"I am for vouchers as the only way to save our education system, and give the parents a sense of ownership."
I respectfully disagree with you. I don't like vouchers. Not because of what they promise, i.e. school choice, but because they're a political sham.
Voucher programs have been tried in several areas and in every case I've heard about, they've been smacked down by the courts. Rightly or wrongly, they're a dead issue. For "conservative" politicians to continue to tout them is in my view disingenuous. They're a political straw man and a feel-good soundbite that accomplishes nothing.
What I'd much rather see, and which would have a better chance of withstanding legal challenge, is simply a very generous tax credit for parents with children coupled with tuition charges for the government schools. People don't value a service that they don't have to scratch the check for. Parents would be free to spend their money as they see fit; for private school tuition or government school tuition. Best of all, a generous tax credit would allow more parents the opportunity to teach their children at home should they choose to do so.
Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see it anytime soon. Many "conservative" politicians like to talk about school choice in the theoretical sense, but when it comes down to it, they're not all that interested in changing the status quo.