[Puppage]

Large majority of blacks opposed to or undecided about school vouchers (South Carolina)

And, how many blacks or ANYONE for that matter, have actually taken the time and done their own research rather than listen to the MSM????

[Always Right]

The Winthrop/ETV poll found dissatisfaction among black S.C. respondents with the public-school system. About 28 percent of those surveyed said they think S.C. schools are doing a good or excellent job of educating black children. But 55 percent said state schools are doing either a "fair" or "poor" job educating black children.

So the schools are doing a poor job, but we don't want to do anything real to change that.

[DoughtyOne]

Let me see, government schools where my kids learn next to nothing or a voucher that allows me to put my kids in a school where they’ll learn something? “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”

What I like about it is that finally folks who yank their kids out of school because they’re so bad, could finally end having to pay for their children’s education twice.

All parents pay taxes used to fund schools, but ones who actually give a hoot about their kids put them into private schools at an additional cost. They double pay. Under these plans, if written right, they could request the vouchers and get their tax dollars back.

Most excellent. Anotherwords, defund the public school system. Now wouldn’t that be a shame. /s

[Red6]

The Democrats and a powerful teachers Union have done a good job at convincing people that this is an racial and income issue. Unfortunately those who stand most to gain oppose this system which ultimately pits state schools against private ones (Competition) and puts private education in the reach of a far greater percentage of the population. Those opposing vouchers, they send their kids to expensive prep schools such as the Clinton's, Kennedy’s and others but it's the common working man, those they claim to represent who often can't afford it and a voucher would help, may they be black, white, Christian, Jew, or Muslim. This is an argument about “perceptions,” not reality, as is often the case in politics.

[mewzilla]

With a sample size of only 700 people, that poll sounds like a crock. I’d like more info on the poll and how it was conducted.

[trappedinnj]

“Public-school proponents say the state hasn’t done enough to improve the achievement of poor, mostly black S.C. students. Eight S.C. school districts are suing the state, arguing the state hasn’t provided enough money to build modern facilities, hire qualified teachers and provide poor students with the early childhood education they need to ensure success in public schools.”

Same argument was made in NJ.....Billions of dollars thrown away after abbott decision. We now have some districts spending close to $20000 per year (Newark is a good example) and scores are still horendous. And now state spending in all other school districts have been frozen causing property taxes to skyrocket (NJ has some of the highest property taxes in nation).

This whole thing sickens me.

[ryan71]

“Public-school proponents say the state hasn’t done enough to improve the achievement of poor, mostly black S.C. students.”

Bull$hit!

Blame parents. These kids are no less intelligent than other kids, they’re simply not sent to school to learn.

I went to junior and high school in S.C. in the 80’s. Kids were uncontrollable. They disrupted classes. Black students who tried to do well were made fun of by other black students.

I had lots of black friends and I still do. But a large percentage of blacks don’t take school seriously.

[upchuck]

South Carolina Ping

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[Congressman Billybob]

The pathetic irony of these polling results is that vouchers do not "harm the public schools," they help them. Any competitive situation which causes rotten schools to close and bad teachers to be fired, while leaving MORE money for the better schools and better teachers is good for public education.

Yes, I said MORE money for public schools. Every voucher program ever developed gives about 50% of the per child money to the parents if they want their child to use a voucher and get out of the public schools. That means the OTHER 50% stays behind in the public schools, which no longer have to support that child.

Black parents in Milwaukee in all income groups, strongly support the voucher system there. But then, they have direct experience. They no longer accept as true the lies put out by the "edukashun" unions, and their supporters in the MSM. In SC, the truth has not gotten out, as yet.

Congressman Billybob

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