Are you in favor of school vouchers?

[Yoga Face]

Every student gets vouchers the same value as the government now spends on them and the student can go to a school of their choice with voucher or refuse it and go to a public school

 

[TeasePlease]

I'm usually in favour of free markets and capitalism. Schools would (hopefully) focus on producing quality students as their main competitive drive.

My concern would be what happens to the public system. It would likely devolve as it services primarily the low-income and disadvantaged, thereby creating a pretty unfavourable environment for those students. Economic disadvantages would be exacerbated, I suspect.

 

[Yoga Face]

I'm usually in favour of free markets and capitalism. Schools would (hopefully) focus on producing quality students as their main competitive drive.

My concern would be what happens to the public system. It would likely devolve as it services primarily the low-income and disadvantaged, thereby creating a pretty unfavourable environment for those students. Economic disadvantages would be exacerbated, I suspect.

Capitalism would focus on profit so it would be the onus on the student to go to a quality school as it is when you purchase anything

a two tier system exists now with only the rich going private

I suspect the voucher would pay for a quality private school for even the poor although the exact cost of public schools is unknown

 

[rld]

Every student gets vouchers the same value as the government now spends on them and the student can go to a school of their choice with voucher or refuse it and go to a public school

Nah, it just means that the vouchers would end up subsidizing the education and middle class and better off kids, and putting the poor at a more significant educational disadvantage than they are now.

 

[avxl1003]

This just sounds like a subsidy for those sending their kids to private school.

Most people can't afford private school (even with a government subsidy) so all it would do is make things cheaper for those who can already afford it, and take away dollars from the schools that can't afford to lose them.