Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Barack Obama takes Cynicism to a new level

Fred Hiatt asks in the Wapo why the Obama administration is killing off DC's voucher program just as research demonstrates it is working. Perhaps his union pals have something to do with this?

The Obama administration said it was going to respect science and respond to evidence -- a contrast, many Democrats said, to the previous regime. So why is President Obama killing off the program that offers the best chance to find out if school vouchers work?

Congress has been paying for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which helps more than a thousand District children attend private schools. It gives a chance of a future to children who otherwise would be condemned to attend failing schools. How can that be bad?

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