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Re: Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

Clayton — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:39:20 GMT

Why, really why public schools exist. My only fear is that the Establishment is allowing this to go forward as a poison-pill. "Remember what happened when Louisiana tried privatizing education?? What a disaster!"

Other than that, I don't understand how anyone can on these boards can oppose a reduction of the government education budget on almost any pretext. Vouchers aren't a great idea but they take money away from the bastards in the government schools. That's a net win in my book.

Clayton -

Re: Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

Bogart — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:11:39 GMT

Upgrading the socialist schooling model to the fascist schooling model. That is change I can believe in.

Re: Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

ancaptivity — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:19:06 GMT

Re: Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

gamma_rat — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:19:23 GMT

Well that's certainly going to be useful in getting a job or adopting a trade.

To be fair, one could say the same thing about studying the Origin of Species.

LOL, you know, it's crap like this that gives privitization a bad name...

Yes, I am inclined to speculate that this is not entirely accidental.

It's still public funds going to subsidise things which otherwise wouldn't be funded.

Re: Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

Jackson LaRose — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:11:18 GMT

LOL, you know, it's crap like this that gives privitization a bad name...

Re: Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

Consumariat — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:11:15 GMT

The school willing to accept the most voucher students -- 314 -- is New Living Word in Ruston, which has a top-ranked basketball team but no library. Students spend most of the day watching TVs in bare-bones classrooms. Each lesson consists of an instructional DVD that intersperses Biblical verses with subjects such chemistry or composition.

Well that's certainly going to be useful in getting a job or adopting a trade.

Re: Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

Caley McKibbin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:49:20 GMT

They don't want kids getting "confused" by evolution.

Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools

the5thresistance — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:01:16 GMT

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-education-vouchers-idUSL1E8H10AG20120601