Arne Duncan in Real Change, by Rep. Newt Gingrich (R, GA)

On Education: 2009: No new students into DC voucher program

The current fight in Washington, D.C. is between parents, who want to continue to have the choice of effective private schools with a coupon from the government, and the unionized bureaucracy, which is insisting on forcing the children back into failing government schools. Virtually all the parents who want to keep getting government coupons are African American. Yet Democrats in Congress are trying to kill the program in order to appease school union bureaucrats. In fact, even before Congress could end the program, in April 2009 Education Secretary Arne Duncan decided not to admit any new students to the D.C. voucher program. Two hundred low-income families received notice that their children's scholarships were being rescinded due to Duncan's decision It seems to matter little to those defending the status quo when poor families are being cheated. The political power of the cheaters is simply too great for the poor and their allies to take on. Source: Real Change, by Newt Gingrich, p. 59 Dec 18, 2007

The above quotations are from Real Change: From the World that Fails to the World that Works, by Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Click here for main summary page. Click here for a profile of Arne Duncan. Click here for Arne Duncan on all issues.
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