NAACP chapter opposes school choice program … for not being universal?

Published January 6, 2016 5:01am ET



A battle is brewing among liberals in Florida over the state’s quasi-school voucher program. The Florida Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the state, is challenging the program in court, with the support of the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

But the NAACP’s reasoning for opposing the program is curious. “Adora Obi Nweze, president of the state’s NAACP chapter, said the group opposes the scholarship program because Florida’s children do not have equal access to the opportunity,” reports Politico Florida. “‘All children cannot go to a charter school, or they can’t have a voucher, so you’re picking and choosing,’ Nweze said. ‘And that is a policy we can’t support.'”

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