[Vision2020] RE: "Government Schools" vs. "Public Schools"

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 05:11:56 -0800

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Donovan,

It's not just me that's for school choice. The inner city minorities are
well aware that they are being oppressed by government education. The
following is from the Wall Street Journal. 

Best,
Dale
  _____  

Free Willie -- II

It's been a good year for Willie Breazell Sr., which in turn means it's been
a good year for thousands of children struggling to break free from a failed
public-education system.

Mr. Breazell, readers might remember, was sacked in 1999 as the head of the
NAACP's Colorado Springs branch. His crime was to have written a column in
favor of school choice. The NAACP, fanatically opposed to vouchers, wasted
no time in moving against this apostate of liberal orthodoxy. "I was kind of
lynched, so to speak," Mr. Breazell said of his experience.

But Mr. Breazell did not go quietly. Instead, he joined the Washington-based
Black Alliance for Educational Options and became a voice for the many
minority parents who want change but have instead met resistance from their
own national leaders. Earlier this year, Mr. Breazell was on the winning
side of legislation to create a statewide voucher program in Colorado, for
which 3,200 children will be eligible next year.

But the personal vindication came last week when Mr. Breazell and three
fellow pro-voucher candidates trounced union-supported competitors to win a
majority of seats on the Colorado Springs School District 11 board, the
largest district in the city. One of their first tasks will be to determine
whether to approve three new charter schools. The board will also be in a
position to decide if more private schools should be eligible to accept
vouchers.

Mr. Breazell's election isn't just a triumph for school choice, but for all
those willing to speak above groups like the NAACP that no longer represent
the interests of their communities. Those voices have been growing to
include such influential figures as Washington, D.C.'s mayor, Anthony
Williams, and its school board president, Peggy Cooper Cafritz. If more
children do finally get access to a public education worth the name, it'll
be in no small part thanks to folks like Willie Breazell.

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