{"id":55509,"date":"2024-06-29T09:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T13:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55509"},"modified":"2024-06-29T09:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T13:43:06","slug":"education-is-a-major-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55509","title":{"rendered":"Education Is A Major Key"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of things that determine success in America–where you were born, who your parents were, growing up with your two original parents, graduating high school, your work ethic, getting married before you have children, etc. A good education from grade school on is one of the most important things you can give a child. Many people in the minority communities where there are not good schools are starting to fight for their children’s education. That is good news. On Thursday, The New York Post<\/a> posted an article about one example of that fight.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Surrounded by dozens of teachers-union officials on the steps of the Pennsylvania state Capitol this month, Democratic state Sen. Lindsey Williams excoriated<\/a> a proposed K-12 education-voucher program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She called it a conspiracy by racist, religious fundamentalists bent on destroying public education by driving \u201cstraight, white, able-bodied kids into private religious schools.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next day, a group of black religious leaders<\/a> gathered in the state Capitol to tell Gov. Josh Shapiro to support the voucher program, called the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And later that same day, Jay-Z announced<\/a> he will fund a campaign to mobilize support for the legislation in Philadelphia, where voucher support among black residents stands above 90%<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One is left to make one of three conclusions: Jay-Z, Black Pastors United for Education and the vast majority of black Pennsylvania residents are secret white supremacists; they\u2019re being unwittingly controlled by white supremacists; or Sen. Williams is not telling the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually, these leaders love the children of their community more than they love partisan politics.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Opposition to school-choice legislation and public-school spending-hike proposals by union-backed Democrats are typical politics \u2014 even Pennsylvania\u2019s popular Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro couldn\u2019t, or wouldn\u2019t<\/a>, overcome the status quo in a battle over vouchers last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But for many Democrats, the education debate has transformed into zealotry. And in Pennsylvania, it\u2019s evident that fiction is key to their pursuit to maximize the government education bureaucracy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vouchers are a good idea because they allow children access to a good education that they might not otherwise have access to. However, we need to change the culture in many minority communities to make learning ‘cool.’ Part of the challenge to educating children in poor or minority communities is convincing the children that they can succeed and that it is ‘cool’ to be successful. Children of all races live in poor communities and all of them are capable of succeeding if given the proper opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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