perversely, maybe we in fact agree, you mention wanting a public school education to offer more of what a private school education does. i take it you would support vouchers then. great, i do. you know funding really isnt an issue. catholic schools in NYC spend 1/3 of what the average public school does and get 30000 times the testing results. and these arent lily white catholic schools they are some of the most heavily minority populated schools in NY.
no, no freakin' vouchers! fix the freakin problem! don't put a bandaide on it and say, "hey, we tried"!!!! because you know what's going to happen?

not everyone will take advantage of it. not everyone will know how. not everyone will be able to entirely.
yeah, i'm a communist. my name is mrs. castro.
call me anything, just don't call me a republican!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no, seriously, i think the 'no child left behind' law or laws that have been brewing because of this initiative have been wonderful...however, if a law says it's going to do something, it should do it.
to imply 'no child left behind'...i would think they mean ALL CHILDREN will have a chance.
currently, ALL CHILDREN don't have a chance.
we're just looking at another form of what's going on in asia and in europe. do we want or need a classist society that begs to treat people differently, depending on the side of the tracks where a person has been raised. aren't we better than that?
i would hope so. with the needless war, our fleeting manufacturing base, and a number of countless issues this country faces today, do you really think we can afford to be this selective.
let's face it: rich people aren't having the babies in this country.