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This activist wants all parents to have
educational freedom for their kids

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Posted By: AltaD, 12/18/2021 11:32:56 AM

Seventeen years ago, Corey DeAngelis made a decision in middle school that changed his life. He applied to Communications Arts High School, a magnet high school in San Antonio, Texas, got in, and his experience there turned him into a national advocate for parents demanding a choice in their children’s education. (Snip) DeAngelis realized the common sense of a school choice system, through which parents are given the taxpayer funds allocated to their child — an average of $15,424 per student annually — to spend on whatever form of education best suits their family.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Blue-Z-Anna 12/18/2021 12:06:20 PM (No. 1011100)
There is no more effective way to keep black people on the Plantation than to oppose school choice. Democrats can be counted upon to destroy everything they touch particularly those things which they claim to hold dear.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 12/18/2021 12:08:30 PM (No. 1011104)
Free choice in schools is the real way to let people who are willing to try work their way out of poverty.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 12/18/2021 12:16:27 PM (No. 1011118)
Now, like in New York and San Francisco, the previously high-achiever schools for which a competitive exam was needed are now open enrollment so the doofuses can trash their high standards.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: spacer 12/18/2021 2:43:58 PM (No. 1011285)
The only way America functions as a constitutional republic is if the citizen is the sole owner. That requires activist to act.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: kidsmom 12/18/2021 5:18:47 PM (No. 1011377)
Spot on. Take the dollars away from public education and send your children where they will thrive. Another side benefit could be the demise of teacher unions.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: TXknitter 12/19/2021 12:46:24 AM (No. 1011601)
The idea of real school choice for all and tax dollars follow the child is brought up every few years, right? We must get our Republicans to make this a major issue to fight for, yes? We know commies in the D party and their unions will fight to stop it but has the GOP ever seriously embraced this?
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