....voucher talking points....




"It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
.... Silvan Engel





See Also VOUCHER LEGISLATION

VOUCHER TALKING POINTS FOR 1999


VOUCHERS DIVERT ATTENTION FROM NEEDS OF SCHOOLS: The debate over vouchers keeps legistators, parents and public schools from addressing programs that can improve schools-technoloy, improved parental involvement, school discipline, and clear and strong academic standards.

PILOT PROGRAMS ARE FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR SCHEMES: Pilot programs have been tried in other states and have been used as a "foot-in-the-door" for greater tax support for private and religious schools. Pennsylvania needs to concentrate its energy and tax dollars on providing quality public education for all children.

TRIED AND FAILED: In Milwaukee, independent studies of the "pilot" program have shown that students who have used vouchers have not done any better than their public school counterparts. Students in some private voucher schools in Ohio perform worse on tests than do public school students.

ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE: Religious and other private schools will take public tax dollars and then be accountable to no one. Taxpayers don't want their money given to schools over which they have no control.

DON'T EXPERIMENT WITH OUR CHILDREN: Others have experimented with their children. Let's learn from their experience and reject calls for sending students to private and religious schools at public expense.

LAST THING WE NEED: It's foolish to fund a costly new government program and to spend state tax dollars on private and religious schools when the state isn't adequately funding public education now.

NEW ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM: When have you heard of the government ending an entitlement program once it was started?

CRUEL HOAX: The private and religious school will have a "choice" in which students to accept. Parents and students will be at the mercy of the private and religious schools.





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