend a private/parochial if they choose. So if the system is bad, at least your tax dollars can be useful to find a proper alternative.

AKA the "Tax break for Rich families". $5300 is not going to buy a family very much education, but I'm sure some madrassas will pop up that will be happy to take the cash.

I think DC spends at least $10k per pupil and much more in poorer areas. So that would be the stipend. It would work. No idea where you got $5300 from.

$5300 is the average voucher that Nevada families will receive under the new program that PP mentioned.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are neither an LEA nor a "school system."

Looks like Nevada got smart and will give EVERYONE a voucher to attend a private/parochial if they choose. So if the system is bad, at least your tax dollars can be useful to find a proper alternative.

AKA the "Tax break for Rich families". $5300 is not going to buy a family very much education, but I'm sure some madrassas will pop up that will be happy to take the cash.

I think DC spends at least $10k per pupil and much more in poorer areas. So that would be the stipend. It would work. No idea where you got $5300 from.

Undoubtedly te best way to improve public schools is to find new ways of siphoning yet more money from school budgets and reducing the resources available to struggling and at risk students. Where do you think thousamds of these "vouchers" will be used? Sidwell? GDS? NCS? Do you have the slightest idea what tuition costs at a private school in DC?

$9k for a top parochial. Otherwise, it's the same old spend good money after bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are neither an LEA nor a "school system."

Looks like Nevada got smart and will give EVERYONE a voucher to attend a private/parochial if they choose. So if the system is bad, at least your tax dollars can be useful to find a proper alternative.

AKA the "Tax break for Rich families". $5300 is not going to buy a family very much education, but I'm sure some madrassas will pop up that will be happy to take the cash.

I think DC spends at least $10k per pupil and much more in poorer areas. So that would be the stipend. It would work. No idea where you got $5300 from.

Actually we have had this sort of program in DC for a long time, and it hasn't worked out so well (amount too low to cover costs and most privates, poor oversight and waste). At this point only families who have been receiving hte vouchers for years can continue to get there.

This article from the Post a couple years back is illustrative http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/16/report-slams-d-c-s-federally-funded-school-voucher-program/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are neither an LEA nor a "school system."

Looks like Nevada got smart and will give EVERYONE a voucher to attend a private/parochial if they choose. So if the system is bad, at least your tax dollars can be useful to find a proper alternative.

AKA the "Tax break for Rich families". $5300 is not going to buy a family very much education, but I'm sure some madrassas will pop up that will be happy to take the cash.

I think DC spends at least $10k per pupil and much more in poorer areas. So that would be the stipend. It would work. No idea where you got $5300 from.

Undoubtedly te best way to improve public schools is to find new ways of siphoning yet more money from school budgets and reducing the resources available to struggling and at risk students. Where do you think thousamds of these "vouchers" will be used? Sidwell? GDS? NCS? Do you have the slightest idea what tuition costs at a private school in DC?

$9k for a top parochial. Otherwise, it's the same old spend good money after bad.

You ducked the question. See how far that theoretical $10,000 gets you at an independent. And how many spaces do Church-run schools have across the city after taking care of parishioner families? The last thing we as taxpayers should be doing is subsidizing religious indoctrination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are neither an LEA nor a "school system."

Looks like Nevada got smart and will give EVERYONE a voucher to attend a private/parochial if they choose. So if the system is bad, at least your tax dollars can be useful to find a proper alternative.

AKA the "Tax break for Rich families". $5300 is not going to buy a family very much education, but I'm sure some madrassas will pop up that will be happy to take the cash.

I think DC spends at least $10k per pupil and much more in poorer areas. So that would be the stipend. It would work. No idea where you got $5300 from.

OK, so where do I get the $30K balance for private school in DC? And will there be spots in the coveted schools for all 86,000 students? Oh, you mean new schools, because building space for school is so easy to find in the district. Not.