Comments on: Conscience Of A Charlottesvillian…And A Slope Less Slipped? http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/03/conscience-of-a-charlottesvillianand-a-slope-less-slipped.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:54:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: rasqual http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/03/conscience-of-a-charlottesvillianand-a-slope-less-slipped.html/comment-page-1#comment-59773 rasqual Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:55:34 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3824#comment-59773 One of the huge issues is parental responsibility. Vouchers if implemented should, IMO, not be by parental request. Every child of every public school student in the 50 states should receive a voucher in the form of a piece of paper they hold in their hands. "OK, you have some choices to make on your child's behalf. What are YOU GOING TO DO." Maybe if parents (some of who can be careless and oblivious) were given the responsibility to make choices, more of them would feel like education of their children wasn't just the schools' job. One of the huge issues is parental responsibility. Vouchers if implemented should, IMO, not be by parental request. Every child of every public school student in the 50 states should receive a voucher in the form of a piece of paper they hold in their hands. “OK, you have some choices to make on your child’s behalf. What are YOU GOING TO DO.”

Maybe if parents (some of who can be careless and oblivious) were given the responsibility to make choices, more of them would feel like education of their children wasn’t just the schools’ job.

]]> By: Matthewladner http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/03/conscience-of-a-charlottesvillianand-a-slope-less-slipped.html/comment-page-1#comment-59144 Matthewladner Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:33:34 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3824#comment-59144 The high school completion rate for voucher children is twice as high as that of MPS children. Getting thousands more economically disadvantaged inner city children to graduate is nothing to sneeze at in terms of a systemic effect, especially when they are doing it for far less money per pupil. The high school completion rate for voucher children is twice as high as that of MPS children. Getting thousands more economically disadvantaged inner city children to graduate is nothing to sneeze at in terms of a systemic effect, especially when they are doing it for far less money per pupil.

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