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The advantage with vouchers is that there is a direct incentive, the parent's desire to see their children succeed, driving the allocation of resources. By comp
by magila 10y ago
The advantage with vouchers is that there is a direct incentive, the parent's desire to see their children succeed, driving the allocation of resources. By comparison, public schools have much weaker incentives. Public school administrators generally only need do enough to avoid being ousted from their appointment or election, while private schools live and die by their enrollment.
- koolba 10y agoThe incentive isn't just weaker, it's arguably diametrically against the interests of the children. A teacher's union would lobby for the interests of its members and that would include things like higher teachers' salaries (i.e. less money for the rest of the budget, transportation, activites) and shorter working hours (i.e. shorter school days).
- sjg007 10y agoNah vouchers will just raise tuition and give more money to private schools. Private school costs 5k say and you get a 5k voucher. Demand increases and they raise tuition to 10k. Voucher is still 5k.