http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:11:41 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/02/150458.php#comment-97868 Your revealed greed, Russ, is not the way the private school market would work. The $1,000 voucher, rather than being taken by the operators in a fee hike, would enable more children to take advantage of private schools. The school operators would then increase their income through volume. Market forces would hold prices down. Vouchers would expand the universe of students available to private schools, so more private schools would be opened and a competitive market would be created. And you're wrong on the quality of education provided by private schools. I sent a child through a private school and "in reality students are getting <s>much less</s>" far more and far better "education than in the local public school." 97868@blogcritics.org Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:11:41 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/02/150458.php#comment-97809 School vouchers will put money in the pockets of school operators, but will not improve schools. Think about it, if I own a private school and charge parents $1,500 and now those students get a $1,000 voucher from the public school system I will increase my fees to $2,500, maybe I will spend $200 of the extra $1,000 on education and I will pocket the other $800. Thanks, but sorry if you thought education would improve. Sure a private school supported by vouchers might do well - is it because of vouchers (and the money parents spend added together) or because parents who emphasize education have concentrated their motivated children into one private school -- leaving behind other less academically inclined students to struggle with less funding (and then you compare these apples and oranges and say look how red those public school apples are!). Look at the overall group of students, those who gravitate to a private school and those left behind, has there been a net gain worth the extra cost? I have seen many private schools that although people think they are great, in reality students are getting much less education than in the local public school. Russ 97809@blogcritics.org Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:35:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/02/150458.php#comment-85498 This review was chosen for Advance.net. You will be able to find it on newspaper sites including Cleveland.com. 85498@blogcritics.org Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:44:47 EDT