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February 13, 2012

Obama's New Budget Keeps On Supportin' Green Energy Boondoggles, But Not a Penny for the DC Voucher Program

And bear in mind: DC is a federal district, so this is the only city in America where the feds actually have a responsibility for school funding and educational policy.

The D.C. OSP has been highly successful. According to federally-mandated evaluations of the program, student achievement has increased, and graduation rates of voucher students have increased significantly. While graduation rates in D.C. Public Schools hover around 55 percent, students who used a voucher to attend private school had a 91 percent graduation rate.
And at $8,000, the vouchers are a bargain compared to the estimated $18,000 spent per child by D.C. Public Schools.

And that's the problem, isn't it?
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