Word: helpful
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...question to those who are in favor of vouchers that use tax dollars to help parents send their kids to private schools [EDUCATION, Oct. 9]: Would those schools be required to take anyone who appears at their front door? My daughter is an eighth-grader in an urban school with tremendous economic, racial and ethnic diversity. I feel she is learning in the real world from dedicated teachers who embrace the challenge. But if middle-class students and high-achieving children who are less privileged can be tempted to leave this wonderful school, the delicate balance that makes it work...
Just last month, the College Board reported that tuition continues to rise faster than family income, even amid a booming economy. So which presidential candidate offers the most help to strapped parents and students? Well, it depends on their circumstances. Surprisingly, families above the median income would get more help from the Democrat, while the Republican would extend more financial aid to the poor...
Experts say Gore's measures wouldn't greatly increase the number of middle-class parents who can afford to send their kids to college, but rather would allow them to do so with greater ease. The credits aren't refundable, however, and wouldn't help the millions of workers who don't earn enough to owe income taxes (even though they pay hefty Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes...
Gore's plan, endorsed by the teachers' unions, would spend $8 billion over 10 years to help recruit 1 million new teachers, with provisions for college aid, loan forgiveness and signing bonuses. Gore would spend an additional $8 billion to provide raises of as much as $5,000 each to teachers in poor districts that have adopted aggressive plans to improve teacher quality, plus as much as $10,000 each to teachers certified by a national board. Gore would also require states to ensure that all new teachers pass rigorous assessments. Says Feistritzer: "Gore's proposal might be a little...
...Government must walk a difficult line. It should try to help where it can, without getting in the way of those who don't need help. It should ensure that every citizen, whether he makes $20,000 or $120,000 or $12 million, has an audible voice in the government that represents him. And in good economic times like these, the government's job is to facilitate those good times, to allow that prosperity to happen. To not stand in the way. To do the things, like balancing the budget and paying down the national debt, that allow the stock...