If not, she fears another generation of black urban youth will be lost. The less education you got, the less money you going to make. If you want six figures, you got to have some sense. They've got to compete globally. And if these youngsters cannot get exposed to a computer, then they're going to be illiterate.
Vouchers are, at the moment, a tiny, almost marginal experiment.
And vouchers may indeed siphon money and the most-motivated parents from an already debilitated public school system. In the suburbs, no one's talking about vouchers. They've even got their own planetarium. The test scores are strong and the music, theater and painting have reached some kids who might otherwise have lost interest in school. For those who lack the resources of a Shaker Heights, or who languish on the waiting lists trying to get into one of the few wonderful alternative schools in Cleveland, the appeal of vouchers will surely grow.