The "cash-for-clunkers" program gives car owners federally-funded vouchers worth up to $4,500 to trade in their gas-guzzlers for more fuel efficient models. Five years ago, Congress enacted an educational version of this program. Under the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, low-income parents can use federally-funded vouchers worth up to $7,500 to trade in their children's clunker schools for a top-of the line education at many of the same schools Presidents and Members of Congresssend their children (including St. Albans, Sidwell Friends, and National Cathedral). Read more
