Roc Nation Receives Backlash For Philly School Voucher Campaign

Ebro in the Morning discuss the latest trending topics during the Flashing Lights segment.
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[@tonymontez2358]

As someone who’s from Philly and went to public school I can say the public schools are trash and needs alot of funding. If u can get your kids in private school do it 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@paperbagproductions103]

Private schools are not better and they do not benefit black and brown children. Especially if they have a learning disability. Why would the answer be let poor parents fight over money for private schools instead of lets give this 300 million to the public schools to fix the issues. Philly is gentrified, yet none of those extra property taxes are going to the schools in those neighborhoods.

[@NickHarvey.]

Public schools have had decades to get it together. Parents should have every right to decide where they feel is best for their child. Charter schools have to put out a good product to continue to get students (which equals more money). Pubic schools have zero incentive to get better.

[@jermaineplummer4042]

Public school can’t get it together because they keep on taking money away from public school

[@Newyorkgunguy]

​@jermaineplummer4042 wrong the money follows the stdent , it not the systems money.

[@NickHarvey.]

@@jermaineplummer4042 like i said public schools have had decades. The rise in charters have been what the last 10 years? Anything government seems to have nothing but wasted resources and zero accountability.

[@jmar5127]

They cant GET it together because their not being FUNDED genuis!!

[@NickHarvey.]

@@jmar5127 I can tell you have a public school education as well. 60s,70s,80s,90s,00s, and 10s there wasn’t as many charter schools. So public schools had their full share of the funding. Parents weren’t happy with the outcome so thats why we see the emergence of charters. From the 90s parents would try to get different addresses to get their children in better schools this makes it so they don’t have to leave the city they live. My public high school in westchester county had people from the bronx and other neighboring cities because their zone school was horrible. Almost 20 years later and most of those schools are just as bad.

[@sherryfrancis9982]

Thank you, Ebro, for your take on this. Some people don't realize how the voucher system guts the public schools. It helps some lucky students, but it takes away much-needed funds from strapped public school systems

[@inrockyvision]

The newest episode of @higherlearning gets into this topic in one of their segments - worth the listen

[@sfk187]

HE IS A CAPITALIST!!!

[@O.T.G.I]

U are too

[@williesween8780]

If you live in the U.S. then you are a capitalist as well, whether you want to be one or not.

[@kc-zf1jp]

Shut up

[@jakestroll6518]

Who isn’t? Do you live in a secret communist corner of the world? Coz every nation is now a variant of capitalist.

[@paperbagproductions103]

As a parent that raised children in Philly, I can tell you the private schools are just as bad. Poor parents cannot afford to send their kids to private schools and it doesn't make sense to make them fight over, nowhere near, enough money. The private schools do not provide for kids with learning disabilities and they never have staff that can relate to poor black and brown children. If the problem is with schools, fix the schools. That 300 million would help a lot more black and brown children that grew up the way Sean Carter grew up if we send it to the public schools! Parents have complained about the treatment of children in public schools since its conception.

[@sxt4447]

Exactly! Jay Z did not grow up going to private school. If you claim that you’re such a wordsmith, who do you think taught you how to read, write and become the man you are today? Wouldn’t you want to help the public school system that you were raised in? It’s so strange to me lol

[@tonymontez2358]

Them public schools definitely need the funding cause them Philly public schools are basically day care for teenagers and kids they not learning nothing 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@MISSPRISS1]

IT IS OVER HOVIE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DeepDiveDiscipleship]

Why is school choice a bad thing? My mother works in a public school and she says it's broken as heck. The powers that be would rather put money in foreign powers' pockets rather than take care of issues at home. People should have a right to choose when the state option does what the state option does.

[@paperbagproductions103]

Everyone will not have to opportunity to have that choice, kids will still be left behind. Send that money to the broken schools not the private schools that are already thriving!

[@sxt4447]

Because charter schools and private schools are not obligated to enroll everyone, which means many children will end up being left behind with nowhere to go. As someone who began at public school and went to a private high school, I was far more intelligent and curious than my classmates who grew up in private schools because the private schools weren’t obligated to teach them basic historical facts that everyone in the state school systems had to know to qualify for the next level. The idea that private school is inherently better just because it’s private is classist and racist.

[@babygirl4949]

@@paperbagproductions103Will money fix what’s broken tho is the question. Money doesn’t solve everything.

[@BigNobodies]

Because it’s not really a choice. Not everyone is given the option, additionally the funds are coming from tax dollars. So though your kid might not be in the program you are paying for someone else’s kid to be.

[@Ttw1976]

In what state / city or town are public schools thriving??

[@ShizukaRose]

California

[@zo62]

Norway

[@AaronBell-bk5nh]

​@@ShizukaRosedefinitely not

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Flowers need water to grow it gotta rain, and in order to experience joy you need pain, every time a baby is born somebody slain, you know the saying, somebody's loss is another's gain, the sun comes out when the water goes down the drain, a rainbow then the clouds come out we do it again, everything evens up you just wait, even a garbage can gets a steak - Jay-Z

[@MISSPRISS1]

Jay was talking bout his baby momma . GARBAGE GETS STEAK 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ShizukaRose]

Privatization of k-12 is awful.

[@williesween8780]

Does anyone else have any ideas on how to help struggling schools in PA ?

[@sxt4447]

I received an excellent education from my public school on the Southside of Chicago and went on to receive a full scholarship for college. I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without my public elementary school and the incredible teachers who worked there and cared for me deeply. The reason public schools are suffering is because of the lack of pay for teachers and the lack of funding for education. If the government would put just half of the amount they invest in military spending towards public education, the country would be in much better shape.

[@mtatom3]

Kids in Public schools in Chicago cannot currently cannot read or do math on grade level in NY they took out the the. Regions test because kids were not passing standardized test. Not everyone experience is the same.

[@JohnnyStorm82]

Whats wrong with school choice?

[@victorjohnson8374]

I don’t have a problem with this. Public schools have had 40 years. To get thstmstlvrs together. They haven’t. So send the money. Where it’s being used properly. And let the parents decide. It’s bad enough. They don’t pay teachers.

[@KidsLearnHTML]

@victorjohnson8374 You took the words out of my mouth. All this sanctimonious pearl clutching about money being taking away from public schools that have had at least 50 years to fix. Schools with unsafe environments. Schools with metal detectors? Schools with kids that disrupt the learning process. Instead of School Choice, I call it Environment Choice.

[@onlyalisaawilliams]

It’s been reported that Rock Nation isn’t giving a dime its tax payers money .

[@NewCreationInChrist896]

Trust in Christ before it’s too late. Romans 10:9 1 John 1:9

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

Jay is all about that doe since he was a day old

[@WhoIsSonnyC]

School choice is a good thing

[@jahazshine4587]

But not supporting the public schools and teachers is NOT A GOOD THING. None of our public schools in this country should be in as piss poor of a shape as they are in. It is detrimental to those who cannot get to these private schools.

[@onlyalisaawilliams]

Not with public funds.. I don’t have a problem with the talented & gifted getting scholarships, but not this way .

[@GriffinMiniZoo-jj2ry]

Man, if Jay, don’t get the hell out of here, the school of arts just close get out of here Jay Z

[@BYZNIZ]

Iys easy to qualify if you look at the benefits

[@ThePresidentOfAustralia]

Probably because they didnt jakdem off

[@ee.es00]

Its about school choice. He actually wants whats good for students and realizes conservatives have students best interests in mind. Public schools are a disaster.

[@kc-zf1jp]

School choice is negative? Foh

[@JustRyanFromNola]

Strangely enough,Jay,is historically anti Catholicism. Now,I’m not certain where these children would be sent,but I’ve heard catholic schools are involved . ultimately,reappropriating funds creates a deficit,when donations from the community would release the stress on the system and create a budget surplus. Obviously any new surplus should still be watched over to make sure it goes where it’s intended,but that is par for the course.

[@paulanicolethomason7252]

I wonder what Jay-Z gets out of the deal.

[@AaronBell-bk5nh]

Money move... if ain't bout da dollar he not putting his name on it

[@paulanicolethomason7252]

@@AaronBell-bk5nh true true

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

Exactly. He's getting more out of it. I see celebrities do this all the time. They open a charity using there name to make it seem as if there giving back to the community but the charity hasn't given no money to no one but the person who created it. It's all a scam guys.

[@Shawnsrumi]

Rock nation is a government agency

[@v.m.m101]

Ok so Jay Z is a GOAT in rap and I love his music… but all the other outside shht he does to “help”, please!! He helps himself get richer

[@O.T.G.I]

Whats he supposed to do help himself get broke

[@Shane-ju7op]

Ya'll complain for everything.... Rich Black Folks don't help, people are anergy. Rich Help, beggars become choosers. Listen everyone not going help in same way you'd help....

[@TonyStarks1986]

So if a wealthy black person don’t help it’s a problem. If a wealthy black person helps, it’s only to make themselves get richer. Which one is it? You can’t serve two masters. What do you want the damn man to do?!

[@O.T.G.I]

@TonyStarks1986 pay there bills and help them live comfortably in the hood cuz they don't want to go nowhere and do nothing better with themselves so they look at billionaires as an escape route ,Cash Cow, Meal tickets

[@TonyStarks1986]

@@O.T.G.I i guess so man smh, a sad world when people have that mindset

[@edmiller6669]

People are funny. You all really think Jay is giving 300 MILLION of his own money??? He say NO to a 4,500.00 Dollar LOAN to a Cousin. STOP IT PEOPLE!

[@O.T.G.I]

Yeah a 4, 500 loan that his cousin said he'll flip into 2 million Y'all got selective hearing

[@Shane-ju7op]

@@O.T.G.I 🤣🤣🤣

[@AaronBell-bk5nh]

He not giving 300 million frm his pockets yall should learn hw these things work

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@AaronBell-bk5nhfr.. and why would he… that would be asinine

[@rosiereyes1653]

Hi

[@doeberry1202]

🤦🏾‍♂️

[@juancalos-x4o]

... Will someone please tell Jay z that he looks stupid with the jean Michel basquiat 'do. !....

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

His charity work is full of baloney. Its to make himself look good. Peopl see right thrue this.

[@kc-zf1jp]

What are you doing?

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

@@kc-zf1jp your talking to me

[@kc-zf1jp]

@@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie Yes, speaking to you. What charities have you done

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

This is the same guy who shot his brother becsuse he stole his chain

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

And how you know I don't give money to charity. Even though I'm not rich I still try to help people.

[@hammerhawk12]

It's quite obvious that Ebro and this team don't have all the facts. This is poor journalism. Completely mishandled.

[@Shane-ju7op]

What the real story ?

[@juancalos-x4o]

... Will someone please tell Jay z that he looks stupid with the jean Michel basquiat 'do. !....

[@kc-zf1jp]

Tell yo mama to fix her face

[@juancalos-x4o]

@@kc-zf1jp ... You right dog me mom's is butt ugly!....