Originally Posted by
SoonerDave
But, by all means, let's keep throwing money at a broken model on the order of billions annually all for the fear-mongering that we're "subsidizing religious schools."
Love this kind of spin. This isn't about "subsidizing private schools." It's about giving the *tax monies* people *already pay* BACK to the parents to give them the *choice* of education they believe is best for their child. It's about having *options*. Those in the education establishment want people to forget the fact it's *the taxpayer's* money, and they have every right to demand some form of accountability for what they're *forced* to spend and where their kids are *forced* to attend.
The ones who could benefit the most from vouchers? The folks who are in the very worst schools. Give them a chance to afford the "elitist" schools and let them flourish there. Why do we fear that choice?
Are private schools panaceas? Nope. Went through two, got an "education" about how they're not perfect. At all. And my kids finished in public schools, and my wife works in one. It's not perfect, either. Once again, reality exists *between* the two politically hyperbolized extremes. In the vein of vouchers, parents need a choice.
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