demoKKKrat policies **** minority students

...For two years President Obama and Congressional Democrats have pushed federal policies that separate low-income and minority students from quality education. It is only a matter of time before the breadth of these cuts becomes part of the national dialogue and minority students notice — and erupt.

In March 2009, the President terminated the Opportunity Scholarship Program – school vouchers providing educational lifelines for 3,700 African-American students in the nation’s capital.

In five years and half the per-pupil cost of DC’s abysmal public system, voucher students increased reading scores by 19% and high school graduation rates 12%. Every year saw four times more applicants than slots.

Current students are safe until graduation, but future opportunity was stolen from DC’s at-risk youth when the President and Congress – led by the Congressional Black Caucus – canceled the program and voted down Republican amendments to extend it.

Then came transitioning post-secondary education financing from a successful private-public partnership to full government control. These massive changes were added to Obamacare at the last minute and passed by Democrats with virtually no public discussion.

Touted by the President as a way to attract more students to college, these reforms are likely to create more problems than they solve.

Low-income students often use education credit cards to temporarily pay college costs while awaiting federal grants and loans. Now after “reform,” these cards have lower limits, and as bureaucrats replace private workers, checks will now be processed with the lightening speed and efficiency of the DMV.

Those who can least afford bridging college payments with personal resources will be most likely to cut back on classes as a result of due date/payment gaps.

Instead of providing additional grant monies directly to African-American students for use at the colleges of their own choice, President Obama is instead giving billions directly to Historically Black Colleges and Universities whose overall graduation rates are low.....