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My personal feelings are that there are some really good teachers trapped in a bad system and that it's too far gone to salvage. I took mine out and home schooled and my grandkids go to private. Each family must make their own decision though.
That said, I am against vouchers. Private school isn't for the rich anymore. Prices are coming down and I know of single parents that make minimal wage that private school their children. Is it easy? No, but it's possible if you really want it. Many schools even have a limited # of work scholarships. Once the government takes our money it really doesn't belong to the tax payers any more since we can't determine how we want it spent. Vouchers today and the government will be running private schools tomorrow.

The best way to pay for good schooling would be low taxes to start. This would leave the parents' money in their own pockets without government management.

The second best is the school vouchers.

The school voucher money should be controlled by the parents. Hopefully the parents do care. There are, unfortunately, many parents who do not care.

Private schooling should include home schooling to everything else. This would give some money to buy school supplies, etc, for the home schooled.

Now, only the rich can easily avoid the trap of government schools with uncaring teachers, administrators, and union bosses.

If not this, then what.

The non-rich should have a better option than what is out there now.