Can We Start Thinking About the Kids Now?

President Bush announced his plan for the Pell Grants for Kids and I applaud this goal. I think it will give many children access to schools they would not have other wise. People were excited about the Pell grants for college students, to achieve their dreams, work to their potential, etc, but for some reason, they are reacting differently about it for the K-12 population. This confuses me. Why would someone support giving an 18 year old a choice but not giving a choice to a mother or father of a child? It seems people are attacking the plan, saying it is only another plan for vouchers. Well, who cares who calls it what? Why can't people start to think of the poor children that are stuck in failing schools, ones that will only give them a minuscule chance of being prepared for college, or even making them think they are good enough for college? When can people stop caring about what party supports what or if one school will be affected by one program? When do people want to simply start caring about the children! I have meet so many parents who are so distraught because their child is not getting a good education and they cannot afford to attend a private school and cannot afford to move districts. Those poor children will be affected the rest of their lives because their parents lived on one side of the street. People are always complaining the lower income children rarely make it into another economic class, well, we need to give them that chance to succeed. We need to give them all a shot at it, not just a few.
I hope, as a country, as a state, and as a community, we can help all the children succeed!