Christie wins endorsement of minister for school vouchers

From the New Jersey Star Ledger

Gov. Chris Christie's strong support of school vouchers today earned him the endorsement of Bishop Reginald Jackson...

...Jackson today said state Democratic lawmakers have disappointed him by refusing to pass the Opportunity Scholarship Act, a bill that would give children in low-performing urban schools a publicly funded scholarship to attend a private school or another public school instead.

"A quality education is a civil right, and it is sad for me to see my party, which embraced the Civil Rights movement, now in New Jersey blocking low-income and minority children from escaping the slavery of failing schools," Jackson said at a Statehouse news conference...

Democrats who have thwarted the bill so far, including Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex), have said the state's top priority should be improving public education, not using public funds to fund private schools. The state's largest teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, says there's no evidence supporting the use of vouchers.

"(Buono) does not recognize the basic unfairness of making low-income parents wait without a choice for their children," he said.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/20 ... chers.html

Raaaaacccciiiiisssstttt... the whole bunch of them!!!

The Dems putting their heels on the throats of the kids of the working poor.
I read last week an article from an inner city teacher who said the minority kids would hassle each other for caring about grades and wanting to do well. If the kids who cared were allowed to learn in a more supportive enviroment, imagine what they could do?
It is like giving the achievers lifeboats instead of letting them sink with the Titanic that is public inner city schools.

(80% of public NYC high school students have to take remedial courses if they go to college.)

FredHayek wrote: The Dems putting their heels on the throats of the kids of the working poor.
I read last week an article from an inner city teacher who said the minority kids would hassle each other for caring about grades and wanting to do well. If the kids who cared were allowed to learn in a more supportive enviroment, imagine what they could do?
It is like giving the achievers lifeboats instead of letting them sink with the Titanic that is public inner city schools.

(80% of public NYC high school students have to take remedial courses if they go to college.)

Raaaaacccciiiiisssstttt...

If it doesn't turn around we will become a country of Morlocks and Elois.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/answer-sheet/Images/bcschoolexam1912sm.jpg?uuid=iK2ZGD1hEeGEpALeQNubkQ

Blazer Bob wrote: If it doesn't turn around we will become a country of Morlocks and Elois.

That a Photoshop... Raaaaacccciiiiisssstttt...

Walter L Newton wrote:

Blazer Bob wrote: If it doesn't turn around we will become a country of Morlocks and Elois.

That a Photoshop... Raaaaacccciiiiisssstttt...

Doesn't matter. Even if the document is forged, the story is accurate.

Yes, follow the Democrats and only allow the rich to access the good, private schools.

Screw the underclass! Preserve the glaring wealth discrepancy that has increased under Barack.