24th June 2003, 7:14 AM
Vouchers aren't usually for poor people. Maybe a few could actually go to a better school, but not most... no, the reason we hate vouchers is simple: The main reason they exist is to publically fund private religious (mostly Catholic) schools. And that is a very bad thing.
As for lowering educational standards, the only ones doing that are the Republicans constantly cutting the school budget.
And what does welfare have to do with the fact that schools most of the affected people go to are bad and don't have those programs and their parents can't afford to make up for that by going to a different school (usually because they are in a place where there aren't really any available good choices, vouchers or not... and even with money its not like poor people could really afford to send their kids to a private school...
No, the solution isn't draining those schools of their better students. That will just make the schools worse and put them in a steeper downward spiral. We have to fix those schools so that they can compete... its really the only way. But it cannot be done without adaquate school funding, so fixing our failing schools will have to wait until we get a Democratic administration.
And anyway, most of those schools they might go to would be Catholic private schools... don't you hate Catholics? :)
As for lowering educational standards, the only ones doing that are the Republicans constantly cutting the school budget.
And what does welfare have to do with the fact that schools most of the affected people go to are bad and don't have those programs and their parents can't afford to make up for that by going to a different school (usually because they are in a place where there aren't really any available good choices, vouchers or not... and even with money its not like poor people could really afford to send their kids to a private school...
No, the solution isn't draining those schools of their better students. That will just make the schools worse and put them in a steeper downward spiral. We have to fix those schools so that they can compete... its really the only way. But it cannot be done without adaquate school funding, so fixing our failing schools will have to wait until we get a Democratic administration.
And anyway, most of those schools they might go to would be Catholic private schools... don't you hate Catholics? :)
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