The truth is, if private or parochial schools had to meet public school mandates. No private school is mandated to provide special education, counseling and dropout prevention, vo-tech education, alternative education, bilingual education, compensatory education, student transportation, health and psychological services, food services or decent salaries and fringe benefits. Public schools are not permitted to pick and choose the students they will educate. The public schools have failed our youth. America's graduate schools are the envy of the world.
Public schools are a violent place of darkness.
That's what happens when you lock God out. The truth is, despite the media hype surrounding a handful of tragic shootings, the incidents of public school violence have decreased for nine consecutive years. The most common school crime is theft, not violence. The average child is safer at school than at home. I support vouchers because too many of our minority students are being cheated of a quality education.