I'm going to be away from the computer for much of the weekend (I may schedule some posts, so the site doesn't go completely dark, depending on how much time I have this morning), so I'm not able to do a really thorough discussion of this. And, honestly, I'm kind of getting sick of the subject.
But for those who aren't sick of reading about school vouchers, let me note this solid piece of voucher wonkery from the Quick and the Ed (via Brad DeLong).
Less wonky, but also worth noting is this Slacktivist post, that somehow slipped through my last links dump. Which means it's two weeks old, and thus the Internet equivalent of Mesopotamian clay tablets, or something, but you all read Slacktivist anyway, right? Right?
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Call me a self-centered, but I thought that the school voucher wars were an exclusively American issue. I guess not.
When I injured my knee last February, it became apparent that I would not be able to fly to my BIL's wedding in DC. So.....
... we called Delta Airline and asked if it was possible to get the ticket refunded or something. This was many weeks before the wedding itself.
Here's a twist on the legal debate over school voucher programs. Maine has a school voucher program for people from small towns that don't have public schools, a program that goes back over a century.
Brian Davey of FEASTA argues that we could do debt cancellation ethically, while leaving the larger financial system intact, and that OccupyEverything should focus its message