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Resolved Question: According to these stances on issues, what political party would this fit best?

pro-choice pro-civil union against teaching creationism in school support all possible scientific research, no matter what it is support investment in technological advancement, transportation and infrastructure advancement support all environmental causes, all well as wildlife protection and research support alternative energy sources seperation of church and state support stricter laws, including death penalty, increase penalties for crimes support very strong military support aid for school,veterens,disabled, temporary unemployment support temporary assisted income and food stamps with time limitations support educational system improvement and reform, against vouchers against state rights, i feel all should be mandated by gov't, what is legal in one state should be legal in another, example; civil unions, medical marijuana use support free trade support tax cuts for all, however if no alternative can be found such as a federal increase on sales tax,or something, taxation for the wealthy i support and cuts for the upper and middle classes support social security, however believe privatizing should be individual choice support universal healthcare support second amendment, with regulation, example renew ever six months due to possible changes with law abiding citizens, if you have a change in mental health status or some criminal change, rights are revoked complete freedom of thought and speech, ease up the restrictions of the FCC support immagration reform, rights and assistance only given to legal citizens support patriot act support war on terror support regulations on businesses, corporations, wallstreet that's all i can think of right now, please don't be mean, just want to really understand myself, i was never good in history and only recently have started to understand politics, i think, the only thing i'm good at is working in the medical field and science, drawing and painting..loli'm not sure on the free trade...i'm not sure i understand if that would be the best or not...my gut really tells me no...that one i would probably change...for the most part i believe in paying taxes, there can't possibly be another way to support our society, i wish there could be, but we have to pay for it and i think the wealthy should pay..if that makes sense...i would alter those now that i'm thinking about it....but i think i said have the wealthy pay more..free trade i would change, i think i misunderstood that...could this possibly be..a liberal conservative or bleeding heart conservative...or is it really just a moderate or conservative liberal... my whole point is it really doesn't fit into one category...and to pick an choose is hard.....because as strongly as i feel on military and death penalty or choice for privatizing, i feel as strong on pro choice civil union, and aid for school....it is really hard more

Resolved Question: What's wrong with this picture?

There's something the U.S. government doesn't want you to know. And it's come out again in the new Heritage Foundation report on education. It conveys that the general public is increasingly dissatisfied with public schools, with a rising number opting for private education. The report explains that during the 2007 and 2008 legislative sessions, 44 states introduced school-choice legislation. And in 2008, choices for private school were enacted into law or expanded in Arizona, Utah, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Today 14 states and the District of Columbia offer voucher or education tax-credit programs that aid parents with sending their children to private schools. But that may be short-lived. Despite the growing public preference for private education, Congress recently canceled the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which was created in 2004 to offer students from low-income families in the nation's capital an opportunity to join the voucher educational community. The law provided $14 million in scholarships to help pay for tuition at private schools of their choosing. But no longer. Why did Congress nix the program, especially when recent studies showed that students receiving vouchers since the program's inception were academically 18.9 months ahead of their peers? (I read the other day that 100 percent of Thurgood Marshall Academy's charter graduates are accepted to colleges.) And why would Congress phase out a program that costs $7,500 per student annually, compared with the $15,000 it costs in Washington's public schools to educate a child? So its cancellation is not a result of costing too much, because it's half the price of public schooling. And it's not because of inferior quality, because the kids enrolled in the program were scoring higher than students in regular schools. There's only one reason Congress canceled it, and it comes down to this: federal control and educational indoctrination. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31638 more

Resolved Question: should the votes of the more educated members of society carry more weight than those of the less educated?

A council estate sl*g who can't keep her legs shut has 5 kids by 5 different dads, each one of them grows up at our expense, leaves school illiterate, and then gets a vote. Each one of them has 4/5 kids, all similar educational achievers, all costing us money - they breed like rabbits, and they all get a vote, That's LOTS of votes. Meanwhile the edcuated study later, work harder and have 1 or 2 kids if that, each of those has 1 or 2 and they contribute to society, pay taxes. Why should they have 1 vote each when they're up against a MULTIPLE of good for nothings from poorer families who each get 1 vote??? Surely a fairer system is to give someone with a Phd say 5 votes, a bachelors/masters degree 4, A levels 3, 5 GCSEs A-C 2 and nothing 1. Most of them will vote while being completely ignorant to facts. You could come in and say "we'll give people who earn less than £20'000 a free £100 a week shopping voucher at LIDL" and they would be strong enough to vote you in, even if it meant a ballooning fiscal defecit for that government, someone else will pick the pieces when they're voted out of power - which is where we are with labour Chavs voted in Labour, now they leave the huge mess - let's give more weight in the votes of people who can safely get this country back on track, because we're being out numbered by the poor, ignorant, uneducated MAJORITY nowHalox, no, my question hasn't backfired at all, your answer has, in that it's not in any way FUNNY as I'm pretty sure it was intendedtnuc, yes I'm aware of the spelling. When you type quickly often things are spelt incorrectly ... oh dear, not like we're playing for house points here JG - good points madeHalox, it's crude of me to say, but since you're bragging the chances are I pay more in tax per year than you'll EVER make in your life more

Resolved Question: Government Questions!!! plz help!!!?

Please help me answer these questions: 1) Should Social Security be privatized? Would you support a partial privatization? How would you go about investing your private share for your retirement? What is the drawback of letting individuals bear all the risk in their retirement? Is this a safe plan for the future of Social Security? 2) We often say that education is the key to improving ones chances in life, but is our educational system really equal? Compare, for example, schools in different states where you or your friends have lived. Then compare schools in the suburbs with schools in the inner cities. Why is there such a variation? Only about one-third of all high school math and science teachers majored in math or science in college. Where do you think those one-third teach? Who is teaching math and science in the other schools? What does that say about equal educational opportunities? Would you support a voucher system that would allow students to go to any school they wanted to? 10 points for best answer!!!! more

Resolved Question: Do poor children have the same educational chances as a rich persons children like Obama?

Someone asked a question about a voucher. If the public school in your area is substandard, should the poor child be allowed to attend a rich or private school using tax money. Do vouchers give the children of poor families the same education chances as the children of a rich family like the Obama's? Why doesn't Obama send his kids to the local Washington DC public schools? They would have the same education as a poor child. more

Resolved Question: If conservatives believe in less government then why are they ok with?

government interfering with women's reproductive rights (abortion - esp. when it's needed to save a woman's life and there ARE), ok with govt. interfering when it comes to putting a Marriage amendment in the U.S. Constitution (yet are against the Equal Rights Amendment), are ok with govt. interference when it comes to giving TAXPAYER money to faith based initiatives in failed abstinence-ONLY programs, or giving money as taxpayer funded subsidies to corporate agribusiness and oil companies, or using tax payer money for educational vouchers to private schools instead of using that money to better fund public school education (I went to a very good public school BECAUSE our school was well funded), want the FCC to interfere in pornography but are against the FCC interfering in talk radio. Is this not hypocritical? Do conservatives really believe that EVERYTHING can be addressed by the private sector? Isn't the economy and it's lack of oversight proof enough that leaving private entities such as AIG, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, etc. to police themselves was a bad idea? more

Resolved Question: Should I expect teachers union members to riot in the Phoenix area as a result of this decision?

Oh my! The horror! It's Constitutional to use tax credit programs to send children to school based on their invidual needs! Good grief! What will these parents do without the benevolent oversight of government schools!! Shreek!! *************** Victory for School Choice: Arizona Court of Appeals Declares Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship Program Constitutional Arlington, Va.—The Arizona Court of Appeals today declared that tax credit programs that fund tuition scholarships for low- and middle-income children to attend private schools “pass constitutional muster.” The decision follows the Arizona Supreme Court’s 1999 decision in Kotterman v. Killian, which upheld the constitutionality of Arizona’s Individual Tax Credit Scholarship Program from an identical legal attack. “Today’s real winners are the families who rely on Arizona’s Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship Program to attend high-performing private schools tailored to meet their children’s unique educational needs,” declared Tim Keller, executive director of the Institute for Justices Arizona Chapter. “This decision affirms that the state and federal constitutions protect the right of parents, not bureaucrats, to make the educational decisions that will forever impact their children’s lives.” Passed in 2006, Arizona’s Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship Program encourages private companies to donate to charitable organizations that provide scholarships to low- and moderate-income families to attend private schools. Companies receive a tax credit for their donations. In 2008, the corporate contribution limit was capped at $14.4 million. That amount will increase by 20 percent in 2009. According to the most recent figures from the Arizona Department of Revenue, in 2007, funds donated to scholarship organizations enabled 1,947 students to attend 156 private schools. The scholarships are available only to children who transfer from a public to a private school, or those entering kindergarten. With the average corporate scholarship totaling just under $2,400, the state saves money every time a child previously enrolled in a public school chooses to attend a private school. “The taxpayers of Arizona also won today because every time a child transfers from a public school to a private school, the state saves thousands of dollars that would otherwise have been used to pay for that child’s education in a public school,” Keller continued. “The program is constitutional, and it is sound public policy. It is time for the ACLU to drop its spurious legal claims.” Judge Donn Kessler filed a dissent in the case suggesting that the program violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Judge Kessler’s reasoning misapplies the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2002 decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, which upheld a state-funded voucher program for low-income children in Cleveland. IJ, the nation’s leading legal advocate for school choice, is currently defending Arizona’s state-funded scholarship programs for children with disabilities and children in foster care, as well as Arizona’s individual tax credit scholarship program, and helped secure the Kotterman victory for school choice. The Institute also helped win a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court for school choice in Cleveland and successfully defended vouchers in Milwaukee and tax credits in Illinois. more

Resolved Question: Could i be elected President.....?

This is where i stand on issues. 1) To be the Candidate of National security: a) Victory in Iraq b) Fully support NSA, Patriot act, tough interrogations, keeping Gitmo open c) A Candidate that pledges to NOT demean our military while they are fighting for their Country. eg Harry Reid: "the surge has failed", "the war is lost" d) Candidate that promises to ensure that our veterans can live out their lives in dignity. 2) The Candidate who pledges to oppose Appeasement: a) The Candidate will oppose any and all efforts to negotiate with dictators of the world in places like Iran, Syria, N.Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela without "pre-conditions" 3) The Candidate Pledges to support Tax CUTS, and fiscal responsibility: a) The American people are NOT under taxed, Government Spends too much b) The Candidate who Pledges to ELIMINATE and VOTE AGAINST ALL Earmarks c) The Candidate pledges to BALANCE the budget 4) The Candidate Pledges to be a supporter of "Energy Independence" a) supports Immediate drilling in Anwar and the 48 states b) Building new refineries c) Begin building and using Nuclear Facilities d) expand coal mining e) realistic steward of the environment While simultaneously working with private industry to develop the new energy technologies for the future, with the goal being that America becomes completely energy independent within the next 15 years. 5) The Candidate pledges to secure our borders completely within 12 months: a) build all necessary fences b) use all available technology to help and support agents at the border c) train and hire agents as needed 6) Healthcare: The Candidate will look for Free-Market solutions to the problems facing the Healthcare industry, and will vigorously oppose any efforts to "nationalize healthcare". a) The Candidate will fight for Individual health savings accounts, that includes "catastrophic insurance" for every American, so people can control their own healthcare choices. 7) Education: a) The Candidate pledges to "save" American children from the failing educational system b) The Candidate will fight to break the unholy alliance of the Democratic party and teachers unions, which at best has institutionalized mediocrity, and has failed children across the country c) fight for "CHOICE" in education and let parents decide d) fight for vouchers for parents 8) Social Security and Medicare: a) The Candidate will "save" social security and medicare from bankruptcy. b) Options will include "private retirement" funds so people can "control" their own destiny. 9) Judges a) The Candidate vows to support ONLY judges who recognize that their job is to interpret the Constitution, and NOT legislate from the bench. 10) American Dream: The Candidate accepts as their duty and responsibility to educate, inform, and remind people that with the blessings of Freedom comes a Great responsibility. That Government's primary goal is to preserve, protect and defend our God given gift of freedom.Would you vote for me?I am anti abortion. more

Resolved Question: Should Pres. Barack Obama make high school education his priority, at least in Federal District Columbia?

President Obama made education a big part of his speech Tuesday night, complete with a stirring call for reform. So we'll be curious to see how he handles the dismaying attempt by Democrats in Congress to crush education choice for 1,700 poor kids in the District of Columbia. The omnibus spending bill now moving through the House includes language designed to kill the Opportunity Scholarship Program offering vouchers for poor students to opt out of rotten public schools. The legislation says no federal funds can be used on the program beyond 2010 unless Congress and the D.C. City Council reauthorize it. Given that Democrats control both bodies -- and that their union backers hate school choice -- this amounts to a death sentence. The Opinion Journal Widget Download Opinion Journal's widget and link to the most important editorials and op-eds of the day from your blog or Web page. Republicans passed the program in 2004, with help from Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, and it has been extremely popular. Families receive up to $7,500 a year to attend the school of their choice. That's a real bargain, given that D.C. public schools spend $14,400 per pupil on average, among the most in the country. To qualify, a student's household income must be at or below 185% of the poverty level. Some 99% of the participants are minority, and the average annual income is $23,000 for a family of four. A 2008 Department of Education evaluation found that participants had higher reading scores than their peers who didn't receive a scholarship, and there are four applicants for each voucher. Vouchers also currently exist in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, Utah and Wisconsin. And school choice continues to proliferate elsewhere in the form of tax credits and charter schools. The District's is the only federally funded initiative, however, and local officials from former Mayor Anthony Williams to current Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee support its continuation. As Ms. Rhee put it in a December 2007 interview with the Journal, "I would never, as long as I am in this role, do anything to limit another parent's ability to make a choice for their child. Ever." Ms. Rhee is working to reform all D.C. public schools, which in 2007 ranked last in math and second-to-last in reading among all U.S. urban school systems on the federal National Assessment of Educational Progress. Without the vouchers, more than 80% of the 1,700 kids would have to attend public schools that haven't made "adequate yearly progress" under No Child Left Behind. Remember all of those Members of Congress standing and applauding on Tuesday as Mr. Obama called for every American child to get some education beyond high school? These are the same Members who protect and defend a D.C. system in which about half of all students fail even to graduate from high school. On Tuesday, Mr. Obama spoke of the "historic investment in education" in the stimulus bill, which included a staggering, few-strings-attached $140 billion to the Department of Education over two years. But he also noted that "our schools don't just need more resources; they need more reform," and he expressed support for charter schools and other policies that "open doors of opportunity for our children." If he means what he says, Mr. Obama won't let his fellow Democrats consign 1,700 more poor kids to failing schools he'd never dream of letting his own daughters attend.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123561668718178625.html more

Resolved Question: Ideas for educational alice film?

well we're doing this thing at our college, where you use the program alice to create an educational movie (Can be on anything from ks1 through to like A level stuff), and the winners get like £500 amazon vouchers O_o !!! so yeh ideas would be good :) previous winners have done stuff like global warming warnings and stuff so it doesnt neccessarily have to be something learned at school. thanks :) x more

Voting Question: Re: Not-For-Profit Organizations?

My question is concerning a newer nonprofit organization (less than a year old) that is basically structured in a manner that provides effective outreach programs and charitable services. They also offer educational training, grants and scholarships, food vouchers, rental assistance and even help with employment assistant, transportation allowance, veterinary care for pets, legal aid, medical and prescription drug cost. However (by their own freewill to place limits on government bureaucracy and other restrictions), this type of organization is NOT established or recognized by the IRS as a 501 C3 business entity. With that said, my question is this: If I were to make a hefty donation to such an organization, would my gift be 100% tax deductible? If at all possible, please explain in thorough detail why or why not? Thanks So Much! more

Resolved Question: How can we have a complete freeze on federal spending AND vouchers for education?

Also, how many rural communities could have the option of choosing the educational institution for their children. more

Resolved Question: Which Presidential candidate has the best plan for Education?

In tonight's debate, Mr. Obama said the D.C. educational voucher system didn't work. Mr. McCain said it did, but there were not enough educational vouchers to go around (Got It!?) more

Resolved Question: Who agrees that Obama's plans for school education are not good?

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=303347424914951 Schools: While Obama's children enjoy the best education money can buy, he wants to deny inner-city children the education change we can believe in — school choice. He prefers cradle-to-diploma collectivist education. When Barack Obama collected the endorsement of the American Federation of Teachers, he told the teachers that support for alternatives to the education monopoly amounted to "tired rhetoric about vouchers and school choice." . Not being left behind are Obama's daughters, who attend the private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. There, tuition ranges from $15,528 for kindergarten to $20,445 for high school. When asked about it during last year's YouTube debate, Sen. Obama responded that it was "the best option" for his children. They had a choice Obama would deny others. Obama has been completely silent about the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. The D.C. School Choice Act of 2003 established the federally funded voucher program that provides vouchers of up to $7,500 for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. It lets students attend one of 60 participating nonpublic schools. But it was funded only through the 2008-09 school year. Democrats such as D.C.'s delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton, want to kill the successful program, which shows that money is not the root of a good education. Norton and Obama seem oblivious to the fact that District school spending is at $13,400 per student — third-highest in the nation. Yet in 2007, D.C. public schools ranked last in math scores and second-to-last in reading scores for all urban public school systems in the U.S., according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Norton is leading the charge to block a mere $18 million in funding for the 2009-10 school year. This demonstration program serves some 1,900 students. A recent Education Department report found that nearly 90% of Opportunity scholarship students had higher reading scores than peers who didn't receive a scholarship. Not surprisingly, there are five applicants for every opening. April Cole-Walton's daughter attends St. Peter's Interparish School thanks to an Opportunity Scholarship. "If I could talk to Sen. Obama," she says, "I would say, 'Give me a choice and give my daughter a chance.' " Fat chance. Obama instead offers support for things like universal preschool, based on the idea that the earlier the government gets its hands on our children, the better off they will be. The nanny state will spend more money and pay for more teachers. . Obama's buddy, former Weatherman terrorist William Ayers, has plans for the same captive student audiences Obama wants to keep captive. Now a tenured Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Ayers works to educate teachers in socialist revolutionary ideology, urging that it be passed on to impressionable students. One of Ayers' descriptions for a course called "Improving Learning Environments" says a prospective K-12 teacher needs to "be aware of the social and moral universe we inhabit and . . . be a teacher capable of hope and struggle, outrage and action, teaching for social justice and liberation." For his course "Urban Education," Ayers writes: "In a truly just society, there would be a greater sharing of the burden, a fairer distribution of material and human resources." All of this sounds like Obama's plans for "economic justice" and redistribution of the nation's wealth. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has employed Ayers as a teacher trainer for the city's public schools. On his Web site, Obama describes Ayers as a "tenured professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a 'respected advisor to Mayor Daley on school reform.' " And a future secretary of education, perhaps? more

Resolved Question: How do you feel about McCain wanting to give tax breaks only to parents who send their kids to PRIVATE school?

McCains Educational POV: Favors charter schools, home schooling and voucher system - when approved by local officials - and giving parents tax credits to help pay for private schools. "We need to reward good teachers and find bad teachers another line of work," he has said. Voted for No Child Left Behind legislation, but says that is only the beginning of education reform. Wants to expand virtual learning in part by targeting $500 million in current federal funds to build new virtual schools and develop online courses. The problem with McCain's plan for education is that he will be taking even more money away from public education and giving it to private (religious) schools and home-schooling parents, thus breaching the separation of Church and State and further contributing to the decline of public education.Galaxy Girl - I agree completely and I am not advocating "throwing more money" at anything... Obama wants to stop paying school board members $200K and start putting that money to work... more

Resolved Question: US Parents with kids grades K-12?

Would you rather have a voucher to choose where you send your child to school (McCain's plan, includes private schools where approved by local government) or have teacher's pay tied to test scores (Obama's plan, and also Bush's plan, which has encouraged schools to cut back recess and focus on what is on the test rather than on educational materials)? I have a six-year old that would benefit from McCain's plan (she is very active) so I am obviously biased, just wondering what you guys think. more

Resolved Question: What decision making criteria do you use for choosing the Presidential candidate you will vote for?

I have four criteria for a Presidential Candidate aside from their political positions. Public sector executive experience, private sector executive experience, being a veteran and the candidate cannot belong to a genocidal party like the Democrats or the NAZIs. We all choose candidates based on our perception of their political positions, pro-life, pro-national security, anti-poverty, etc, etc. I am pro-Choice and anti-abortion. I am pro-legalization, regulation and taxation of the recreational drug market. I am pro-2nd amendment. I am anti-Rico act. I want to see the slave trader removed from the $20 and replaced with MLK. I want to see prisons used only for repeat violent offenders. I want to see us stomp Iran into the ground for their actions in 1980 and their support of terrorism today. I want to see school vouchers and educational accountability including GED requirement for graduating High School. I believe the United States is founded on freedom of Religion and built with Christian principles. There will never be a candidate who believes everything I believe in, so I choose the candidate I think can win that fits my criteria and shares some of my beliefs. Do you have any other criteria you use to choose the candidate you are going to vote for.Andrew "jacka*s" Jackson made his living as a slave trader from 1804 to 1813. Jackson's political symbol, the donkey, is still used by the Democratic party today. You can read a biography of Jackson scanned by gutenberg.org at gutenberg.org.I voted for Nader once. Since Clinton won in 1992 and went after gun owners to the point where McVeigh felt he had to blow up the Murrah building in Oklahoma City I tend to vote Republican, but, if I felt a third party candidate could win I would vote for them. I don't ever want to see Clinton's government excesses or FDR's fascism repeated. more

Resolved Question: Should we eliminate the Federal Department of Education?

Wayne Allyn Root, Bob Barr's vice Presidential running mate states. *I support Freedom and Parental Choice in the Educational System- The constitution does not allow for federal government interference in the education of our children. As a matter of fact, the word "education" never appears once in the Constitution. We need to get federal government out of the education business. We need to give parents and students the freedom to pursue the education of their choice- just as my wife and I do by choosing to home-school our 4 children. I support giving parents control of the education of their own children, instead of government bureaucrats. I support utilization of school choice, vouchers or tax credits on the state and local level to increase education competition; encourage private, parochial and home-schooling; reward superior performance for educators; create magnet schools which give principals autonomy over budgets, hiring and firing; and streamline bureaucracy- giving our education dollars to teachers and kids, NOT bureaucrats and administrators. *I support the total elimination of the Department of Education on the federal level. The more we spend on education, the WORSE the results, the more damage we do to our children. In 2000, the Dept. of Education budget was $33 billion. Today it is $64 billion. Has education improved? Have drop-out rates improved? Have reading or math scores improved? We've doubled the budget- yet the results are worse than ever. What a great example of bureaucracy, hypocrisy and waste. Hey a billion here and a billion there- pretty soon we have some real money at stake! http://rootforamerica.com/home/wherestands.php more

Resolved Question: Obama vs McCain on education what do you think?

Obama First Senate bill: increase Pell Grant from $4,050 to $5,100. (Aug 2007) Sponsored legislations that recruit and reward good teachers. (Sep 2004) Voted YES on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005) Voted YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005) Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005) McCain Unrestricted block grants--let states decide spending. (Feb 2000) Voted NO on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005) Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005) Voted NO on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005) Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001) Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001) Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001) Voted YES on declaring memorial prayers and religious symbols OK at schools. (May 1999) Voted YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules. (Mar 1999) Voted YES on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998) Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997) Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996) Voted YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer. (Jul 1994) Voted NO on national education standards. (Feb 1994) Focus educational resources to help those with greatest need. (Jul 2001) Require state standards, regular assessments, and sanctions. (Jul 2001) Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable. (Jul 2001) Rated 45% by the NEA, indicating a mixed record on public education. (Dec 2003) What doy you think? http://www.ontheissues.org source more

Voting Question: Does McCain care about your children?

Just so you slithering snakes won't make up your own facts, I have provided his complete voting record for education. Use these facts. Your answer should not include Obama in it either. Just McCain... If you leave an ignorant response, I will take it that you are ignorant and don't know the issues... Voted NO on $52M for “21st century community learning centers”. (Oct 2005) Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005) Voted NO on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005) Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001) Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001) Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001) Voted YES on declaring memorial prayers and religious symbols OK at schools. (May 1999) Voted YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules. (Mar 1999) Voted YES on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998) Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997) Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996) Voted YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer. (Jul 1994) Voted NO on national education standards. (Feb 1994) more

Resolved Question: Leftists want women to control their bodies, why do they object to parents controlling a child's education?

Anyone else find this logic to be a bit fuzzy? The left will scream to the limits of their lungs that women have the right to control their own bodies. OK, fine. But then they fight tooth and nail every attempt to give educational choice to parents, every voucher program that allows parents to spend their hard earned tax dollars as they see fit, etc.Put another way: Abortion-"Government get out of my life!!!!" School choice and Vouchers-"Government don't leave my life and get into everyone else's life!!!" more

Resolved Question: Education?

In an educational sense what are vouchers? Are they an attack on public institutions? more

Resolved Question: Some conservatives support closing public schools. How do they propose educating our children?

I know that many of them support giving vouchers to low-income families, so their children can attend private schools. However, vouchers don't cover all the expenses, and many of these families wouldn't be able to afford the expenses not covered by the vouchers. Not only that, but private schools can and do discriminate against children they don't think measure up to their standards, so that would limit the educational opportunities of some students. Some conservatives propose homeschooling, but let's face it. Not all parents have the time or resources to homeschool, and some of them aren't even cut out for it. What would happen if public schools were done away with?I've actually seen conservatives on here say that they would like public schools to be done away with. more

Resolved Question: Would you vote for this candidate (all other issues being equal)?

Would you be willing to support a political candidate who promised (and I use that term loosely in politics) to overhaul the current educational system for one that favored a private school voucher program, similar to that in Europe? The schools would still be highly regulated and would compete for the best teachers (meaning pay them more), but the parents would be able to choose where they sent their children. Studies have shown that a program like this has resulted in less money being spent per child, but more would be spent in the classroom (since there would be a reduction in administration expense). The teachers would get raises like most Americans, based upon their work, rather than their seniority. The best teachers would make more money while the worst would probably be out of jobs. Teachers unions have traditionally been against this type of system, and for good reason, this would effectively break the teacher’s union. Also, what is your political affiliation, if any? more

Resolved Question: Question for parents of school aged children.?

Resolved Question: Question for all teachers?

Resolved Question: Educational Vouchers?!?!?!?

Some people have argued that we should unstitute educational vouchers that could be used by students to finaance their education either public schools or private schools of their choice. Advantages and Disadvantages?!?!! more

Resolved Question: Don't you believe that the best way to elevate the education system in the US would be the voucher system.

Right now, inner city kids (mostly minorities) do receive an inferior education. If education is a key to escaping poverty, wouldn't the voucher system increase accountability and quality. Are the liberals too beholden to the big government educational establishment? more

Resolved Question: Why do people want vouchers for private school?

I'm aganist vouchers for private schools. And I'm NOT liberal or conservative and I'm also 16. I hate the idea of voucher beacause: 1. Government Money equals Government Control- government doesn't give anyone money without strings attached as to how that money is spent. Once private schools start taking government funds, the government is going to tell them how they have to spend those funds. 2.Government Money always has Strings Attached-One of the reasons private schools are better is because they can cherry pick students, where public schools are forced to accept everyone. Thus the private schools can exclude the poor, disadvantages, troublesome, disabled, and other undesirable classes of kids that bring down the averages. Private schools also have the freedom to make educational decisions free of the insanity of local and federal governments. Because they cost more, the students are from families that have more money and are willing to spend it on thier children.But what happens when private schools start taking government money? I suspect that the first thing is that the ability to discriminate will be gone. After all, if you're going to take public tax dollars, then you have to accept any kid who wants to go to your school. We can't have public funds going to subsidize schools where the public isn't welcome. There's no doubt in my mind that the courts are going to order that any private school that takes public money has to admit any student that the public schools admit.When you take their money, you are subject to their rules. The government isn't going to just hand money over to private schools without telling them how they have to spend it and what they have to do to get it. If a kid goes to a private Christian school, they are going there because it's private and that they are Christians. I a Christian school you can have teachers lead the class in prayer because it's not a government school. Only government schools are prohibited by the Constitution from teacher lead prayer based on the idea that the government must be religiously neutral in order for people to have freedom of religion. Private schools don't have that restriction because they are private. But when a private school takes public money they aren't as private as they used to be. Now we have to determine if the public funding is being spent in a constitutional manner. Then there's the curriculum standards.Public schools still have to educate all the kids the private schools reject. One of the reasons that private schools are better than public schools is because of the different demographic. Private schools are made up of students who come from families who are well off enough and willing to spend the money to provide their kids with a superior education. Kids that come from families with more resources and a willingness to spend money on their kids are better families on the average than those who don't.If you start a school with hand picked rich kids, you have a lot of advantage over a school of what's left. This isn't the only reason private schools are better or only advantage that private schools have. The point is that if you compare private and public schools it's not a level playing field. And if private schools start taking public money and are subject to the same rules as public schools, the private schools will deteriorate to the same level as public schools. Public moPlease read the rest: http://www.perkel.com/politics/issues/voucher.htm Here my idea about school: I think that instead of public schools, we need charter schools.And let you pick which the type of charter school you could go to.Sorry I don't to go piblic school. I don't want my "private school" to have poor and unciviliasled kids in my school. I also don't want the govermant involve in my school.ALSO PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS IS LIKE WELFARE more

Resolved Question: Why do republicans support voucher for k-12 so strongly but ignore the need for college universal access?

The republican candidates push support for educational vouchers for younger children but have allowed college to become increasingly out of reach for ordinary Americans. This is at the same time that the global economy is becoming more competitive and a higher education is the shown variable in financial mobility within the US economy itself. Why do the republicans not support vouchers for college students or expand Pell grants so that everyone has the ability to attend the college of their ability.No child left behind rates and ranks schools. Republicans support vouchers to private learning institutions.So it seems that the majority of answers support keeping the current system as a certain elitehood. Even though most do use it as a playground or a way to defer working in the real world. Its just that those in a higher socio economic background will be able to afford such luxuries and still get out and be the dumb manager or CEO that we have all been subjected to work for at one point in our life more

Resolved Question: Has anyone out ther heard of Educational Voucher. vouchers enable your child to go the school of your choice

They are especially designed for child for IEP"s. Who have trouble with the public school system and need a more layed back private or Christian School. The private schools usually have smaller classrooms as well. Can they be found for sure in the State of Ohio.I know that any child can apply for a voucher, but have been told that children with IEP"S can get one faster if they are having trouble in their public schools and a private school with smaller classes could benefit the child. more

Resolved Question: Here’s a good question for you: Why have public schools at all?

Here’s a good question for you: Why have public schools at all? O.K., cue the marching music. We need public schools because blah blah blah and yada yada yada. We could say blah is common culture and yada is the government’s interest in promoting the general welfare. Or that children are the future. And a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Because we can’t leave any child behind. The problem with all these bromides is that they leave out the simple fact that one of the surest ways to leave a kid “behind” is to hand him over to the government. Americans want universal education, just as they want universally safe food. But nobody believes that the government should run 90 percent of the restaurants, farms, and supermarkets. Why should it run 90 percent of the schools — particularly when it gets terrible results? Consider Washington, home of the nation’s most devoted government lovers and, ironically, the city with arguably the worst public schools in the country. Out of the 100 largest school districts, according to the Washington Post, D.C. ranks third in spending for each pupil — $12,979 — but last in spending on instruction. Fifty-six cents out of every dollar goes to administrators who, it’s no secret, do a miserable job administrating, even though D.C. schools have been in a state of “reform” for nearly 40 years. In a blistering series, the Post has documented how badly the bureaucrats have run public education. More than half of the District of Columbia’s kids spend their days in “persistently dangerous” schools, with an average of nine violent incidents a day in a system with 135 schools. “Principals reporting dangerous conditions or urgently needed repairs in their buildings wait, on average, 379 days … for the problems to be fixed,” according to the Post. But hey, at least the kids are getting a lousy education. A mere 19 schools managed to get “proficient” scores or better for a majority of students on the district’s Comprehensive Assessment Test. A standard response to such criticisms is to say we don’t spend enough on public education. But if money were the solution, wouldn’t the district, which spends nearly $13,000 on every kid, rank near the top? If you think more money will fix the schools, make your checks out to “cash” and send them to me. Private, parochial, and charter schools get better results. Parents know this. Applications for vouchers in the district dwarf the available supply, and home schooling has exploded. As for schools teaching kids about the common culture and all that, as a conservative I couldn’t agree more. But is there evidence that public schools are better at it? According to the 2006 National Assessment of Educational Progress history and civics exams, two-thirds of U.S. high school seniors couldn’t identify the significance of a photo of a theater with a sign reading “Colored Entrance.” And keep in mind, political correctness pretty much guarantees that Jim Crow and the civil-rights movement are included in syllabi. Imagine how few kids can intelligently discuss Manifest Destiny or free silver. Right now, there’s a renewed debate about providing “universal” health insurance. For some liberals, this simply means replicating the public-school model for health care. (Stop laughing.) But for others, this means mandating that everyone have health insurance — just as we mandate that all drivers have car insurance — and then throwing tax dollars at poorer folks to make sure no one falls through the cracks. There’s a consensus in America that every child should get an education, but as David Gelernter noted recently in The Weekly Standard, there’s no such consensus that public schools need to do the educating. Really, what would be so terrible about government mandating that every kid has to go to school, and providing subsidies and oversight when necessary, but then getting out of the way? Milton Friedman noted long ago that the government is bad at providing services — that’s why he wanted public schools to be called “government schools” — but that it’s good at writing checks. So why not cut checks to people so they can send their kids to school? What about the good public schools? Well, the reason good public schools are good has nothing to do with government’s special expertise and everything to do with the fact that parents care enough to ensure their kids get a good education. That wouldn’t change if the government got out of the school business. What would change is that fewer kids would get left behind. more

Resolved Question: Anybody willing to discuss the school voucher system in the US?

1. Information required from teachers or anyone in the educational field in the US about their opinion on school vouchers. 2. I also need info from parents who send their children to a school with the aid of school vouchers. I'd like to know how this system has benefitted them/ their children (or not) and whether they think it should be implemented all over the US and why? 3. Also like to hear from supporters/ non supporters of the school voucher system in the US and why they'd support it or vice versa. I'm a journalism student and would like to discuss this in detail. So if you have the time and inclination do drop at line at deepa_arthur@yahoo.com Thanks!! more

Resolved Question: How do I sell the idea of educational reform (i.e. school vouchers) to the American public?

For my sociology class, I have to write a paper on how to convince Americans that education vouchers are a good idea. I already collected all the info about how people would benefit, etc., but don't really know how to rally support for the topic. THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE! more

Resolved Question: How do I sell the idea of educational reform (i.e. school vouchers) to the American public?

Resolved Question: Is finding a school that is safe, and focused on the goals of education and not politics a challenge?

I pose this question to address both public and private schools. If people are struggling against bankruptcy why are they having to look at private schools? Why has our Local, State and Federal Governements left it up to private schools to fill the demand for elementary, middle and high school education? Why is the help in the form of (difficult to aquire) "school vouchers" that pay for , at most 1/2 of a child's private school education? Furthermore, if any American population is so reliant on private schools how can "no child left behind" be a truth? Private schools do not help gifted or special educational needs children. If Catholic schools want to be the answer, are they able to serve the special educational needs of 10 +% of children? Does privatization of everything mean we still have to pay taxes? Where are we going New Orleans? Where are we going America? more

Resolved Question: Can anyone tell my why school vouchers are a bad thing?

Don't parents have any rights in shaping their children's educational future?What if you can't afford private school? What happens then? what if all of education was vouchers and shcools had to compete to attract students? more

Resolved Question: Should all teachers and principals be fired?

With a general perusal of this site and any research into the state of education in the US it is obvious that the educational system is turning out a large percentage of functional illiterates. So why shouldn't this country go to a full voucher system. Do away with tenure and let failing schools close. Are you teachers really more interested in job security and union benefits than the education of the children of this country? Are you really so insecure in your own abilities that you are afraid to have your performance be reviewed honestly and your compensation be in line with your accomplishments? Would you go to a "tenured" physician, one that could not be held accountable for any mistake or negligence? Sorry but I am absolutely disgusted with our local school districts and they don't appear to be any different than districts throughout this country. The teachers will not return phone calls or attend meetings with parents. They just whine and cry in the media.Hey all you education "professionals" try answering at least one of the questions here. more

Resolved Question: The US Education System is a failure.?

Resolved Question: Regarding school or educational vouchers: For those who say they would NOT approve?

Why should Christian children be forced to learn about things that they and their parents do not sanction either? Seriously my sons have learned about the "Evolution theory" but if someone does not wish it NO ONE has the right to violate their beliefs any more than they have the right to violate your rights. So why should anyone pick for another what can or can't be taught?Actually I would not trust the public school system to instruct my dog. Mam but I do feel that parents have the basic right to decide what and how their children will be taught.For Don: If they pay taxes then I feel that they should have equal rights as to their children. I have no problem with those of those faiths educating their children accordingly. more

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Resolved Question: Educational vouchers. I've been a big fan of the idea for a while now. With these guidelines in mind:?

All public K-12 eduction will be funded exclusively thru a voucher sent to the parent/gaurdian. The parent will give that voucher to the school of their choice and the school can cash it. There are no regulations or requirements except that the parents can receive no monetary reward (bribe) to send the kids to a school. The schools must compete to convince the parents to send their kids. All schools will be private, or public. Either way, it doesn't really matter. Some teachers will see large pay raises if they have many students who want to learn from them. Some teachers will be let go because they're just not gifted at teaching. Some schools will close. New ones will open. There will be some abuse and some students will learn nothing, just like now. Many towns will see very little change. But for many it will be the chance to really learn from a motivated school. Empowering the parent seems like the ultimate solution. No one cares as much as the parents. Opinions? more

Resolved Question: What are some programs where I can recieve an educational award. i.e. Scholarships, vouchers or grants?

Resolved Question: What are educational vouchers?

The book vaguely describes it, n i want to know if anyone could be entitled to a voucher??what's the reasoning behind it?? more

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