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Imagine a society in which only the affluent could buy their own shoes. The poor and a significant percentage of the middle class paid taxes to support a state-run distribution system which supplied shoes--a public shoe system, if you will...
Moreover, since the public shoe system was a large, impersonal, centralized government agency, it was not flexible enough to respond to consumer needs and only issued one style and size of shoe. While the affluent were wearing shoes that were right for them, the poor and much of the middle class had to limp along in shoes that were too big, too small or the wrong style. Only occasionally did the product suit the customer...
...psychology have indicated that children develop more stable and responsible characters if their schooling environment teaches them a consistent set of values. If private schools were available to everyone, the opportunity to attend a school responsive to the values of its community would not be a prerogative of the affluent...
Pannell and his staff understand what they are up against and bristle when students' standardized-test scores are compared with those of more affluent or suburban schools. Only 1 in 10 children comes from a home with two parents. Three-quarters live below the poverty line. Some come from shelters. In the morning, before school opens, 250 children -- half the student body -- line up outside waiting for a free breakfast. As the month wears on and parents' incomes run out, the line grows longer. Some children have not had dinner the night before and complain of a headache. "This...
Bulger has come under fire for his support of school choice without funding for transportation. Detractors say that the current program allows more affluent parents to leave neighborhood schools, leaving poor, minority students behind...