This comes just days after the Utah State House passed an important school choice measure. Hopefully more competition and choice will reinvigorate our lagging government school systems.
Pinging some good news on the "school choice" front.
Sounds like an excellent idea to me....but I wonder what kind of a chance it has in the Dem controlled Maryland General Assembly, considering the proposal is coming from a Republican..........
Given that most children in foster care perform poorly in elementary and high school, this will not make a dent in the poor outcomes.
I work in the system, and the reality is that the abuse these kids have endured at the hands of the families is only exceeded by the abuse they suffer at the hands of the states and counties. These kids are science experiments who conclusively prove that the state is the worst parent.
They are raised in a false environment of total dependence and then turned out onto the streets when they age out. The statistics are even worse than this article presents: upwards of 50% will be homeless within the first year of aging out, and a large percentage will be incarcerated or enter mental institutions during that same period.
This program will benefit a few, but the majority of foster kids will not be able to take advantage of it.
Good news for children's education!
School choice is the way to go.........BUMP
Please ping your lists....thanks.
scholarships to what? private schools? college?
nice gesture but it will take more than that to help foster kids from Baltimore - some of them may be better off than kids living in dysfunctional birth familes!