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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i really hate all the talk of "terrible" schools as if the school buildings and staff are the problem. [b]The problem is that the schools are filled with children who live in poverty. [/b]Vouchers might help a few kids escape to better schools, but I doubt that new private schools will do any better than charters or DCPS at solving the problems of urban poverty for most.[/quote]

So much this.  What these kids need to succeed are often things that schools can't provide--a stable home, adequate nutrition and healthcare, a safe neighborhood, etc.  Good schools in DC are that way primarily because of the background of the kids who go there.  A voucher system is a Band-Aid, not a cure.  [/quote]

I posted earlier. The NCES report I referred to upthread shows that DC's voucher program didn't even provide a band-aid. It had no observable impact on academic achievement.[/quote]

^^^ This defies logic and sounds more like a biased report to achieve a political objective.Below is a link to a Heritage Foundation take on it.  I know it's the Heritage Foundation, but I wouldn't swallow the NCES Kool-Aid without a lot of inner reflection on how that could possibly be accurate.  Saying a kid would learn more in his or her Ward 8 neighborhood school than at a blue ribbon parochial across town is just ludicrous.

"Voucher programs are a powerful school choice tool that results in many positive outcomes for the students who participate in them. More families should have the opportunity and flexibility to choose the most effective school for their children to achieve success."  http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2006/09/are-public-or-private-schools-doing-better-how-the-nces-study-is-being-misinterpreted
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Sure, they might be better off at a good parochial school. But there is NO evidence that vouchers would expand the supply of good parochial school seats. [/quote]

We're pioneering here and making new trails. So there's not going to be any evidence one way or another unless we try. Starting with an expanded pilot program would be useful.

Here's  WaPo editorial article on the issue from today:

Trump’s choice for education secretary doesn’t fit into easy categories
http://wapo.st/2gQ0Cc0
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JFC. No, we do not make major policy changes randomly relying only on "making new trails." You actually have to have some idea of what is actually going to happen. [/quote]

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