An op/ed in last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal detailed the success of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Schools, of which there are 65 in the U.S. The phenomenal success they have had in turning around schools in high poverty areas is worth reading about. The op/ed is available for download here.
Archive for August, 2007
WSJ on the KIPP Schools: Smart Growth
Thursday, August 9th, 2007A [New Zealand] complaint from my brother
Thursday, August 9th, 2007“Something has to change.
I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
In order to earn that pay check, as I work on a mine site or a Wellington [New Zealand] construction project, I am required to pass a random urine test, with which I have no problem.
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test. Shouldn’t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them??
Please understand – I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sit on their ass, drinking booze & smoking dope.
Could you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?????