首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A judge flunks Cleveland’s use of vouchers for parochial schools. But will that stall the movement? Walter Milancuk’s public-s
A judge flunks Cleveland’s use of vouchers for parochial schools. But will that stall the movement? Walter Milancuk’s public-s
admin
2011-02-11
41
问题
A judge flunks Cleveland’s use of vouchers for parochial schools. But will that stall the movement?
Walter Milancuk’s public-school horror story began early, when his sun Derrick spent kindergarten in an overcrowded roomful of students who regularly fought in class and cursed the teacher. Milancuk wanted to transfer Derrick, but his salary as a forklift driver couldn’t cover private-school tuition. Yet Milancuk found a way out, thanks to Cleveland’s pioneering school-voucher program, which granted him close to $1,500 in state funds to help enroll Derrick at St. Stanislaus, a nearby Catholic school. Now Derrick wears a crisp uniform. His reading has improved. And the weekly Mass and Bible study have moved Derrick to say his daily prayers without prompting. Says his dad, "The school is really building his faith."
That may prove to he more of a curse than a blessing. Last week a federal judge struck down Cleveland’s voucher program, ruling that it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. Citing Jefferson and Madison, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. wrote that because four-fifths of the private schools participating in the voucher program are religious, the program robs parents of "genuine choice" between sectarian and secular schools, thus "advancing religion through government-supported religious indoctrination." The decision is the fourth in recent months to bar the use of vouchers in parochial schools, and voucher opponents--mainly teach- ers’ unions and liberal interest groups--see it as a major victory.
Voucher backers--an unusual coalition of inner-city parents and conservative groups--retort that the judge misread both the Cleveland program and the First Amendment. They point out that Cleveland parents who don’t like parochial schools can send their kids to the city’s regular public schools, or to public charter schools and magnet schools. Clint Bolick, a lawyer for the Institute for Justice, which defended the voucher program, says, "No one can compel a child into the program or into a religious school."
Despite its recent setbacks, the voucher movement is gaining ground in state legislatures and some courts. This fall Florida started the first statewide voucher program. And the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the use of vouchers in parochial schools in Milwaukee. In the presidential campaign, G.O.P. candidates John McCain and George W. Bush are trumpeting voucher proposals. While Vice President Al Gore launched an ed that calls vouchers a "big mistake," his Democratic opponent Bill Bradley supports them, at least as "experiments."
Though the U.S, Supreme Court has refused to hear several school-choice cases, legal experts suspect the more clear-cut Cleveland case might prod it into action. In the meantime, Judge Oliver is allowing Derrick Milancuk and nearly 4,000 other students in the Cleveland voucher program to remain in their schools while his ruling is on appeal.
What does "advance religion through government-supported religious indoctrination" (Line 5, Para. 3) mean?
选项
A、Promote religious ideas in public schools with government support.
B、Collect government resources to support religious activities.
C、Help religious schools use public fund to spread religious ideas.
D、Allow religion to interfere with government work.
答案
C
解析
猜词题。文中第三段法官裁定克利夫兰教育券计划违背了宪法政教分离的原则,也就是说政府资金不应该用于资助教授宗教内容的宗教学校。由此可见如果允许在宗教学校中使用教育券,就会导致公共资金被用于宗教传播活动。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/goYO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
TheStatusofWomeninAncientSocietyInlargepartasaconsequenceofthefeministmovement,historianshavefocusedagre
PackagingItissaidthatthepublicandCongressionalconcernaboutdeceptivepackagingrumpusstartedbecauseSenatorHart
FamilyMattersThismonthSingaporepassedabillthatwouldgivelegalteethtothemoralobligationtosupportone’sparen
ClocksthroughTimeIttookhumanbeingalongtimetoinventdiversewaysfortellingtime.About3000yearsagopeoplefir
Crimehasitsowncycles,amagazinere-portedsomeyearsbefore.Policerecordsthat【M1】______.werestudiedforfiveyearso
IwasborninFeb.12,1809,inHardinCounty,Kentucky.MyparentswerebothborninVirginia,ofundistinguishedfamilies--seco
DawnaWalterisoneoftheauthorsleadingthewayinBritainwithherbookthatattemptstohowevenatidy【M1】______sockd
AftersomanyyearsofstudyingEnglish,youmaystillgetconfusedlikeyoufirstcomeherejustbecauseoftheslangthestude
A、Securityforces.B、Someofficials.C、Militants.D、Thefarmers.C
A、Civilians.B、Students.C、Governmentofficials.D、Policeofficers.A
随机试题
A注册会计师负责审计甲公司2012年财务报表。在审计过程中,A注册会计师可能对甲公司会计实务方面的质量的看法与治理层沟通的事项包括哪些?
以下地址中,不是子网掩码的是______________。
《马踏匈奴》产生于()
重度营养不良常见的合并症是
菜市某区公安分局将一起盗窃案件立案侦查后,以刘某有重大嫌疑为由拘留,后提请区人民检察院批准逮捕,区人民检察院予以批准。区人民检察院批捕后向区人民法院提起公诉。区人民法院审理此案后,判处刘某有期徒刑5年。刘某不服,依法提起上诉,市中级法院维持原判。刘某在服刑
《建设工程安全生产管理条例》中规定,依法批准开工报告的建设工程,建设单位应当自开工报告批准之日起()日内,将保证安全施工的措施报送建设工程所在地的县级以上人民政府建设行政主管部门或者其他有关部门备案。
根据《消费金融公司试点管理办法》,消费金融公司,是指经银监会批准,在中华人民共和国境内设立的,不吸收公众存款,以小额、分散为原则,为中国境内居民个人提供以消费为目的的贷款的非银行金融机构。()
决定商业银行风险承担能力的是()
2014年高校毕业生规模为727万人,相较于2013年的699万人,毕业生总量压力进一步增大,整体就业形势依然十分严峻。请谈谈你的看法?
Someday,in【C1】______theouterplanetsofoursolarsystem,humankindwillwanttodo【C2】______sendsmallprobesthatmerely
最新回复
(
0
)