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Banty wrote:
In article , Herman Rubin says...

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enigma wrote:
"Bob Coleslaw" wrote in
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Is it better for the government to give out vouchers so
parents can send their kids to private schools, or to use
that money to fix up the public schools?

vouchers are a really bad idea. i do NOT want my tax dollars
used to fund any type of private school, especially not any
flavor of parochial school.
i have no issues with private schools, my kid attends one,
but i want my taxes to fix the public schools for the kids who
can't go to private school for whatever reason.
vouchers may help the elite, but they'll hurt the kids who
need better schools the most.
lee

At this time, NO student who is capable of getting a good
degree in mathematics or science or engineering or
agriculture or economics is getting even a fair high school
education corresponding to his abilities.

The ones who need the better schools need to be removed from
the public schools and taught sound subject matter by those
who understand this, and not warehoused with their "peers".

And vouchers will do - what - - exactly - to fix this?

Vouchers will enable the establishment of academic
private educational opportunities, which are extremely
rare at this time. Vouchers will not remove the money
from the public schools for those who continue, and
most will continue.

The public schools are not REQUIRED to place students
by age, or to have them in the same grade in every
subject. But they are not really prepared for any
alternative, both academically and sociologically.
Charter schools, in general, are restricted to the
"grade" system, and in fact even the size of desks
and chairs is state regulated for them.

I am sure that there will be a large need for students
to attend classes electronically; I would not be
surprised if this is where we will have to go for
most academic subjects. One size, or even a few
sizes, do not fit all.


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Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558