An intelligent student and alert parent can make choices about the education that they want for them and their children, and have nobody to blame but themselves if they make bad choices. That's not diversity in the way I think of the term. They are aspects in the multiplicity of structures and opportunities that are available in this country. But I think the two issues are different. Home schooling represents a good alternative to either public or parochial schooling and many parents feel this is important.
Vouchers are a different sort of questions.
I'm one of those who feel that most proponents of vouchers are those who want to undermine the scope and reach of public education. I think that's going to shut off new alternatives, rather than to create them. I think it's unlike the democratic values for education which I spoke about earlier. We have generally thought the proper role was to ensure uniformity in evaluation. There's certainly some utility to the standardized test from that perspective.