Reply #96: Its not about the title (vouchers). Its the content that counts.

[cornermouse]

without the link:

The AFT supports parents' right to send their children to private or religious schools but opposes the use of public funds to do so. The main reason for this opposition is because public funding of private or religious education transfers precious tax dollars from public schools, which are free and open to all children, accountable to parents and taxpayers alike, and essential to our democracy, to private and religious schools that charge for their services, select their students on the basis of religious or academic or family or personal characteristics, and are accountable only to their boards and clients.

In recent years, advocates of public funding of private and religious schools have argued that "school choice" and the ensuing "competition" between public and private schools will improve public schools and student achievement. The evidence does not support this argument. In contrast, the research clearly indicates that reducing class size or adopting scientifically based reading programs, for example, improves student achievement.