1. A proposed resolution to oppose voucher plans and charter schools provoked a spirited debate on the convention floor. 2. And he is a prime architect behind school voucher plans that have been set up in Milwaukee and Cleveland. 3. And he gave scant mention to the voucher plan, not even using the word in his speech to the Legislature. 4. At a Winter Park elementary school, Bush sat down with a skeptical group of teachers to discuss their concerns about his private school voucher plan. 5. A voucher plan from President Bush would probably be narrowly tailored, since it would face tough going in Congress. 6. A very tentative compromise in the Senate over the voucher plan would allow students in chronically failing schools to receive federal funds for private tutoring. 7. A voucher plan is supposed to allow poor and middle-income students who cannot afford private tuition the ability to choose private schools. 8. A. The Cleveland program, like voucher plans elsewhere, resulted in many parents choosing to spend the grants at religious schools. 9. Advocates have predicted that academic performance will soar, while opponents warn that the voucher plan will gut public school systems. 10. But Card said Bush would stick with the voucher plan in his package of education measures. |