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  • Open the jar sequel

    With plans to start the Utah voucher program this fall, it will be interesting to see how many worm their way into court to put a lid on making vouchers available for all public school students.  Payout for the first year is estimated to be $9.3 for about 3,000 interested in moving from public to private ...
    Posted to Betty's Blog (Weblog) by Betty on February 21, 2007
  • Open the jar

    My mother always used to say, ''Open the jar, and the worms will come out.''  This seemed to apply to almost any controversial situation.  Bloggers are having a field day with a ''jar opening'' decision about school vouchers. On cnn.com we learn that Utah lawmakers have okayed vouchers for all students currently ...
    Posted to Betty's Blog (Weblog) by Betty on February 14, 2007
  • 5,000 Push for Vouchers

    See the video posted on dallasnews.com showing a group headed to Austin to participate in a rally for vouchers. Several private school parents said they need public funding so they don't have to skimp on other things to cover education costs. Public school parents at the rally said vouchers could help their children bail ...
    Posted to Betty's Blog (Weblog) by Betty on February 12, 2007
  • Low Performing Public Schools and Transfers

    An article on dallasmorningnews.com discusses the option (started in the late 1990's) provided by the Public Education Grant program to transfer a child to another school if his or her school is one of the state's lowest performing schools. The Texas Education Agency identified 924 campuses across the state Monday ...
    Posted to Betty's Blog (Weblog) by Betty on December 26, 2006