redhawk said:
Bull, Bush's plan was the joke, vouchers are just another way to give welfare to the rich - what ever happened to people taking responsibility for their own choices. Why should any parent expect others to pay for their choices??? Don't care to take any responsibility for your community - let others pay your way - that's the Republican way.... Geesh...
Welfare to the Rich? That's the BS - is that the standard mantra for any program the left-wing doesn't agree with?
My school district in PA spent almost $8000 per kid per year for education. The $1200 a year vouchers proposed were shot down by the socialists at the NEA. That would have been $6800 going to the school district to be used on the kids that remained at the public school - for every child that went the private route.
The issue is a bunch of lazy teachers that do not want their jobs to be tied to their competence (and no, testing is not the answer either) - and high paid administrators at each school district stuffing their faces at the public trough. The real victims of no vouchers are the inner city poor who can't afford to send their kids to a decent school, and the public school system can't offer them a safe or effective way to educate their kids no matter how much money you throw at them.
When my kids were in elementary school in PA, the Catholic schools in Philly were charging $600 - $800 a year for school - and offering inner-city kids a real education for a fraction of the cost of the public schools.
If more money and less kids won't benefit the public school system, then scrap the whole thing and start over.