Mr. Duncan is not only preventing new scholarships from being awarded but also rescinding scholarship offers that were made to children admitted for next year. In effect, he wants to end a successful program before Congress has an opportunity to consider reauthorizing it. This is not what you'd expect from an education reformer, and several Democrats in Congress have written him to protest. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
While this editorial clearly explains that a D.C. school voucher program will be closed, it doesn't explain reasons why, so it's difficult to get a complete picture of the situation from reading this.
A lack of sourcing makes this piece loose a lot of value. Starting off with the negative, partisan, speech is ill-advised.
What's disingenuous about this editorial is the basic information it does not provide. Has Secretary Duncan provided an explanation for why he's killing the DC program?
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