[honeygrl]

Great article! The one and only thing that bothers me with the school vouchers is that I wonder what the government will do to the private schools if they get one little toe in the door. I can see them trying to regulate what they can and can't teach, trying to take religion out of them as well, and trying to "diversify" them. I could see the vouchers being their one little toe in the door too, unfortunately. Can you imagine the lawsuits when students who claim to be gay have parents who want to use vouchers to get their kid into a Christian school and the school saying "Nope"? And the way our court system is behaving these days, the school may not win a fight like that.

[attagirl]

Yes, that "one and only thing" is quite something isn't it. That's why I'm also against the faith-based initiative.

Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly.

[aristeides]

Instead of vouchers, have state exams for students. If a student passes the exams for the year, the state then pays the student's parent(s) (or caregiver) an appropriate amount equal to the reasonable cost of schooling for the year. That means no state control over private and religious schools, and no discrimination against homeschooling parents. It also means no constitutional problem in violating separation of church and state.