School Vouchers

Is School of Choice a Wise Option? Today, charter schools and vouchers are still somewhat under debate. They are being argued in places from the local school board meetings to state supreme courts. Both are considered “school of choice” initiatives which allow parents to choose their child’s educational path outside the traditional public school system. The school voucher is a program which provides a certificate which is used to pay for education at the school of choice outside the public school system. Charter schools have been freed from rules, regulations, and statues with the responsibility of producing assured results that are set forth in the school’s charter. These (charter) schools are publicly funded. Choice is a God given

That’s why they are eager to pursue various options on providing education. As we view society today, we find that families are already using the school of choice initiative. Wealth families move their children from failing or dangerous schools to neighborhoods with safer, better schools. “Their argument is that school of choice would allow all parents the freedom, regardless of income level, to select the school that provides the best education” (Chub and Moe). Now, we have schools competing to offer higher academic results and greater safety. This brings activist within the school of choice movement seeking to improve public schools. More often, an activist proposal may seriously damage public education as a

There are divided opinions of which it is constitutional for government (federal) to give money to private schools, many of which are religious private schools. According to the NEA, “About 85 percent of private schools are religious. Vouchers tend to be a means of circumventing the Constitutional prohibitions against subsidizing religious practice and instruction” [NEA]. The parent of children who may receive vouchers viewpoint is the use of government funded school vouchers as an acceptable means of funding a child’s education. Reason, the family pays taxes and it should be allowed to have that money pay for their child’s education. But the question arises what about those taxpayers that do not have children, or children are no longer in public school. Aren’t they paying taxes also? So it is easy to say that there are more people against the school voucher