[Vision2020] How big money affects education in Washington D.C.
Van Deventer, Jack
jack@wsu.edu
Sat, 31 May 2003 14:21:19 -0700
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The June 2, 2003 issue of National Review (page 8) reads:
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Washington, D.C. spends $9,650 per child in the public schools-about
$3,000 above the national average and more than all but two other school
districts in the country. The city doesn't have much to show for it,
just a 42 percent dropout rate and the nation's lowest SAT scores. So
it's no wonder Mayor Anthony Williams recently said that he "got up one
morning and decided there are a lot of kids getting a crappy education."
He thus decided to support a modest voucher program for poor children in
his city. This has earned him a full measure of grief from all the
usual quarters, because Democrats aren't supposed to buck the teacher
unions. Yet Williams, joined by school-board president Peggy Cooper
Cafritz, is doing the right thing. If these liberal supporters of
school choice succeed, it is possible to hope that in the future
something more than 6 percent of the city's fourth and eighth graders
will test "proficient" in math.
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Jack
___________________________
Jack Van Deventer
jack@wsu.edu
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>The </span></font>June 2, 2003 issue of National Review (page 8) =
reads:</p>
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12.0pt'>***</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Washington</span></font>, D.C. spends $9,650 per child in the =
public
schools—about $3,000 above the national average and more than all =
but two
other school districts in the country. The city doesn’t have =
much
to show for it, just a 42 percent dropout rate and the nation’s =
lowest
SAT scores. So it’s no wonder Mayor Anthony Williams =
recently said
that he “got up one morning and decided there are a lot of kids =
getting a
crappy education.” He thus decided to support a modest =
voucher
program for poor children in his city. This has earned him a full =
measure
of grief from all the usual quarters, because Democrats aren’t =
supposed
to buck the teacher unions. Yet Williams, joined by school-board
president Peggy Cooper Cafritz, is doing the right thing. If these
liberal supporters of school choice succeed, it is possible to hope that =
in the
future something more than 6 percent of the city’s fourth and =
eighth
graders will test “proficient” in math.</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>***</span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Jack</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblue face=3D"Times New =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblue face=3D"Times New =
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Jack Van =
Deventer</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblue face=3D"Times New =
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>jack@wsu.edu</span></font></p>
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