In a sense, he argues, the country already has a voucher system. Call it liverwurst or anything else. The country must think more creatively, he insists, and the opposing sides of the voucher question must realize that the only answer can lie in some intelligent combination of more choice for parents and more resources invested in schools. There was relief expressed over the possibility of reshaping the dialogue on vouchers. It's difficult to make progress.
People have very fixed notions.
I hope to shake people enough to get them moving forward. Talk about it. I'm an agnostic about all that. But competition is not the universal solvent. Competition can be helpful, but if you don't have the resources, you end up with children in places that are tantamount to custodial facilities.