He was elected governor of New Jersey, not King of New Jersey.
He has a majority Democrat legislature to deal with for the time being. He can't rule by decree.
I send all my kids to parochial schools and am still paying through the nose in property taxes to send other people's kids to school.
There needs to be a voucher program in NJ, but there is no fully-implemented voucher program in any US state no matter how much more conservative than NJ.
And whenever one is implemented, it comes up against well-funded court challenges.
Vouchers will not magically appear.
“He was elected governor of New Jersey, not King of New Jersey.”
Can't he declare some sort of state of emergency in education? Can't he be creative?
“He has a majority Democrat legislature to deal with for the time being. He can't rule by decree.”
True.
“I send all my kids to parochial schools and am still paying through the nose in property taxes to send other people's kids to school.”
We are doing the same. It irks me to no end to have to pay for this crap and dole out private school tuition money. The reason I speak up, is because others WNAT to do this buy property taxes prevents them from sending their kids elsewhere. They can't afford it.
“There needs to be a voucher program in NJ, but there is no fully-implemented voucher program in any US state no matter how much more conservative than NJ.”
There is a “voucher system” in NJ but it is reserved for certain school districts. It works like this.
1. Have the student spend one year in the crappy school district.
2. Go to your District BOE and ask to send your child to another district. If the receiving school is on this list it MIGHT happen. your local BOE will determine if you can.
3. If more than 2% of the sending district applies then it becomes a lottery.
4. The receiving district can reject you.
“And whenever one is implemented, it comes up against well-funded court challenges.”
I don't know about that. We did vote in Christie. If it is a ballot issue that may make a HUGE difference.
“Vouchers will not magically appear.”
Of course not.
What I am concerned about is other kids not having a decent education. It takes more than you or mine to be productive citizens. It's not what they don't teach, it is all about what they teach. They teach socialism, liberalism and other godless garbage.
The individual is being ERASED with this collaborative method. It is a twisted step child of cooperative learning. It's unhealthy and destroys the students self confidence. Knowledge is not being taught. It's all about knowing WHERE to get the knowledge.
They are now mandating this in prek public schools. Need I mention Every Day Math and it's optional use of CALCULATORS to reach kids who “learn differently”? It's terrible what is going on.
We are graduating dumbed down kids with no self confidence and HUGE EGOS. Liberals know what they are doing in education. When you have no knowledge, then you rely on arbitrary EMOTIONS. It's no wonder that the majority of new college students and graduates voted for Obama. They are TAUGHT his ways are RIGHT.