re: Let's talk about school vouchers in Louisiana (A Policy Analysis)

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I'm totally fine with you and everyone else thinking I do or do not have sex with homeless people.

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As evidenced by you continuing to whine about it getting brought up.

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It's just interesting that no one seems to care who the male posters sleep with, or slept with 15 years ago.

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Not quite as interesting as the fact that this has already been addressed but you refuse to acknowledge it.

A recurring theme.

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It's really fricking weird that you want to know what I look like.

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I don’t.

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You're already extremely unattractive based solely on your post history.

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Pot meeting kettle and all that.

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Beyond that, you're interested in how I make money.

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I’m not.

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You're awfully interested in me... Sounds like you have a crush.

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I’ve seen you at the canes dog park, I’ve read your posts, I have no intention of getting involved with your or anyone else’s frick trophy, and I don’t want to be eski-bros with a homeless guy.

I assure you, I’m thoroughly uninterested.

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what is the prevailing thesis as to why academic performance would decline given choice, and a voucher?

Is the argument the voucher schools are inferior?

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I'm not sure what the prevailing thesis is, but based on what I've seen it looks like the schools that accept voucher students are inferior. I'm working on a presentation about this so I've been sifting through the data.

There are opportunistic schools whose student bodies are made up of 100% voucher students. These schools tend to perform the worst and are involved in scandals or fraud at higher rates than traditional public schools.

Most of the schools that accept vouchers are rated D or F to begin with. So students are leaving a failing public school to enter a failing private school. Realistically, there won't be significant ROI when that happens.


If higher quality private schools accepted vouchers, I think we'd see different outcomes. In Texas, voucher schools don't have to participate in annual state testing but in Louisiana, they do. State testing is a huge pain in the arse and is a major disruption. If a private school is surviving or thriving without voucher money, they would not want to put themselves through the logistical nightmare of state testing. But, if we remove the state testing requirement, then vouchers would lack accountability so there really isn't an obvious solution to that.

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Then they should not be allowed in the program. Seems pretty simple.

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Right, but that would eliminate unfettered school choice.

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Parental and student choice is accountability.

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Yes, but if we're using public funds to pay for these, there should be a more objective metric for accountability.

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But it sounds like Louisiana has found a way to screw the poor kids it angled to help.

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low-income children of color get screwed again.

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Right, but that would eliminate unfettered school choice.

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Sounds like the state "fettered" the choice via its jump-through-hoops reqs for superior schools.

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there should be a more objective metric for accountability.

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You referred to D & F schools. What could be a greater metric for unaccountability than including known shite schools in the voucher program.

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low-income children of color get screwed again.

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Perhaps in inner cities, but this is a tie to poverty, not melanocyte count. Insofar as intergenerational poverty affects races differently, you're certainly correct. But for me, everytime I see a kid lose a lifetime opportunity, it takes a little piece of me, regardless of skin color.

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I agree that it hurts to see how this program actually plays out and harms kids.

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You may be in a better to impact it in Louisiana than I am.

Here is what you will see happen: schools will accept all students (and the $$ that goes with the voucher) until the October 1 federal count. Then, they will start kicking the students out. Public schools will have to accept them due to FAPE (free and appropriate public education) and not get funded for the student

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George W. Bush pushed the bullshite reading curriculum on schools.

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Nope. That was his wife.

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I'm working on a presentation about this

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That's what the world needs, a presentation from you.

Why don’t you shed light on all the failures of your school district?

School choice and money following the student is the only way forward. The radical leftists will be left behind.

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I agree that it hurts to see how this program actually plays out and harms kids.

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If they’re scoring basically the same in private schools, it’s not hurting them.

And Louisiana allocated $150M just for teacher raises last year. $10M is a rounding error in the state education budget.