A Watchful Eduwonk Reader…
Pointed out the apples-to-oranges example I cited in this post about McCain and vouchers. The WPost article was about the dearth of NCLB transfer options. My observation remains accurate, as long as I substitute Cleveland as my example, as explained in this editorial I wrote. Appreciate that.
–Guest blogger Richard Whitmire









August 20th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Mr. Whitmire-
I’m still confused- your editorial doesn’t say anything about Cleveland. In fact, the most interesting thing about the Cleveland voucher program was that it offered twice as much money to public schools as private schools. Mysteriously, none of the lilly-white suburban school districts surrounding “had space” for inner city kids.
If anything, Cleveland shows that it is not a good idea to keep parental choices confined to the public schools.
August 20th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
the library search system failed me. it told me this edit identified cleveland specifically,when in fact it only made the broader point cleveland represents. here’s a better editorial: http://usat-photoweb01.usatoday.us.ad.gannett.com/scripts/foxisapi.dll/wmsql.wm.request?HIT_10338782_2G114RSN72.3
August 21st, 2008 at 12:35 am
The blog gremlins must be at work. I can’t get that link to open.
August 28th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Nice but i think something is missing.
November 25th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Tender thanks you representing details. It helped me in my mission