To: Non-Sequitur
"Which still means that the voucher is about $6000. It the state is subsidizing private schools through vouchers to that extent then what is to stop them from demanding a say in curriculum, admissions policies, teacher credentials, and all the rest?"
Keep the government out of private schools.
85 posted on
06/19/2006 5:31:15 PM PDT by
moog
To: moog
"Which still means that the voucher is about $6000. It the state is subsidizing private schools through vouchers to that extent then what is to stop them from demanding a say in curriculum, admissions policies, teacher credentials, and all the rest?"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Good point! I personally oppose vouchers for the reasons you state.
However, I do agree to tax credits for any person or business who donates money to a private scholarship fund for private vouchers, or who pays for the private education of a specific child. There is less opportunity for government control with tax credits.
One good way to start the process of privatizing universal K-12 education would be by charging tuition, on a sliding scale, to those parents who send their child to a government school.
Somehow we must break the government price-fixed monopoly on k-12 education. Tax credits could help do this.
119 posted on
06/19/2006 6:25:18 PM PDT by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
To: moog
Keep the government out of private schools. How do you do that if the government is subsidizing the schools through vouchers? If they're paying for it then they'll want a say in the matter.
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