tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post115557108699900467..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: More evidence reaffirms benefit of education vouchersJeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-1155642669570753492006-08-15T06:51:00.000-05:002006-08-15T06:51:00.000-05:00"As far as vouchers go...It is important to give m..."As far as vouchers go...It is important to give more kids the opportunity to CHOOSE the school they will attend whether it be private or public."<BR/><BR/>The catch is that the private schools do not have to accept the student with the voucher, so are you truly providing choice? The excuse for not accpeting the student could be as concrete as "we do not have the space", or as abstract as "you are not quite who we want in our building". Competition only works when everyone is playing by the same rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-1155586527285575892006-08-14T15:15:00.000-05:002006-08-14T15:15:00.000-05:00Protection for Suzy's dad is the only reason I am ...Protection for Suzy's dad is the only reason I am a member of the NEA. Actually I am more concerned about Suzy, herself, calling something foul. <BR/> Nobody is forced to join the teacher union. WE have a choice to join or not and there is nobody to shoot us if we do not.<BR/> As far as vouchers go...It is important to give more kids the opportunity to CHOOSE the school they will attend whether it be private or public. Often schools have varying resources even within the same town and if all of the kids of one city want to go to the same school perhaps there is something wrong with the others. And if there was something wrong with the others, perhaps low attendance will prompt a hiring of new teachers with diverse abilities.<BR/> Competition is what gives us lower prices and higher quality in commerce. Schools should be doing the same thing and the compitition should stay at that level.ateacheratlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387372236412554382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-1155583240418946982006-08-14T14:20:00.000-05:002006-08-14T14:20:00.000-05:00Yet another classic post by a voucher supporter at...Yet another classic post by a voucher supporter attempting to villify the public schools, while at the same time leaving out some important details. Private schools CHOOSE who they allow into the schools, whereas public schools do not have such a luxury. If the public schools could simply boot out the "dead weight" as a private school does, do you think there would even be a disparity in the results? <BR/><BR/>Also, you play the union card as if all teachers follow the union line on all issues concerning education. A majority of teachers are not members of the union by choice, and have little to do with union activities. There already exists a huge shortage in quality young teachers nationwide, do you believe that removing the unions would actually turn that around? Who do you think is actually going to teach for LESS than teachers already make, without at least a little protection from unwarranted lawsuits by Susie's dad who is mad because she did not bring home an A in Chem? <BR/><BR/>Vouchers simply provide a way for those already attending public schools to get a break in the tuition, and do little to help out those "unmentionables" that are left to rot in an underfunded public school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com