jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com
In the above discussion, the writer seems to favor vouchers as a way to basically bring educational equality to the ghetto and give them equal playing ground. Additionally, the ghetto schools would have to improve to keep their students and their funding. This seems to sum up the standard argument for government educational vouchers.
parentalcation.blogspot.com
This blog contends that, given the choice of many schools (from vouchers), many parents would still choose poor schools and waste government money. He cites a rural school vs a nearby school. The ghetto school is generally thought to be worse in polls but statistics showed it to far outperform the nearby rural school. He ends by saying choice is still good (leaving the reader to guess that he still supports vouchers).
I haven't found anything that applies specifically to our family situation. (Which I guess would be a proposed voucher to for middle income families with high expenses to send their child to a Christian school[if the govt is gunna go that far they should just go and do it for everyone])
Another sort of alternative is just to allow gov't funding for schools like ours, but with the current emphasis on "separation of church and state" that isn't going to happen any time soon.
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Just my two cents, but I have a hard time swallowing that this is "the government's money." Vouchers give back a portion of the taxpayer's money. On average, we spend over $8,000 per child in public school. To give $4,000 back isn't a waste of government money because it is my money.
I should have a choice what to do with it.
But then, I don't think the federal government has any legitimate role in education. It is a state issue.
btw, good luck with your research paper!
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