school vouchers

I can't make up my mind. In my area, school districts until fairly recently had a monopoly on education tax dollars. I never saw head-to-head competition coming when my state's charter school rules were passed. That was a while ago, and now charters are a bigger threat to school district...

A piece in National Review caught my eye today. (ETA: Link - http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDFiZWNmZDQwOTZhN2QyODQ0ODYwODExNDc5NjgzNzc=) Part of the new spending bill introduced in the House the other day eliminates funding for Washington DC's "Opportunity Scholarship" program. I...

I’m an advocate for school vouchers, and I’ll support them in this thread, but, to the extent it is possible to do so, I would like to focus on one aspect of the school choice debate. Why are people opposed to vouchers? And why do people support them? I’ve read all sorts of reasons, and...

I want to start a discussion of school voucher systems, schools of choice, privatization, and similar issues. First, let me say I am for them. I have tried and tried to come up with a reason they are a bad idea, and I can't do it. Maybe one of you can convince me otherwise. That's why I'm...

Where can I see a debate on vouchers in education? I'm not very well informed and would like more information. TIA.

If this point has been made before please ignore it. Under the "GI Bill" [post WWII] vets could go to any school they wanted and get an education. Many will argue that this was one of the best things the Goverment ever did. My question: If a "GI" could go to any school for an education [State...

I have an argument against school vouchers that I've never heard before. So far I haven't been able to come up with a counter-argument, very important in a debate so no one can surprise you. I've managed to shut down one pro-voucher debater but he always debates from emotion and not from logic...