Alabama Endorses Dual School System

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1. Edd Doerr says:

   March 21, 2015 at 2:29 pm

   The Alabama supreme court also recently upheld a tax-credit voucher plan for state aid to sectarian private schools that clearly flies in the face of Article I, Section 3 and Article XIV, Section 263 of the state constitution. (See Ed Week, March 18). — Edd Doerr (arlinc.org)

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   • Duane Swacker says:

     March 23, 2015 at 4:12 pm

     Jesús instructed the Supreme Court through Roy Moore to do so!

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2. Holley says:

   March 21, 2015 at 2:39 pm

   Hooray! We’ve finally found a way to kill the Brown decision! It’s only taken 60 years to do it. Segregation is back!!

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   • Duane Swacker says:

     March 23, 2015 at 4:17 pm

     Can’t have the races mixed up now can we????

     From Wiki:

     The constitution contains its original requirement for public education to be racially segregated in the state. Section 256 states that “separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children, and no child of either race shall be permitted to attend a school of the other race.” This provision was struck down by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, and has not been enforced since the 1960s. In 1956, following the Supreme Court decision, the state passed an amendment saying that it did not grant the right to a public education, leading to the support for private schools to evade desegregation. In 2004 and 2012, ballot measures were put before the electorate to remove this language from the constitution. The 2004 proposal was narrowly defeated by fewer than 2,000 votes,[6] due to objections by conservatives who saw it as a “plot to raise taxes.”[1]

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3. Alabama teacher says:

   March 21, 2015 at 3:30 pm

   My county has the largest public school system in the state. The superintendent is a native of the area and is a life long educator in the school system. I didn’t understand why she didn’t rally parents in the county to protest. She acknowledged in an interview that Charter Schools would hurt the public schools, but she never (at least to the best of my knowledge) outright asked parents to protest. My superintendent in the Archdiocese should have been urging parents in the Archdiocesan schools to protest as well. From what I’ve read, Catholic schools in areas with Charter Schools end up closing. I do not support Charter Schools or Scholarship/Tax Credit/Voucher Programs. I did what I could. I talked to parents and contacted state legislators. Our Democrat Legislators were against Charter Schools; I will continue to pay attention to who I vote for.

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4. Cecilia Sofie says:

   March 21, 2015 at 3:53 pm

   This is what happens when you elect a supermajority of Republicans. I’m guessing that all those teachers who either failed to vote at all or voted Republican will be surprised to see how much of a direct impact these bills will have on their livelihoods. Teachers have already lost thousands of dollars in income based on other bills the GOP has passed. So sad to see teachers helping the GOP destroy them. So stupid…

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5. Susan Lee Schwartz says:

   March 21, 2015 at 7:47 pm

   Cross posted at Oped:
   http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Ohio-Superintendent-Testi-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Diane-Ravitch_FACT_Information_Research-150321-692.html#comment538071

   with embedded links from this blog to info about reform and testing mania, and privatization in Nevada, Ohio, and Colorado.

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6. twinkie1cat says:

   March 21, 2015 at 8:21 pm

   Alabama, desegregated in 1966, resegregated in 2016. At least my school was—Shades Valley High, Jefferson County. this is what happens when you elect Republicans. I wonder what would have happened back in the day? Oh, I know what happened. They started Segregation Academies. Only difference in then and now is that those privates were for the white kids.

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   • dianeravitch says:

     March 21, 2015 at 10:28 pm

     Twinkle1cat,

     Only difference now is that the segregation academies are publicly funded, not private.

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7. Chiara says:

   March 21, 2015 at 9:49 pm

   Well, that’s a relief. Public school “problem” outsourced to private contractors. Solved.

   Once politicians are done privatizing everything, why do we need politicians? We can hire a manager to hire contractors and distribute funds. It might actually be less corrupt and certainly more efficient.

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8. patriciahale says:

   March 22, 2015 at 9:04 am

   It’s white flight, disguised as “choice.”

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   • Duane Swacker says:

     March 23, 2015 at 4:19 pm

     It’s racism, disguised as “choice”.

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9. Yvonne Siu-Runyan says:

   March 22, 2015 at 2:48 pm

   OMG…going BACKWARDS. Seems this country is at risk not because of schools, but because the oligarchs WANT our YOUNG and those who serve our young in schools as slaves to their agenda(s) of rip off. Guess SLAVERY isn’t dead in this country after all.

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