Del. Saxman, who has been entering bills in the General Assembly on this matter since 2002, has not given up even though his bills pass the House only to die in the Senate. He has formed School Choice Virginia to secure freedom of parents to choose the best educational opportunity for their children ... and he has come under fire from public school supporters who shoot down anyone who suggests alternatives to government-funded education.
Del. Saxman believes in educational opportunities for all incomes, not just the rich, with those choices being public, private, charter, and home schooling.
Billions of dollars are poured annually into public education but the testing scores do not reflect that more is better.
The News Virginian concludes:
... why should anyone oppose it, except for ulterior motives? We urge Saxman’s fellow lawmakers to give him and School Choice Virginia a fair hearing, both in adherence to the principles of individual liberty upon which our country was founded and for the good of those currently proscribed from pursuing alternatives available only to a privileged few.As a home school mom for 16 years, I heartily agree.
No comments:
Post a Comment