The same is true of at least three other studies that address academics and school environment. In a recent debate on school vouchers in the Arizona Legislature, GOP Representative John Verkamp argued that it was wrong for those who opposed certain principles or beliefs to be forced to pay taxes for vouchers that would be redeemed at schools promoting those principles or beliefs. That's what elected officials are paid to do. If they do it improperly, voters can remove them. But in the meantime, people will pay for things they may not support.
Pacifists pay taxes that go to buy missiles.
Neighborhood activists worried about police brutality watch their tax dollars go to fund cops' pensions. Those who are concerned with taxpayers paying for educational reforms with which they may not agree should be just as concerned about who pays the price now. As long as public schools underserve poor students, those students will continue to be shortchanged and cheated out of something much more valuable than tax dollars. MICA announced the creation of South Florida's first privately funded school choice program, Overtown Vouchers for School Choice, last year. The program allows low-income families living in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami to choose the school their child will attend.