School Choice Changes Lives, One Scholarship At A Time
William "Bill" Smith, Ph.D., Education Last weekend in Milwaukee, WI, I attended a school choice conference sponsored by the Franklin Center. The conference brought together bloggers and other media types from around the country to talk about how school choice can radically change a child's life for the better. Over time, I will be sharing articles addressing school choice with emphasis on the opportunities for and the barriers to children having access to quality education based on the choices by their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) that opens the doors for their child to their American Dream.
The passion for school choice which I observed at this Milwaukee conference crossed racial, gender, social, economic, ethic, and political lines resulting in a singular focus on families, children and their education. Thus, I portend that this conference may well be noted in the future as a synergistic point in advancing the school choice message.
Below, Erik Telford, Vice President, Franklin Center, briefly discusses a video ad that the center has produced.
Erik Telford, Vice President, Franklin Center, The Daily Caller: The look in Adrienne Lynch’s eyes as she tells you the story of the scholarship that changed her family’s world tells you all you need to know about the power of school choice. Lynch and her three daughters were among the thousands of low-income families in Washington to benefit from the district’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Sadly, President Obama is closing doors for DC’s needy families by eliminating this groundbreaking program at a time when he should be encouraging states nationwide to follow Washington’s lead.
DC’s school choice program, among the most aggressive in the nation at its launch in 2003, was designed to help parents like Adrienne who wanted to rescue their children from failing inner-city schools but couldn't afford to pay private tuition. Before the program launched, Washington’s local bureaucrats used arbitrarily-drawn lines to decide whose children go to which schools — and if a school is failing or doesn't meet a child’s unique needs, there was nothing a parent can do about it. But when Lynch was selected to receive scholarships for her daughters, she was empowered to choose the schools that gave them the best chance to grow and thrive.
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The passion for school choice which I observed at this Milwaukee conference crossed racial, gender, social, economic, ethic, and political lines resulting in a singular focus on families, children and their education. Thus, I portend that this conference may well be noted in the future as a synergistic point in advancing the school choice message.
Below, Erik Telford, Vice President, Franklin Center, briefly discusses a video ad that the center has produced.
DC’s school choice program, among the most aggressive in the nation at its launch in 2003, was designed to help parents like Adrienne who wanted to rescue their children from failing inner-city schools but couldn't afford to pay private tuition. Before the program launched, Washington’s local bureaucrats used arbitrarily-drawn lines to decide whose children go to which schools — and if a school is failing or doesn't meet a child’s unique needs, there was nothing a parent can do about it. But when Lynch was selected to receive scholarships for her daughters, she was empowered to choose the schools that gave them the best chance to grow and thrive.
Tags: school choice, scholarship, Franklin Center, video, bloggers, conference, Milwaukee, WI, To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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Theses stories need to be told.
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