celeb news 'This Ain't It': Pennsylvanians Slam Jay-Z's Roc Nation for School Voucher Push

[GraceRandolph]

The campaign's "Dine & Learn" events in Philadelphia this month are intended to share information about the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS) or "Lifelife Scholarships," as supporters also call them. If approved by state legislators in the next budget, the program would put tax dollars toward "education opportunity accounts" for certain families to send their children to K-12 private schools rather than low-performing public ones.

"We have enjoyed such a special connection with Philadelphians, so we've made it our mission to invest in the long-term success of the city's changemakers," Roc Nation managing director of philanthropy Dania Diaz said in a statement. "Impact starts with the students and with awareness. We want to empower the youth and families with the knowledge to pursue their scholastic dreams, make their voices heard, and become the leaders of tomorrow."

While the campaign led to multiple headlinesabout "How Roc Nation Is Helping Underprivileged Students in Philadelphia Get Into Private Schools," some critics of putting tax money—in this case, potentially tens or hundreds of millions of dollars—toward private school tuition expressed disappointment and frustration on Friday, just weeks away from Pennsylvania's June 30 budget deadline.

"This ain't it," said the American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania (AFTPA) on social media, posting a photo of Jay-Z—whose given name is Shawn Carter—with suburban Philadelphia multibillionaire Jeffrey Yass, a Republican megadonor with a history of using his money to push for school vouchers and the defeat progressive political candidates.

 

[Janet]

Capitalism in realtime 

[FolkLover1989]

it's really weird how Jay Z gets away with anything but everyone else is scrutinized for even 1 misstep

Edited June 8 by FolkLover1989

[futuresuperstar2023]

2 hours ago, FolkLover1989 said:

it's really weird how Jay Z gets away with anything but everyone else is scrutinized for even 1 misstep

His Wife is BEYONCE

[on the line]

2 hours ago, FolkLover1989 said:

it's really weird how Jay Z gets away with anything but everyone else is scrutinized for even 1 misstep

Gurl, we all know why.

[JC.]

2 hours ago, FolkLover1989 said:

it's really weird how Jay Z gets away with anything but everyone else is scrutinized for even 1 misstep

What is he getting away with and isn't he being scrutinized right here?  

[Jormungand]

I've noticed there's a push for more tax dollars going towards private schools and it's happening even here in the state of Florida. Meanwhile you have more states taking money out of public schools, what is going on? This all feels orchestrated with the eventual goal of consolidating power at the top. 

 

If you can dumb down a generation, it makes it easier for the power players to keep the wealth and power without having to share it. Private K-12 schools would get access to tax dollars and also have the luxury of maintaining exclusivity by denying entry to qualifying students simply due to their pedigree or the area they're from. 

 

When Betsy Devos was Secretary of Education, on Trump's command they already began sowing the seeds. Jay-Z is a capitalist doing what capitalists do best, lining his pockets. If you think he gets no kickback from the school voucher program being implemented, you're not looking deep enough. 

[Scabandplaster]

24 minutes ago, Jormungand said:

I've noticed there's a push for more tax dollars going towards private schools and it's happening even here in the state of Florida. Meanwhile you have more states taking money out of public schools, what is going on? This all feels orchestrated with the eventual goal of consolidating power at the top. 

 

If you can dumb down a generation, it makes it easier for the power players to keep the wealth and power without having to share it. Private K-12 schools would get access to tax dollars and also have the luxury of maintaining exclusivity by denying entry to qualifying students simply due to their pedigree or the area they're from. 

 

When Betsy Devos was Secretary of Education, on Trump's command they already began sowing the seeds. Jay-Z is a capitalist doing what capitalists do best, lining his pockets. If you think he gets no kickback from the school voucher program being implemented, you're not looking deep enough. 

Period. 

[Lose My Breath]

3 hours ago, FolkLover1989 said:

it's really weird how Jay Z gets away with anything but everyone else is scrutinized for even 1 misstep

Aren't you here, reading this article?  Seems like he's being scrutinized?

 

Everyone else? Taylor Swift

 

 

[Wicked]

4 hours ago, FolkLover1989 said:

it's really weird how Jay Z gets away with anything but everyone else is scrutinized for even 1 misstep

Do y'all live under a rock, Jay Z gets dragged plenty, it just don't get posted on here cause y'all don't care about rappers.

 

He had a crypto "education" program here (I'm from Brooklyn) and we all collectively dragged his ass for it. 

[Redstreak]

2 hours ago, Jormungand said:

I've noticed there's a push for more tax dollars going towards private schools and it's happening even here in the state of Florida. Meanwhile you have more states taking money out of public schools, what is going on? This all feels orchestrated with the eventual goal of consolidating power at the top. 

 

If you can dumb down a generation, it makes it easier for the power players to keep the wealth and power without having to share it. Private K-12 schools would get access to tax dollars and also have the luxury of maintaining exclusivity by denying entry to qualifying students simply due to their pedigree or the area they're from. 

 

When Betsy Devos was Secretary of Education, on Trump's command they already began sowing the seeds. Jay-Z is a capitalist doing what capitalists do best, lining his pockets. If you think he gets no kickback from the school voucher program being implemented, you're not looking deep enough. 

A lot of private schools don't have the same standards as a public school and a many of them have ties to fundamentalist Christian orgs which is why the push to send kids there is big on the right

[family.guy123]

This article literally just summed up the tweets from that other thread  smittencake should get paid 

 

 

[Jormungand]

11 hours ago, Redstreak said:

A lot of private schools don't have the same standards as a public school and a many of them have ties to fundamentalist Christian orgs which is why the push to send kids there is big on the right

You're speaking truths! Private schools don't have to be as accountable and if they're not prestigious, they also have less money. Florida has become ground zero for these Christian private schools sadly. 

[Bimbo]

17 hours ago, on the line said:

Gurl, we all know why.

Why gurl? 

[Bewitched]

2 minutes ago, Bimbo said:

Why gurl? 

Yeah I wanna know why too