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Save Western Civilization => Save America => Topic started by: Confederate Kahanist on August 27, 2010, 05:50:09 PM
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http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=1133104
An education reform expert is touting Florida's scholarship program for students in foster care as a cost-effective model for other states to improve overall academic achievement in public schools.
Dr. Vicki Murray is the associate director of education studies at the Pacific Research Institute (PJI) and director of the Women for School Choice project at the Independent Women's Forum (IWF). She reports that reading levels for fourth-graders in the Sunshine State were close to the bottom of the barrel a little over a decade ago, but one of the changes made during that time was to give parents the opportunity to choose the best school for their children.
Vicky Murray IWF"Children who are not doing well or are in failing schools are given an immediate option to attend another public school that's going to work for them outside of their assigned district, or they can use scholarships to attend private schools -- and that includes special needs children, foster care children, and low-income children," Murray explains.
Now, foster children and others considered to be "at risk" have made dramatic academic improvements, allowing Florida to jump into the top five among all states in fourth-grade reading achievement.
"So what we're seeing in Florida really turns conventional wisdom on its head," the PJI education studies director notes. "Children who are usually blamed as a drag on the system, in Florida, they're propelling the system because getting them in schools that work for them benefits all students."
Dr. Murray concludes that Florida should give hope to other states that want to achieve comparable results without the additional cost.
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It's better to spend the money and get results then spend it on a system thats failing... From what the article says they are getting better results at no additional cost.
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Hold on a second here! You mean to tell me that kids who are allowed to choose a better school, as opposed to being forced to attend a failing school simply because of where they live, actually are doing better in the better school?
WHAT A SHOCK!
I think we need to immediate allocate a few hundred million dollars to form a committee and study this phenomenon for a minimum of 25 years to make sure it isn't a right wing conspiracy aimed at dismantling the Department of Education and teacher unions.
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I think we need to immediate allocate a few hundred million dollars to form a committee and study this phenomenon for a minimum of 25 years to make sure it isn't a right wing conspiracy aimed at dismantling the Department of Education and teacher unions.
I agree
What you said makes total sense because the people who want to dismantle the Department of education are racist because they hate a black man in the white house.
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It's better to spend the money and get results then spend it on a system thats failing... From what the article says they are getting better results at no additional cost.
I agree CJD