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Originally Posted by Sly
Run the education system like an actual business and instill real accountability? Egads! Are you insane!?
I'm all for it. Vouchers are a good idea, IMO.
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Vouchers are a great idea because it forces public schools to COMPETE for education dollars. Kinda makes you wonder how private parochial schools with a smaller budget turn out kids that pass diagnostic/assesment tests vs. public schools. Unfortunately, the big teacher UNIONS are not so keen on this idea.
It should be interesting to see how this plays out--considering that the US Supreme Court has already ruled that voucher programs are legal (despite the fact that some parents would opt to use the voucher to send their kids to parochial / religious schools) see: Zelman v Harris
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-1751.ZS.html