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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (6813)	2/27/2001 6:58:30 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

One of his points was that in this area the next school nearest to you is as likely to be in bad shape as the one you are in. A voucher does not give you the time or means to transport a child great distances. I don't claim that vouchers are a perfect solution to all problems in all schools but they do give an incentive for schools to improve. Even in poor districts some schools are at least marginally better then others. If a student is not tied to his or her school but can choose (or the parents can choose) between them it creates an incentive for schools to improve. If current schools refuse to improve the voucher money might even go to new schools that are set up with the plan to attaract students through better educational oportunites but most of the likely improvements will come from current schools who are forced to improve or lose their customers. Tim