[Theodore R.]

Ironically, the decline in educational performance corresponds with the emphasis on "early childhood" education. Prior to 1966, few LA school children attended kindergarten. After kindergarten became widely available, then there was the call for "pre-K." It's all part of FUNDING schemes and milking the barefoot taxpayer for his last pair of socks.

[Kuksool]

{"Only in a sense of avoiding a possible disaster," Blanco said of the possibility of offering vouchers. Any school that accepts vouchers would have to accept the state's accountability program. }

Blanco doesn't seem to understand what vouchers are. She appears to think that vouchers are direct government funding to private schools. Which they are not. Vouchers are about enabling parents to determine the best education plan for their children. Parents don't need the government to tell them how to educate their kids. Blanco's view towards vouchers are worse than a poltician who is outright opposed to vouchers. I don't want the government and the NEA determine educational policies in private schools.