http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Fri, 25 May 2012 02:03:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/15/d-c-parents-appalled-obama-wants-to-end-funding-for-scholarship-program/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/15/d-c-parents-appalled-obama-wants-to-end-funding-for-scholarship-program/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:34:13 +0000 Hannah Sternberg http://blog.heritage.org/?p=91204 “Either he doesn’t get it, or he doesn’t care,” Sheila Jackson, parent of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship recipient, said upon hearing the news that President Obama’s budget eliminates funding for the popular program. Jackson sounded torn about which was worse. “I was appalled,” she told Scribe. The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program provides low-income families in one of the worst public school systems in America with vouchers to attend private schools of their choice. More than 1,600 students are benefiting this year alone. Jackson’s daughter, Shawnee, has had a scholarship since … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/15/d-c-parents-appalled-obama-wants-to-end-funding-for-scholarship-program/feed/ 0 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/24/national-school-choice-week-winning-the-battle-for-school-choice-in-d-c/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/24/national-school-choice-week-winning-the-battle-for-school-choice-in-d-c/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:30:09 +0000 Rachel Sheffield http://blog.heritage.org/?p=89105 When the first National School Choice Week began just one year ago, the prospect of educational opportunity for hundreds of D.C. school children hung precariously in the balance. In January 2011, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship (DCOSP)—a voucher program for low-income schoolchildren in the nation’s capital—had for two years been at risk of being completely phased out by liberals in Congress, right under the nose of the complacent Obama Administration. And for two years proponents of school choice had been fighting to ensure that D.C. children would have greater hope for … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/24/national-school-choice-week-winning-the-battle-for-school-choice-in-d-c/feed/ 0