***But that’s how schools with overwhelmingly low-income enrollments typically do.***
The Republicans (aka, the stupid party) would have a slam dunk with the school voucher issue, and for this reason alone. They’re fools for not jumping on this issue.
You want the black vote? Give them real opportunity, not handouts. Give them a fighting chance to learn and grow, not condemed to a life of gangs and violence.
Do something for people, GOP.
“Give them real opportunity, not handouts.”
eh, pie in the sky to take away the handouts without major repercussions.
As far as escaping from gangs in failing schools, what happens when they go to successful schools with their vouchers is that they bring their gang affiliations with them. Then there are often competing gangs going to the same school where as before they were with their own gang in their old school. They intimidate the resident kids who have no experience what-so-ever with the street thug element. I had to constantly guard the naive resident kids from the bullying of the thugs who moved into their classrooms. And this was FOURTH GRADE!
Schools-of-choice and vouchers are a disaster for successful schools who take kids in from failing schools.