Downeast Schoolhouse » vouchers http://downeastschoolhouse.com Education, bread, music, orneriness. In monstrous slabs. Irony in wee drams. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:35:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The “Education President” http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/04/the-education-president/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/04/the-education-president/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:00:59 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=1848 Juan Williams, a mild-mannered, slow-to-anger guy, gets angry about the hypocrisy of Obama and Duncan and Congress regarding the D.C. voucher program:

This reckless dismantling of the D.C. voucher program does not bode well for arguments to come about standards in the effort to reauthorize No Child Left Behind. It does not speak well of [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/04/the-education-president/feed/ 0 The Wages of Appeasement? http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/04/the-wages-of-appeasement/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/04/the-wages-of-appeasement/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:12:12 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=1834 On education policy, appeasement is about as ineffective as it is in foreign affairs. Many proponents of school choice, especially Democrats, have tried to appease teachers unions by limiting their support to charter schools while opposing private school vouchers. They hope that by sacrificing vouchers, the unions will spare charter schools from political destruction. –  [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/04/the-wages-of-appeasement/feed/ 0