The teachers union's hatred of black students
It is clear that Democrats take the black vote for granted and believe selling out to the teachers' union will be a net benefit to them regardless of what it will do for poor blacks living in DC. Where is the Black Caucas on the sell out or have they also sold their souls to the teachers' unions? This is an absolute disgrace.The waiting is finally over for some of the District of Columbia's most ambitious school children and their parents. Democrats in Congress voted to kill the District's Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides 1,700 disadvantaged kids with vouchers worth up to $7,500 per year to attend a private school.
On Sunday the Senate approved a spending bill that phases out funding for the five-year-old program. Several prominent Senators this week sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid pleading for a reconsideration. Signed by Independent-Democrat Joe Lieberman, Democrats Robert Byrd and Dianne Feinstein, and Republicans Susan Collins and John Ensign, it asked to save a program that has "provided a lifeline to many low-income students in the District of Columbia." President Obama signed the bill Thursday.
The program's popularity has generated long waiting lists. A federal evaluation earlier this year said the mostly black and Hispanic participants are making significant academic gains and narrowing the achievement gap. But for the teachers unions, this just can't happen. The National Education Association instructed Democratic lawmakers to kill it.
"Opposition to vouchers is a top priority for NEA," declared the union in a letter sent to every Democrat in the House and Senate in March. "We expect that Members of Congress who support public education, and whom we have supported, will stand firm against any proposal to extend the pilot program. Actions associated with these issues WILL be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 111th Congress."
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This is beyond disgusting. Many members of this despicable union are Black and have once again shown themselves more than willing to sell out the poor and disadvantaged children of their own race in exchange for the little benefits the union can secure for them.
ReplyDeleteHow dare the Congress bow to their influence over the great good that could be accomlished by giving these kids a pathway out of the ghetto.