We've been discussing inner city problems in other threads, including the lack of quality educations in many of these public schools, and how that contributes to the cycle of poverty, frustration, lack of agency, and violence. And it seems we can find numerous examples of how spending more $$ on education has not led to subsequent improvement in the quality of the education. (Washington D.C. as one example -- http://ift.tt/1KfpOCc )
So why is there such resistance to measures which give families access to more choices in where to send their kids to school?
ACLU sues to block sweeping Nevada education funding program
http://ift.tt/1KfpQtC
ACLU's side:
"Parents have a right to send their children to religious schools, but they are not entitled to do so at taxpayers' expense," ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Tod Story said in a statement. "The voucher program violates the Nevada Constitution's robust protections against the use of public funds for religious education."
The civil liberties groups say the program will use taxpayer dollars — more than $5,000 per child each year — for religious indoctrination at private schools that can discriminate in admissions and employment. In a conference call with reporters, they listed practices of Nevada schools that would receive the funds, including daily Bible study and daily Islamic prayer.
"The program would be a huge loss for religious liberty if implemented," ACLU attorney Heather L. Weaver said in a statement.
Republican/Libertarian side:
Proponents of the Education Savings Accounts say the program gets around that by letting the parent decide where the money goes.
"The constitution constrains government action," said attorney Tim Keller of the Institute for Justice, a Virginia-based libertarian group that defends school choice measures and wants to work on the Nevada case. "Here, it's not the government making the decision, it's the parent."
Nevada lawmakers voted this spring to create the program, which is considered the broadest school choice initiative in the U.S. because it is not limited by family income level and will be open to the vast majority of Nevada children. The treasurer's office said it received about 2,800 applications for the program within a matter of weeks, even though funds are not expected to be disbursed until the spring.
Republicans have touted the program as a groundbreaking effort that will increase competition and improve education in Nevada, and called ACLU's challenge "regrettable."
"Instead of empowering parents to help their children find an educational environment that meets their needs, the ACLU wants to go back to a system of hard zoning, forcing poor and minority students into chronically failing schools and furthering cycles of generational poverty," said GOP state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, who was instrumental in pushing the bill through the Legislature.
:Headbang:
What is Wrong With School Choice?
So why is there such resistance to measures which give families access to more choices in where to send their kids to school?
ACLU sues to block sweeping Nevada education funding program
http://ift.tt/1KfpQtC
ACLU's side:
Quote:
"Parents have a right to send their children to religious schools, but they are not entitled to do so at taxpayers' expense," ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Tod Story said in a statement. "The voucher program violates the Nevada Constitution's robust protections against the use of public funds for religious education."
Quote:
The civil liberties groups say the program will use taxpayer dollars — more than $5,000 per child each year — for religious indoctrination at private schools that can discriminate in admissions and employment. In a conference call with reporters, they listed practices of Nevada schools that would receive the funds, including daily Bible study and daily Islamic prayer.
"The program would be a huge loss for religious liberty if implemented," ACLU attorney Heather L. Weaver said in a statement.
Quote:
Proponents of the Education Savings Accounts say the program gets around that by letting the parent decide where the money goes.
"The constitution constrains government action," said attorney Tim Keller of the Institute for Justice, a Virginia-based libertarian group that defends school choice measures and wants to work on the Nevada case. "Here, it's not the government making the decision, it's the parent."
Nevada lawmakers voted this spring to create the program, which is considered the broadest school choice initiative in the U.S. because it is not limited by family income level and will be open to the vast majority of Nevada children. The treasurer's office said it received about 2,800 applications for the program within a matter of weeks, even though funds are not expected to be disbursed until the spring.
Republicans have touted the program as a groundbreaking effort that will increase competition and improve education in Nevada, and called ACLU's challenge "regrettable."
"Instead of empowering parents to help their children find an educational environment that meets their needs, the ACLU wants to go back to a system of hard zoning, forcing poor and minority students into chronically failing schools and furthering cycles of generational poverty," said GOP state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, who was instrumental in pushing the bill through the Legislature.
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