Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g61ELBX25827; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:21:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:21:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <B945CE9A.DEFB%varshna@grandecom.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson <varshna@grandecom.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1208] Re: Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 2285 Lines: 49 on 7/1/02 6:32 AM, Jon Lee at jlee@famlit.org wrote: > Good Morning! > > From: Public Education Network Weekly NewsBlast > > Very scary... > > SUPREME COURT GIVES GO-AHEAD TO VOUCHER PROGRAM > In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said a controversial school voucher > program does not constitute the establishment of religion. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54620-2002Jun27.html > Mr. Lee, I am pleased with the Supreme Court's decision. Unlike the public school system, when a charter school or a private school (religious or otherwise) fails to educate its student body, parents may choose to enroll their students elsewhere. I have never met parents who enjoy chasing failure. In Texas, there has been much controversy over the performance of several charter schools. The issues have ranged from mismanagement of funds to low performance (of students) when measured against state-mandated standards. These schools have either been closed and their charter revoked or the schools have been placed under the supervision of a "master". Close a school because it fails to educate its student body! What a novel idea! Teachers and administrators having to prove their worth? Astounding! This is not the failure of the charter system: it is the intended result! If your neighborhood gas station charged $4 per gallon for regular unleaded that you could get elsewhere for $2, how long would it stay in business? Wouldn't you even feel pleased that for $3, you could afford the super unleaded at a competitor's pump? And once you became a regular user of super unleaded, how long would it be before you started looking at other performance-related issues that affect your decision to keep buying super unleaded? Isn't that what an educated consumer does? If we are in this business to produce an educated student, then we should follow the example set in higher education: compete for students and resources (including faculty). While it is noble to pursue policies with "the children" in mind, it is ignoble to keep producing students bound for remedial reading and writing classes, adult basic education programs, and adult literacy programs. *We* in adult education see the results of the current education system. Thank you and have a GREAT day. vnj
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