NAACP chapter opposes school choice program ... for not being universal?

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Washington Examiner:

Jason Russell

1/6/16

 

A battle is brewing among liberals in Florida over the state's quasi-school voucher program. The Florida Education Association, the largest teachers' union in the state, is challenging the program in court, with the support of the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

 

But the NAACP's reasoning for opposing the program is curious. "Adora Obi Nweze, president of the state's NAACP chapter, said the group opposes the scholarship program because Florida's children do not have equal access to the opportunity," reports Politico Florida. "'All children cannot go to a charter school, or they can't have a voucher, so you're picking and choosing,' Nweze said. 'And that is a policy we can't support.'"

 

That would seem to imply the NAACP chapter would support the program if it were universal. So does this: "If only some children have access to an educational program, 'that's not good enough for us,' Nweze said. 'That's a low bar. That's a real low bar. That is not good enough. It has to be for everybody.'" The teachers' union argues the program takes money away from public schools. In contrast, Nweze's logic seems to imply that the program should be expanded to all students, or limited to none.

 

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