The Obama administration, responding to the outcry from angry parents, has decided to allow the DC voucher plan to continue for existing students, but not to allow any more students to enroll. Explaining their tortuous logic is Education Secretary Arne Duncan:
Education Secretary Arne Duncan had told reporters that it didn't make sense "to take kids out of a school where they're happy and safe and satisfied and learning," but Democrats effectively terminated the program by requiring its reauthorization. Obama must now convince Democratic lawmakers to endorse a gradual phase out by continuing to include grant funding in future appropriation bills.
So let's see if I get this: This is a successful program that produces kids who are "safe, happy, satisfied, and learning" and it wouldn't make sense to remove them. But it does somehow make sense not to let any more students take advantage of this opportunity?
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/05/06/obama_proposes_extending_dc_vo.html?wprss=44
Anybody want to take a stab at explaining this to me?
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