Good Schools Produce Good Students : Vouchers Work

This isn't rocket science - it has been proven over and over that environment means everything to education. The District of Columbia school system is a total failure but the NEA, National Education Association, refuses to recognize this fact as it would put the entire union at risk.

The result is a self-fulfilling prophecy - continue to support the bad schools rather than fix the problem just to maintain union power to just watch the entire system collapse, or admit things have gone the wrong way and fix the problems. Of course this would take a lot of soul searching on the part of the union given they have never had to admit they have a problem with their entire system, nation wide.

The Heritage Fountdation has some great videos here that high lite the results of school choice. Keep the faith and watch the battle in action.

Voices of school choice

Long a discredit to our nation’s capital and its students, education in the District of Columbia has seen its fortunes rise in the past several years. Among the many bright spots has been an innovative scholarship program to help low-income parents send their children to the private school of their choice.


Thanks to this reform, parents have been able to send their children to better schools instead of the decrepit city public schools. Today, 1,900 low-income students participate in the voucher program.

But Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city’s non-voting representative in Congress, wants to derail this successful program.


“Now that Ms. Norton has made her intentions loud and clear,” argues Jennifer Marshall, director of domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation, “it’s only fair that the voices of children and families in the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program be heard for themselves.”

Parents and children alike believe this scholarship program is critical for the nation’s capital. Thanks to the efforts of parent organizer Virginia Walden Ford, they have spoken out on the issue in videos posted to Voices of School Choice.


“When I was in the public school, there wasn’t a lot of actual learning going on,” student Carlos Battle says in one poignant video.

Carlos’ mother, Pamela Battle, explains why the program works in another video. “When you give a child a different environment, a different opportunity, they act different. They want more for themselves when they can see that it’s a possibility they can get more. My kids are talking about going to college.”