Wolf in sheep's clothing

[Carol Holst <kceh@AIRMAIL.NET>]

Argh!

Many homeschoolers will not support this. If we (yes, I took my son out
of our taas-prep crazy school) accept "goodies" like this we will leave
ourselves wide open to corporate-driven accountability regulations.
Eventually we would be required to prove that we teach to the big test,
just like public school teachers have to do. Yech!

Texans, we need to make some phone calls.

No thank you, Mr. Bennet.

--- Carl Webb <webbcarl@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Assault on Public Education
>
> Due to a bizarre interpretation of a law meant to
> benefit students with special needs, former
> Secretary of Education William Bennett's private
> company is poised to receive up to $2.5 million in
> Texas taxpayer money.
>
> That's because the Texas Education Agency has deemed
> homeschooled children and charter schools eligible
> to receive money meant for students with
> disabilities and families of migrant workers.
>
> According to the Houston Chronicle, even the bill's
> two main authors have decried the TEA's
> interpretation, saying that giving thousands of
> dollars to homeschooled kids is not what the
> Legislature had in mind when it passed the bill.
>
> Bennett represents a new wave of corporate vultures
> who have decided to wreak havoc on public education
> in an attempt to push for-profit schooling. After
> failing miserably with the ill-conceived voucher
> programs - attempting to disguise their efforts as
> promotion of "school choice" - Bennett and company
> are now turning to loopholes and sweetheart deals to
> funnel money to their companies.
>
> Bennett has made news over the past decade by
> proclaiming that the country was spiralling to moral
> decay during the first part of the Clinton
> administration, then abruptly touted the virtues of
> a strong America soon after the Republican
> congressional sweep in 1994. Advocates of vouchers
> anxious to re-segregate public schools were all to
> happy to have him as a public mouthpiece for their
> efforts.
>
> Texas lawmakers did not envision setting up people's
> garages and bedrooms with thousands of dollars of
> computer equipment courtesy of Texas taxpayers when
> they voted unanimously to pass the bill. Extending
> tax dollars to home schools and charter schools
> further erodes the lines separating church and state
> and warps the intention of a valuable bill in favor
> of a vocal minority.
>
> http://www.dailytexanonline.com/vnews/display.v/SEC/Opinion
>

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