Save the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program

Recipients of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program read letters urging President Barack Obama to continue the program that provides scholarships to disadvantaged students so they can attend the school of their choice.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• school choice
• dc public schools
• vouchers
• scholarships
• district of columbia
• michelle rhee
• barack obama
• education

[skrrrrch]

Wow...it was president Bush who gave these poor minorities an opportunity--choice and HOPE. President Obama steals hope and dashes dreams for the poor and minorities?!! Where ARE the media when there is a story to report that is truly a travesty and shame.

[pchoquet]

Unbelievable that this scholarship program would be cut, but they are spending trillions of dollars on so many stupid things - such as money for tattoo removal!?!? What is happening to this country???????????????

[insomniacgrace]

Thanks for this video posted. Inspiring!

[Blkojo]

These kids should be thanking Republican Majority Leader John Boehner. He, not Obama...and certainly not the Democrats (who wanted to abolish this program)....is responsible for yesterday's continued funding of this program.

[Aeschylus]

Great video, but please, Comic Sans must be abolished!

[StoogeWatcher]

Like many liberals, Obama brags about how great public schools are, but send THEIR kids to private school. It also shows that liberals are actually against choice when it comes to children.

[AllFractUp]

wendlew,

Of course their not interchangeable. That's just silly. Just like "Black" and "African American" aren't equivalent racial identifiers either. That was my point. I may have ancestors from Russia. I have ancestors from Ireland, Germany, Creek Indian (America), Scotland, etc.

Technically speaking the American Indian side of me was here long before the your ship arrived :P

[AllFractUp]

wendlew,

My original post was a question I had over the years since "blacks" changed their racial moniker yet again. I wonder what it will be after "African American". I suppose we'll have to see in a few years. The name change cycle seems to be every twenty years (Negro->Black->African American->??)

As for taking public monies for school funding the problem would be in applying that to any religious-oriented school. Magnet and charter schools all do better a job. So does private.

[wendlew]

No this program is not only in DC

White? caucasian people could have applied too

like everything in life there is a choice.

The choice you chose is entirely up to you.

[wendlew]

You are interested by this...because?

Are not White and Caucasian not also "interchangable"

You call yourself "caucasian" because I am guessing you have ancestors that were in the Caucus Mtns of Russia?

Yes we are ALL americans, but some of us feel comfortable in acknowledging where we came from before arriving to America.

We all came here on a ship....just different kind !