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3) Give parents a $12,000 voucher per kid to decide where they want to send their children (before you ask -- that is LESS than it costs now to "educate" a kid in PG using the system we have today

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What's wrong with vouchers?   a LOT.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/16/report-slams-d-c-s-federally-funded-school-voucher-program/

Report slams D.C.’s federally funded school voucher program

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A new U.S. General Accountability Office report says that  the local agency that administers the program — which has used $152 million in federal funds since 2004 for more than 5,000 students from low-income families — lacks the “financial systems, controls, policies, and procedures” to ensure that federal funds are being spent legally. It also says the U.S. Education Department has not exercised its oversight responsibilities well enough.

Created by a Republican-led Congress in 2004, the  D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program has been kept alive by Republican leaders in Congress who have ignored every report of mismanagement of the program, as well as opposition from the Obama administration. Last year, legislators even threatened to cut funding to D.C. public schools if the voucher program was shut down.[/quote]

You think PG County is going to do better at overseeing voucher programs than it apparently does with its current schools?

ALso -- you can't give vouchers to religious schools.   What miracle, non religious schools will pop up to educate the bottom 10% of our county?   Where will you find all he teachers willing to work for these schools that HAVE to take kids who don't speak English, kids with behavior problems, and kids with parents who don't give a damn?  And all for private school teacher pay?

The big trade off in teaching for working at the public schools is that the pay is usually a lot less, not such great benefits -- but you don't have to deal with as much pressure for test scores, and usually your school will counsel out difficult children or not allow them in in the first place.   SO teachers enjoy teaching at private schools more, and they are willing to work for less pay.

Remove those conditions, though… who do you think is going to be willing to staff all these $10,000 year schools?[/quote]

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