The rally is in support of the continuation of Opportunity Scholarship Program, which would be eliminated if the Obamanation's omnibus spending bill is enacted as currently constructed.
Noteworthy:
"As their flier explains, 'D.C. families deserve the same kind of choices that the Mayor, City Council Members, and Federal leaders with children have.'
The precipitate cause of this rally is the Democrats' passage of an amendment tucked into the omnibus spending bill. Sponsored by Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.), the amendment effectively ended the Opportunity Scholarship Program, a lifeline now used by more than 1,700 schoolchildren to escape one of America's most miserable public school systems. Rally organizers say that the silence from local leaders was a big reason the Democratic Congress felt free to kill off the program.
'This rally is the first step in what is the biggest civil rights issue for this community,' says Kevin P. Chavous, a former D.C. council member who is one of the organizers. 'We intend to show that there is huge support for this locally, that this support is growing, and that we're not going away.' "
And:
"As strong as the outright opposition may be, perhaps the biggest problem faced by these parents is the Beltway's complicity in a smarmy double standard. Two weeks ago, the Heritage Foundation highlighted this double standard with the release of a new study showing that 38% of the members of Congress are sending or have sent their children to private schools.
That's more than three times the rate for rest of America.
For Democrats especially, their choice of a private school for their own families tends to make them opponents of choice for others. The bargain the teachers unions offer is this: We won't fuss about private or parochial schools for your children, provided you don't help any other kid get the same chance.
For the most part they fall in line. And so we have today's Washington, a city where none of the major players making decisions about the D.C. public schools have any skin in the game..."
"The Education Department released its annual evaluation of the D.C. program last month -- tellingly, without a press release or media briefing -- and it showed that voucher recipients are reading nearly a half-grade ahead of their peers who didn't receive a scholarship. These academic benefits are compounding over time. The study revealed that the program's earliest participants are 19 months ahead of public school peers in reading after three years. Nationwide, black 12th graders as a group score lower on reading tests than white 8th graders. The D.C. voucher program is closing this achievement gap.
See if you can follow this political syllogism. President Obama and his Education Secretary have repeatedly promised to support 'what works,' regardless of ideology.
The teachers unions adamantly oppose school vouchers, whether or not they work.
Ergo, Messrs. Obama and Duncan decide to end a D.C. school voucher program that works and force poor kids back into schools where Messrs. Obama and Duncan would never send their own children.
What a disgrace."
How much more will it take to get the clueless Tank Media and the zombies of the Obamarama cult to understand just how bad this administration and its conies are?
What will it take for them to understand the growing extent of the damage these cretins are inflicting on our country and its people, all because of political cronyism's payback?
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