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In article <gdavis.752891047@griffin> gdavis@griffin.uvm.edu (Gary Davis) writes:
>There are so many good reasons to give the voucher system a chance that it
>is hard to believe what vested or selfish interests one would need to attempt
>to defeat it.

	the only problem I have with a voucher system is how will we protect the
"average" kids from being warehoused.  It appears that nobody is talking about
capitolism here.

	You live in a school district with 5000 students, and 5 schools.
	School A has room for 1000 students.  It is by far the best school in the
neighborhood (a computer for each student, the best teachers, whatever).  
*EVERYONE* wants their child to go to this school.  Clearly it can't accept 5000
students...so either:
	a.) they take the top 1000 students, giving them a wonderful education
		hey, if you kid can't pass the Entrance exam, or doesn't have
		the grades...tuff.
	b.) they raise their prices (so only the 'rich' can afford it...now they
		have EVEN more money...and they can hire even better teachers, 
		get better resources, etc)
  
	now, we can probably assume that this isn't a *bad* thing.  at least 
1/5th the students will get a good education.  In a sense this is how colleges
work.  But in a college environment, students can move to go to school where they
want.  not all school (like existing public schools), can house students like
colleges can.

	now, we can assume that no matter how 4 of the schools spit up the students
there will always be some students who will be left out.  So, lets say the 
"worst" school in this system decides not to provide *any* education (they have a 
captive audience -- ie the students who couldn't get into the other 4, because of
either grades, or money).  This last school just warehouses students for money.

	I suppose we could require that schools *must* accept any student who
wants to go to school there.  (much the way public schools must accept students)
but if you do that, then the 'good' schools will get overcrowded, and filled with
the same problem students that are in the public schools...so you have no net
gain.  

			-erik
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  erik@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu