This has been the mantra from the right to be ignorant groups since before the scopes monkey trial. Only those people that can education should be allowed to be educated, goverment should not spend money and politics shouldn't be involved in education. Vouchers and other "enlightened programs only benefit those that have the additional funds needed to attend those wonderful private schools where costs can go over 50,000 per year.

The undercurrent of this opinion piece is as obvious as a rhinocerous in a living room: either one is for vouchers or one is somehow diametrically opposed to school reform. Rubbish. Not a single study was cited in which the efficacy of vouchers as the pervasive and all-encompassing embodiment of school reform is so myopic as to render the piece inane and insipid in tone. From a mere logical premise, the argument is at once specious; there exists myriad ways to get from point A to point B in solving most any social, economic or political dilemna. Secondly, just because parents are allotted school choices does not necessarily guarantee the academic success of their children. LAUSD, the 2nd largest disctrict in the ... More »