Working-class parents often express interest in vouchers. But in Arizona, the nation’s school choice capital, these families aren’t using them due to the inaccessibility of private schools and the costs of transportation, meals and uniforms.
Yes. Religious parents would love to save money on tuition for their private schools, and they would love even more to take money away from public schools.
And some rich parents want to send their kids to expensive private schools because they think, possibly accurately, that some of those schools provide high quality education. So if you give them money, of course they’re going to take it.
Aren’t school vouchers just the extremists’ way to get their religious indoctrination centers funded as public schools?
Yes. Religious parents would love to save money on tuition for their private schools, and they would love even more to take money away from public schools.
And some rich parents want to send their kids to expensive private schools because they think, possibly accurately, that some of those schools provide high quality education. So if you give them money, of course they’re going to take it.