[StBernard] In Case You Missed It - MLK's Dream Deferred

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Tue Aug 27 07:37:13 EDT 2013


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
MLK's Dream Deferred


MLK's Dream Deferred

John Fund
National Review
August 26, 2013

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Excerpts:

"The irony isn't merely rich. It's tragic. As we celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech this week,
the Obama Justice Department is suing the state of Louisiana to stop it from
distributing school vouchers to kids seeking to escape failing schools.

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Governor Bobby Jindal, a staunch supporter of the program, issued a swift
reaction: 'Make no mistake - this motion is a threat to the children in our
state who only get one chance to grow up and deserve the opportunity to get
the best education so they can pursue their dreams.'

The voucher program has proved highly popular. A survey earlier this year
from the Louisiana Federation for Children and the Black Alliance for
Educational Options found that nearly 93 percent of parents are happy with
their child's scholarship school.

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The lengths to which the Obama administration will go to fight vouchers are
remarkable. Ever since it took office in 2009, it has tried to kill the
federally funded Opportunity Scholarship Program in Washington, D.C. In
2010, Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas found that the graduation
rate for Opportunity Scholarship recipients was 91 percent. In D.C. public
schools, the graduation rate was 56 percent. We have a president more
interested in the agenda of teachers' unions than in helping inner-city kids
escape failing schools.

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