White students ranked 13 th in the world in math and 6 th in the world in science. And most of the higher scoring countries were only a few points higher. In the most recent reading comparison, American students of all colors were second among 27 countries and our best readers scored higher than any other nation's best readers. The people who vote are satisfied with their public schools, and rightly so. It is more than slightly ironic that a plan that claims in increase accountability dumps students into schools that have no accountability at all.
Private schools are free from all accountability sanctions.
At least, so far. Home schoolers and many Protestant schools oppose vouchers because they fear that increased use of public funds for private schools will inevitably bring increased government regulation. They are right. This is precisely what has happened in Europe where private schools receive government funds. Government regulations bind the private schools so tightly that they differ from the public schools only in that they explicitly teach religion.