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You also need the parents to be involve in order to improve a school district. The government alone cannot fix the problem. IMHO, the problem with failing schools is bigger than just a lack of funds.

Originally posted by librasoul22
I think we ALL would like the chance to send our children to the best school available. In that vein, vouchers sound like a lovely alternative to public schooling -- especially the distrcts with run-down, dilapidated schools with little-to-no resources. However, (and this is not directed at anyone here personally), I think it is rather selfish to neglect the needs of these very schools any further than we already are. That is what vouchers do. They deflect attention away from the schools that need it most and toward the delusions of grandeur surrounding private schooling (and by this, I simply mean the proposed outcome of these vouchers, not the private schools themselves).

Not to say, however, that the alternative is just to let your children stay at the schools with the sub-par conditions, but I just don't think vouchers are the answer. Maybe if the gov't spent more time, money, and effort on the public schools that need it most, we wouldn't have to worry this.