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To: Dayuhan who wrote (19215)	8/11/2002 4:09:26 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Exactly. That would be the ideal solution. Out here in the real world, there is essentially no support for it, though. It has no constituency. The status quo has the teacher's unions and education establishment dug in, hunkered down, and determined to defend it to the death. And if a secular voucher movement did get going, the religious schools would try to hijack it and get it passed with them included as beneficiaries. To get support to get vouchers off the ground and fend off the unions, the only real hope is to bring them on board at the start. While secular vouchers may be a better solution, they don't appear politically practical. The alternatives seem to be to stick with a failing status quo or make common cause with its religious enemy. You can get educated citizens out of a mix of secular (there will be some) schools and religious schools, or end up with savages. Take your pick.