Sounds like Christie II! What he proposes is excellent - let’s hope he succeeds.
Gov Elect Rick Scott Hints at School Vouchers for All
He did not use the term vouchers. Others called it an "education savings account."
Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott on Thursday blew the door wide open to the idea of a voucherlike program for all students, saying he's working with lawmakers to allow state education dollars to follow a student to the school his or her parents choose.
"So if the parents want to spend it on virtual school, then spend it on virtual school," he continued. "If they want to spend it on whatever education system they believe in, whether it's this public school or that public school or this private school or that private school, that's what ought to happen."
"The way I look at it is, we're allocating dollars to students and the parents ought to figure out how to spend those dollars because they can figure out what their child needs more than anybody else," he said.
The state would deposit money into a child's "savings account" instead of channeling education dollars through the public system.
The proposal would allow parents to take an undetermined percentage of the state's per-student funding amount — last year, it was $6,843 — and direct it to the school of their choice, public or private.
The teachers unions will rightly view any such initiative as a declaration of war. FL will be the proxy battle ground for a national discussion on the purpose of schooling. But then teachers unions represent the needs of teachers not the need of students.
I love the sound of liberal heads exploding in the morning.
It's about time for this
Governor-elect Rick Scott announced that Michelle Rhee had joined his transition team. Rhee is no stranger to controversy. As chancellor of the D.C. Public Schools, she fired 400 teachers in four years and butted heads with their unions.
“Kids are getting a really crappy education right now,” Rhee said emphatically on the award-winning documentary “Waiting for Superman.” She’s a strong advocate for ending teacher tenure and implementing merit pay.
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