Word: voucher
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Back-to-school day is supposed to bring relief for exhausted parents, but for thousands in Cleveland it is bringing only anxiety. A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the city?s school voucher program, which had allowed as many as 5 percent of Cleveland?s students to attend private or parochial schools at taxpayers? expense. The reason? The voucher program, said the judge, has the "primary effect of advancing religion" (80 percent of the city?s vouchers are used in religious schools). Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. ordered the program halted until a trial determines whether it violates the constitutional...
...principles of American public education. "Public schools have long held the promise of being America's great equalizer, mixing students of different races, classes and religions in a single student body and passing on the nation's shared civic heritage," says TIME correspondent Adam Cohen. "Cleveland's voucher program threatens to replace that with a system that teaches one faith in one school and a competing faith in another. That's because the hard truth of the city's voucher program, which is capped at $2,250 per child, is that the choice it offers parents is mainly a choice...
Cellucci said he supported school voucher programs and reaffirmed his opposition to rent control, but he also stressed that he believed politicians' goals ought to be tempered by understanding of their constituents' wishes...
Cellucci said he supported school voucher programs and reaffirmed his opposition to rent control, but he also stressed that he believed politicians' goals ought to be tempered by understanding of their constituents' wishes...
...campaign stops across northern New Hampshireon Sunday, McCain also outlined the other goals hesaid would guide him as president, calling forschool voucher programs and strong nationaldefense...