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 different
             viewpoints 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 schools will be given federal funds as Vouchers to pay
             for an alternative school of the students choice. Bush's education plan also includes
             teacher education, increased school safety, and stream lined bilingual education. 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). The plan
             only applies to schools using federal aids, and will drastically hold them accountable with
             In the Houston Chronicle author Kevin Kumashiro says there are many things
             wrong with the bill and states them in a disgusted manner. Many other people also say that
             the ...