Post by duke on Jun 11, 2012 15:55:45 GMT -5
Romney's education plan: Vouchers, what else? Secular News Daily|Mike Daniels
GOP candidate Mitt Romney is trotting out the same old scam with a new name. His 'Chance for Every Child' is effectively yet another voucher scheme to direct taxpayer funds to religious indoctrination centers.
On May 23, Romney came out with his new plan to improve education. The title reads 'A Chance for Every Child – Mitt Romney's Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education.' Although a hopeful title, the plan appears to center on failed policies while attacking teachers. Romney wishes to use a voucher program that would allow poor and disabled children to use federal money to leave public schools and attend private institutions. He has claimed that Obama has been bound by teacher unions and even blamed him for the rising costs of colleges, among other things.
If it were late January, or even early February, the lip service the Romney campaign has been giving regarding 'teaching without policies' could be seen as normal campaign jargon. However, with elections only five months away the Romney campaign should stop the lip service and start tackling education head on.
Instead, Romney appears to be sticking with his 'Chance for Every Child' plan, which has already garnered legal challenges due to the constitutionality of his voucher program. The program would give public money to private or religious schools and could be seen as a violation of the separation of church and state.
Personally, I rather look forward to the day when a madrassa qualifies for vouchers. What will happen when the Religious Right realizes that their tax dollars are being spent to indoctrinate children into Islam?
The backpedaling should be a beautiful sight.
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GOP candidate Mitt Romney is trotting out the same old scam with a new name. His 'Chance for Every Child' is effectively yet another voucher scheme to direct taxpayer funds to religious indoctrination centers.
On May 23, Romney came out with his new plan to improve education. The title reads 'A Chance for Every Child – Mitt Romney's Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education.' Although a hopeful title, the plan appears to center on failed policies while attacking teachers. Romney wishes to use a voucher program that would allow poor and disabled children to use federal money to leave public schools and attend private institutions. He has claimed that Obama has been bound by teacher unions and even blamed him for the rising costs of colleges, among other things.
If it were late January, or even early February, the lip service the Romney campaign has been giving regarding 'teaching without policies' could be seen as normal campaign jargon. However, with elections only five months away the Romney campaign should stop the lip service and start tackling education head on.
Instead, Romney appears to be sticking with his 'Chance for Every Child' plan, which has already garnered legal challenges due to the constitutionality of his voucher program. The program would give public money to private or religious schools and could be seen as a violation of the separation of church and state.
Personally, I rather look forward to the day when a madrassa qualifies for vouchers. What will happen when the Religious Right realizes that their tax dollars are being spent to indoctrinate children into Islam?
The backpedaling should be a beautiful sight.
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