D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program: “A Model for Our Nation”
Rachel Sheffield /
In his opening remarks at the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP) hearing Tuesday morning, Kevin Chavous, chairman of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, stated:
By any measure, by any test, by any rational standard, this hearing should be about how we can expand this program not just in Washington, D.C., but into other parts of our nation. Instead … we’re here trying to save the very program that should be a model for our nation.
Despite the DCOSP’s track record of success—manifested by the significantly higher graduation rates of its students and the overwhelming level of support from parents and community members alike—Congress has been threatening to phase it out since 2009. (more…)