[Non-Sequitur]

...school vouchers is not the end all be all to solving our nations education problem, but its a good start to try and correct the mistakes.

When the government gets into the business of providing something that parents are unwilling to pay for themselves then why shouldn't the govenrment have a say over where their money is going? Why shouldn't the government be able to tell the schools what to teach and how to teach it? Who they must let in and who they cannot keep out? And if the government can do all that then how long before all private schools are at the same level as public schools?

[cbkaty]

...and by the way, I also pay $7,000 per year for my child's private school education...plus my school taxes.

Seems that since my child is NOT in the public system, he therefor is of "no cost" to the public school system...yet I still must fund that pathetic criminal organization with it's $100,000,000 palaces...they call schools. Nice buildings but extremely poor instruction...

[Element187]

When the government gets into the business of providing something that parents are unwilling to pay for themselves then why shouldn't the govenrment have a say over where their money is going? Why shouldn't the government be able to tell the schools what to teach and how to teach it? Who they must let in and who they cannot keep out? And if the government can do all that then how long before all private schools are at the same level as public schools?

the government isn't getting into the business of providing the education any longer... instead of our tax money of 15k per child to attend government education, the money is now diverted in a voucher so a parent can send their children to a higher quality school...if anything that will make all govenrment run education more competitive, and encourage more private companys to start opening schools.