Word: vouchers
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...most voucher and charter schools, the instruction is only decent, in relation to even the poorest public schools," Elmore said. "There is no other industrialized country in the world where they've improved public schools by using vouchers...
Bolick said vouchers would provide immediate relief to poor families in addition to forcing public schools to raise their educational standards in the long run. According to Bolick, most families affected by voucher systems in public school districts would have below-average incomes...
...Elmore and Mincberg emphasized that public schools will be hurt, both in the immediate and distant future, by the institution of voucher programs...
...evidence is that children and parents who take advantage of voucher programs tend to be more actively involved in education," Elmore said. "But what about those left behind?...The net effect is a reduction in performance...
Mincberg estimated that if a national voucher program were instituted $16 billion would go to students already in private schools. Elmore suggested that, rather than instituting a voucher system, school districts should concentrate on increasing performance educational performance standards to improve public schools...