Public schools must accept all children regardless of academic ability, physical handicap, or family background. Private schools may reject any child with problems and enroll only the academically gifted. Public schools will improve only if our government officials and the public decide to make a serious commitment to educational quality. Diverting money away from public schools to private schools will not achieve this goal, but will hurt the nation's public education system. The American public school system is failing our children.
New studies indicate that American students are among the best educated in the world.
The U.S. has one of the highest graduation rates and U.S. schools steer more students to college than does any other country, even though many of those countries weed out mediocre students. Polls show that the vast majority of parents support the public schools their children attend and believe those schools are doing a good job. Vouchers will impede the public school system by draining funding necessary to provide quality education for all children. Private schools provide a better education than public schools. According to a recent Money magazine study, private schools rank no better scholastically than comparable public schools.