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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 05:33 PM
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133. For mandated education...
I'm opposed to taxpayer funding for all private schools, religious or secular.

Parents have absolutely no idea what makes a school succeed. They just want to take a voucher and hand their kids off somewhere else and still hope for the best. In 20 years we'll have another study that Johnny Can't Read.

I'm not even sure what makes a school succceed. I only base my opinions on what I've observed, not objective studies because as far as I've seen, there really aren't any. Not ones that really get into every aspect of a school from the books to the actual materials available to the participation of the kids.

Until there is a concrete plan to truly help parents and schools select methods that work, there won't be an improvement in education. All vouchers are is a privatization program to take tax money and redistribute it to an educational corporation to promote corporatism to our children.
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