Anti-Voucher Point of View

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Anti-Voucher Point of View

The idea of school vouchers sounds like a wonderful idea to get children the best possible education, until the issue is analyzed more closely. In reality, this system is hurting more children than the ones that they are helping. The people and institutions that do not support the use of vouchers believe that by taking away funds from the already failing public school system, it is causing a decrease in the level of education for children in public schools. With new initiatives like the “No Child Left Behind” campaign causing and the greater demands on teachers and children there is not room for a cut in funding (Traub 13). There are also increasing amounts of standardized tests, with guidelines that teachers must teach to, and that students must pass in order to show proficiency in the subject matter. The last thing that the public school system needs is funds taken away and distributed to the education of children in private institutions. There are not enough text books, computers, technological resources, and teachers in the public school system to meet these new high demands. When the standard is set so high and is unattainable it is not logical to take away funding from an already failing system.

Every parent has a choice to send their child to a public school; if they choose to or not is their personal decision. A free public education is a right that is granted to every child in the United States. Children are required by law to attend school until they are at least sixteen years of age. Whether or not a child’s parents choose to send them to public or private school is their choice. Parents have the right to send their children to public school at no extra cost to them, whether they pay tax...

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...sin. It discusses how the vouchers have moved into use in religious schools, and why people are upset about this.

Chan, Swell. (2004 Sept. 1). The Washington Post. Retrieved on November 23, 2004 from: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=7&did=000000686712711&SrchMode =1&sid=1&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&T S=1101223405&clientId=41150 (DC VOUCHERS CHAN)

Traub, James. (2003 Dec. 21). The New York Times Magazine. p13. Retrieved November 30, 2004. From: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb? index= 0&did =000000507793821&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD &RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1101794958&clientId=41150.

Shultz, Fred, ed. Education. Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2004.

Collins, John William and Nancy Patricia O’Brien, ed. The Greenwood Dictionary of Education. 1st ed. 2003.

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