[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?"

Keep the government out of private schools.

[wintertime]

"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.

[Non-Sequitur]

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.