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The Washington, DC Opportunity Scholarship Program has allowed 2,000 children to opt out of inadequate neighborhood schools and choose private schools that afford them better educational options.
Children in the Nation's Capital - which has the highest child poverty rate in the country - need, and are succeeding with, that educational choice. But lawmakers are moving to shut the program down and shut them out.
Learn More. Take Action. Make a Difference.
 Join the Chorus: Write your elected officials to let them know you're watching how they vote on behalf of DC school children.
 Find out more at Save Opportunity and Put Kids First.
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One Small Program for Kids, One Big Step for Mankind
A small D.C. program increases reading scores for the poorest children in Washington, ensures safety and increases parental satisfaction and thus their involvement in their child's education.Get udpates at In Focus: School Choice DC.
The Man Who Can Save D.C.'s Educational Lifeline
By Anthony A. Williams and Kevin P. Chavous, Washington Post, December 5, 2009
Despite the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program’s five-year record of success in helping children from low-income D.C. families attend the best schools they have ever known, President Obama, Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.) are threatening to end it. More at In Focus: School Choice DC
Study: DC's Elite Private Schools Led By Democratic Donors
 Trustees at DC's top 10 elite private schools have
donated nearly $1 million to Democratic presidential candidates and the Democratic Party - while setting school policies supporting the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. CER's report debunks the frequently-propagated myth that Republicans support DC school choice while Democrats oppose it.
Take Action Today to Save DC School Choice
 DC's Opportunity Scholarship Program helps low-income kids in DC go to better schools - and it's working. The program is supported by leading Democrats, the DC City Council, the DC Mayor, and 75 percent of DC residents. Let your Senator - and Sen. Dick Durbin, who's calling the shots on its survival - know you support it too.
Read more in the Wall Street Journal.
D.C. School Vouchers Have a Brighter Outlook in Congress
By Robert Tomsho, Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2009
At a congressional hearing last month, Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and vocal critic of the program who heads the subcommittee that controls its funding, said he was open to supporting its continuation if certain changes were made.... The senator's comments were a "really positive sign," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform.
Get udpates at In Focus: School Choice DC.
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