Mayor Norquist has proposed the elimination of the income level for school choice participants. He states that it will improve the public schools and lead to a better educated city. If the mayor is interested in retaining people in the city of Milwaukee and producing a more educated community, he needs to seriously look into improving the high unemployment level in certain areas of the city, the high crime rate that is a result of high unemployment, and racial discrimination that exists in the city. After all, schools are a reflection of the communities they inhabit. It is not the other way around.
Economic equality leads to educational equality.
Norquist and others continue to talk about competition. True competition can take place only if the rules, regulations and the playing field are equal for all who participate. If one entity has one set of rules, standards, regulations etc. In competition, you have a winner and a loser. There should be no losers when it comes to educating our children.