School vouchers

[Enrique Diaz-Alvarez]

Michael Hoover wrote:
> 
> forwarded by Michael Hoover
> 
> >               Advocates vouch for school idea during road trip
> >
> >                               Catherine Hinman
> >                            of The Sentinel Staff
> >
> >             Published in The Orlando Sentinel on March 13, 1999.
> >
> >      National and state advocates for school vouchers championed their
> >    cause at an Orlando forum Friday, hoping to educate more people on an
> >                      idea gaining momentum in Florida.
> >
> >      Former New York congressman Floyd Flake told a group of about 100
> >    parents, educators and business people at the Downtown Marriott he did
> >      not think true reform could take place in the public schools until
> >                      their monopoly on education ends.
> >

How about this strategy to end the voucher nonsense: accept it in
principle, but require all participating private schools to "compete" on
"equal terms" with public schools. This means 

1) No participating private school can charge more in tuition than the
voucher amount

2) All participating private schools must admit _any_ student that
wishes to attend. Any admission selectivity is strictly forbidden.
Expulsion for diciplinary reasons is subject to the same rules as public
schools.

How many private schools would sign up?

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