{"id":5686,"date":"2010-06-30T08:58:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=5686"},"modified":"2010-07-02T09:10:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T16:10:27","slug":"jumping-for-joy-over-sandoval%e2%80%99s-embrace-of-vouchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/jumping-for-joy-over-sandoval%e2%80%99s-embrace-of-vouchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumping for Joy Over Sandoval\u2019s Embrace of Vouchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Chuck Muth)<\/em> &#8211; Jon Ralston wrote in his <em>Flash<\/em> newsletter yesterday that I was \u201cecstatic\u201d about Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval\u2019s education reform proposal.  <\/p>\n<p>Yep. <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s not to love for conservatives who love education but can\u2019t stand the lousy government-run public school monopoly?  Here are some excerpts from the document released by Sandoval yesterday:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cThe single greatest thnk we can do four our young people is prepare them for success by providing them with a quality education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cAs Nevadans, we need to make a world class education for our kids more than a campaign slogan; we must make it a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cThe education system in Nevada does not measure up\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cIt\u2019s time to get serious about reform and challenge the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cIt\u2019s time to give Nevada parents real choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cIt\u2019s time for fundamental change\u2026(including) expanded opportunities for choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cVirtual and distance learning opportunities will expand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201c(F)ailing schools will be fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cOpportunity means freeing parents and children who are trapped in failing schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t\u201cVouchers: Choice Should Include Private Schools.  Parents should be able to seek out the best possible education for their kids. Whether it is across the street, across town, public or private.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s not something for parents with school-aged children to be ecstatic about, I don\u2019t know what is.  <\/p>\n<p>If Brian will now campaign on this issue of vouchers, he\u2019ll have a mandate from the people to pursue it as governor.  And if as governor he truly takes a leadership role on vouchers and fights for them using the power of his office and the bully pulpit, they will become a reality.  <\/p>\n<p>Remember, there are a <strong>LOT<\/strong> of minority children with a <strong>LOT<\/strong> to gain from vouchers, and all those new Democrats going to Carson City next year are not yet completely bought-and-paid-for by the teachers union.  And that new UNR study showing universal school vouchers have helped children in Chile immensely helps the cause for statewide universal vouchers in Nevada immensely.<\/p>\n<p>Hang in there, kids.  Help could be on the way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Chuck Muth) &#8211; Jon Ralston wrote in his Flash newsletter yesterday that I was \u201cecstatic\u201d about Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval\u2019s education reform proposal. Yep. What\u2019s not to love for conservatives who love education but can\u2019t stand the lousy government-run public school monopoly? Here are some excerpts from the document released by Sandoval yesterday: \u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5686"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5686"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5693,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5686\/revisions\/5693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}