School Vouchers
Will He Persuade Congress Using Vouchers? After trying to pass his education bill as the Texas Governor in 1995, '97, and '99, George W. Bush will bring a very similar bill to Congress, but this time as a brand new President. This has been a very heavily debated issue in the past couple of months during The Presidential Election. While normally Republicans, and Democrats have differentviewpoints on controversial issues such as this one, there is a surprising number of Democrats for Conservative Republican Bush's plan, and a just as a surprising number of Republicans against it. The issue will prove to be a tone setter for the rest of Bush's presidency, and he will fight hard to get it through intact. The Question still remains, what will Congress see as pros and cons in his proposal? Bush's plan is called "No Child Left Behind.", which involves students in grades three through eight. His plan says that these students will be tested annually in reading and mathematics for three years. The schools that improve their scores will be rewarded, while schools that fail to make progress will have to face the consequences. After the three year period students still in failing
There has to be a way to know the school's academic achievements. Why blame the schools when so many other factors come into play when it comes to a child's education. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Works CitedAllen, Don. Bush's plan also includes vouchers being able to pay for students to go to nonsecular schools, and Grants would pay for after-school faith based organizations (Kumashiro 21). Some skeptics say that not all students will be able to leave these failing schools, which now have even less funding, and this will cause an even more desperate situation than what we have right now. "Bush's Education Plan Similar to Ones He Pushed as Governor. Section 5 The education issue is one that really helped President Bush become elected. A student who Frank 3receives a voucher after attending a failing public school can then attend a religious school. "Testing, Not Vouchers, Holds Best Bet for Lagging Students. If this bill is passed it will create a demand for better teachers.
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