Word: vouchers
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According to Moriarty, Web Voucher, another part of the system, is being rewritten to incorporate some STAR functions, providing users with an alternative...
...give bonuses to highly qualified teachers willing to teach in failing schools, giving these schools a chance to start over. Bush, on the other hand, would take away federal money earmarked for poor children under Title I, and give the parents of children in failing schools a $1,500 voucher to use at a private or parochial school. The plan is not well thought through, because private schools have no accountability. They can hire anybody to teach anything they want. For this reason, shifting millions of dollars away from public schools and into private schools does nothing to promote accountability...
...have the same possibilities and opportunities for choosing their child's educational plan that rich families currently enjoy. Under the Bush plan, schools that do not improve upon poor performance will lose a significant portion of their federal funding. This money will be given in the form of a voucher to the parents of children in these failing schools. This offers low-income families the resources to choose a better education for their child...
...years of uninterrupted vice presidency , once again turned to strategy in his series of matchups with Bradley. He decided to hit the idealism-addicted Bradley where it would surely hurt: right in his lofty ideals. Gore found an opportunity in Bradley's cherished health-care plan, in a $150 voucher proposal that Gore charged would be cruelly insufficient - and also racially discriminatory. Bradley fumes and instead of hitting back, becomes caught in clumsily defending his plan. Bradley is beaten as a candidate...
...Voucher Story...