Rick Scott’s bold education plan draws bevy of critics

[FreakinDJ]

Rick Scott’s bold education plan draws bevy of critics

Newly elected Florida Gov. Rick Scott is making waves with his proposal that all children should receive education vouchers they can use to attend private, public or charter schools.

"The parent should figure out where the dollars for that student are spent," the Republican governor-elect told the St. Petersburg Times. "So if the parents want to spend it on virtual school, then spend it on virtual school. If they want to spend it on, you know, whatever education system they believe in, whether it's this public school or that public school or this private school or that private school, that's what ought to happen."

The idea has previously won backing from the late Nobel-laureate economist Milton Friedman and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as a way to foster competition among schools and give parents more choice in their children's education. But there is one major hitch: The Florida Supreme Court has ruled private-school vouchers unconstitutional, concluding that they endanger the free public school system. And, it turns out, many in the education world agree, and not even only those connected to the teachers union (though for the record, a Florida teachers union spokesman called it a "terrible idea.").

The details of the plan are still unclear, but the proposed voucher would most likely be for $5,500, the average state per-pupil contribution to public school students. The state would deposit that sum into each individual child's "education savings account" (theoretically every Florida child would have one) instead of into school districts' coffers. (The state currently doles out vouchers for some low-income and disabled students, a program that has not been challenged in court.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101215/ts_yblog_thelookout/rick-scotts-bold-education-plan-draws-bevy-of-critics

[DonCoquixote]

1. Here is the first of Rick's

Payoffs to the fascists.

Of course, the big ass elephant in the room is that the Churches are licking their chops, especially since many in Florida have a very "antebellum" frame of mind. These private schools will NOT be affordable by minorities, and they will have the power to make sure that certain people stay "in their place."

The second payoff will be when he allows oil drilling here.

I will admit, Alex Sink was no warrior poet, but frankly, the Florida Democratic party is so pathetic, Karl Rove could not have planned a better aid for the GOP. If I was not still down here, and likely to bear the brunt of most of this mess, I would be laughing as Florida got what it deserved.

One last bit of horror, Rick Scott will be the governor during the 2012 GOP convention in Tampa.

[msongs]

2. voucher users must first waive all their rights to sue regarding any outcomes nt

[FreakinDJ]

3. Like Universities NOT accepting their High School credits

Stanford was being sued by some Christian Fundamentalist group for NOT accepting the Earth Sciences credits given for teaching "Creation".

Would have been fine if they called it "Theology" but this group was determined to shove it down the board of regents collective throat under the heading of "Earth Sciences"