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FUN.
YOU’D VICTORY FOR SCHOOL CHOICE
LAWMAKERS IN ARIZONA PASSED A
BILL TO EXPAND SCHOOL CHOICE
FUNDING TO ALL 1.1 K-12 STUDENTS
IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
NO MATTER WHERE STUDENTS LIVE FOR THEIR NEEDS, ARIZONA
FOR THEIR NEEDS, ARIZONA
FAMILIES CAN CHOOSE THE BEST
EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
THEY CAN TAKE $6500 FOR THEIR
KIDS, THEY CAN TAKE THE MONEY
AND RUN TO THE SCHOOL OF THEIR
CHOOSING.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A
NATIONWIDE FAMILIES FIRST
EDUCATION REVOLUTION?
JOINING ME NOW, AMERICAN
FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN SENIOR
FELLOW AND GRAND FELLOW, CORY
DEANGELIS IS BACK.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU, BREAK IT DOWN
FOR US.
FOR PEOPLE MAYBE NEW TO THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT SCHOOL
CHOICE, MAYBE THEY DON’T KNOW
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OTHER
STATES, WHY IS ARIZONA’S BOAT
SUCH A BIG DEAL?
>> WE ARE PUMPED UP IN THE
SCHOOL CHOICE MOVEMENT.
2021 WE CALL IT THE YEAR OF
SCHOOL CHOICE BECAUSE 19 STATES
EXTENDED DOOR AND ACTED PROGRAMS
TO FUND STUDENTS AS OPPOSED TO
SYSTEMS FOR ARIZONA ONE UPPED
THEM ALL, IS A GOLD STANDARD OF
EDUCATION FREEDOM AND ARIZONA IS
THE NUMBER ONE STATE FOR SCHOOL
CHOICE, OBVIOUSLY THE CLEAREST
BIGGEST VICTORY FOR SCHOOL
CHOICE IN U.S. HISTORY.
EVERY SINGLE FAMILY REGARDLESS
OF INCOME CAN TAKE THEIR
CHILDREN’S TAXPAYER FUNDED
EDUCATION DOLLARS TO THE
EDUCATION PROVIDER OF THEIR
CHOOSING, A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
SCHOOL OR HOME-BASED EDUCATIONAL
OPTION.
THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT AND
OTHER STATES SHOULD FOLLOW.
KENNEDY: DON’T FORGET CHARTER
SCHOOLS AND MICRO SCHOOLS AND
THERE COULD BE ALL SORTS OF
EDUCATIONAL CHOICES THAT POP UP
FOR FAMILIES.
OBVIOUSLY THE REASON TRADITIONAL
ESTABLISHMENT SCHOOLS AND
TEACHERS UNIONS ARE SO WORRIED
IS THAT SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER
PROTECTED, NO LONGER GUARANTEED
FUNDING IF THEY ARE FAILING
STUDENTS BUT I DON’T JUST MEAN
GIVING THEM BAD GRADES, IF THEY
HAVE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, IF
THEY HAVE CRUMBLING BUILDINGS
AND DON’T CARE ABOUT IT AND DIDN’T CARE ABOUT KIDS, THEY ARE
DIDN’T CARE ABOUT KIDS, THEY ARE
THE ONES WHO SHOULD WORRY, HOW
COULD IT HAVE AN EFFECT ON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO HAVEN’T HAD
TO WORRY SO FAR?
>> ANOTHER THINK COULD BE
POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN THE
CLASSROOM, FAMILIES WANT KIDS TO
LEARN THE BASICS AS OPPOSED TO
POLITICAL DEVICES PROCESS, THAT
COULD BE ANOTHER REASON FAMILIES
WANT SCHOOL CHOICE AND IT’S A
RISING TIDE, IF FAMILIES HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WILL TAKE THEIR KIDS TO THE SCHOOLS IN
THEIR KIDS TO THE SCHOOLS IN
LINE WITH THEIR VALUES AND MEET
THEIR NEEDS IN DIFFERENT WAYS
AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN UP
THEIR GAME IN RESPONSE TO
COMPETITION AND EVIDENCE IS
CLEAR, 25 AND 28 FIND SCHOOL
CHOICE COMPETITION LEADS TO
HIGHER OUTCOMES IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, THEY UPPED THEIR GAME
IN RESPONSE TO COMPETITION.
KENNEDY: SO NOW PEOPLE AND
PRINCIPLES AND ADMINISTRATORS NO
WE CAN’T JUST PUT THEIR FEET UP
AND HAVE RETIRED ON-DUTY
TEACHERS AND SKATE ALONG LIKE
THEY HAVE AND IT IS EXCITING
PARENTS CAN FIGURE THIS OUT AND
THAT’S HOW THEY FIND OUT ABOUT
GOOD SCHOOLS AND THEY TALK TO
EACH OTHER SO THEY REALIZE
THERE’S A CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE
NEXT SUBURB OVER, THEY CAN LOOK
INTO THESE THINGS WERE THEY
DIDN’T KNOW THAT WAS POSSIBLE
BEFORE SO HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
BEFORE THIS BECOMES THE STANDARD IN EDUCATION FUNDING NEXT.
IN EDUCATION FUNDING NEXT.
>> THIS IS THE PUREST FORM OF
ACCOUNTABILITY OR STRONGEST FORM, UNDERPERFORMING PRIVATE
FORM, UNDERPERFORMING PRIVATE
SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN
UNDERPERFORMING GOVERNMENT RUN
SCHOOLS GET MORE MONEY BECAUSE
THEY CAN SAY WE ARE FAILING
BECAUSE WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY, WE SAW THIS WITH THE
PANDEMIC.
WE WERE CLOSE BECAUSE WE NEEDED
MORE MONEY AND BILLIONS AND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RANSOM
PAYMENT AND TRIED TO STAY CLOSE
GOING INTO 2022.
THIS WILL BE UP TO OTHER STATES,
REPUBLICANS IN PARTICULAR CALLED
THEMSELVES THE PARENT PARTY ALL
ACROSS THE NATION BUT IN ARIZONA
THE REPUBLICANS PROVED IT THE
ONLY WAY TO TRULY SECURE
PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION IS
TO FUND STUDENTS DIRECTLY AND
EMPOWER FAMILIES TO CHOOSE.
IF YOU WANT TO BE THE PARTY OF
PARENTS, HERE IS THE WAY.
KENNEDY: THE DUMBEST THING THEY
COULD HAVE DONE AND THEY BEEN
DOING IT FOR DECADES, DIVORCED
PARENTS FROM THE CLASSROOM.
PARENTS SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON
DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT WOKE
THEM UP AND NOW THEY ARE NO
LONGER, THEY ARE NOT GOING BACK TO BED, HERE IN THIS, IT’S REAL
TO BED, HERE IN THIS, IT’S REAL
FIGHTS AND REAL CAMPAIGN ISSUE