Obama: "If We Can't Help All Kids, We'll Help No Kids"

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT - March 29, 2011
H.R. 471 – Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act

"While the Administration appreciates that H.R. 471 would provide Federal support for improving education in the District of Columbia, the Administration opposes the creation of private school voucher programs that are authorized by this bill. 

The Federal Government should focus its attention and available resources on improving the quality of public schools for all students. 

The Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child."

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"My daughters attend the Sidwell Friends private school without the aid of vouchers," said President Obama.

Sasha Obama (age 11) commented, "I'm SO glad my daddy is President!"

With that, the entire Obama family burst into uncontrollable laughter.

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Comments

[Sandy]

India Graduates Millions, but Too Few Are Fit to Hire
Here's an article from the Wall Street about India's college graduates which seems to fly in the face of what you are purporting to be true.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703515504576142092863219826.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop

[tony jones]

Tony Jones, Freelance Writer...
I've been covering the schools issue for the Tri-State Defender, the city's African American weekly, and this is a perfect example of what's really at stake here, this city, and this nation, seems to be giving up on the notion that education is for everyone. It's really very scary, as if the the nation is reverting back to its origins, which was for the protection of the rich. The potato blight in Ireland was nothing compared to the couch potato syndrome this country is suffering. It's the conundrum of our times, this is the closest we've ever been to the ideal all of us were raised on, and it's going to slip through our hands through sheer laziness.