Follow the link to the article listed above. Read the article and post your thoughts on this issue. Are you for or against school vouchers? Why? Include at least two points from one of the sources listed at the bottom of the article. Be sure to list which source you used. Do not copy the points used by any of your classmates.
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http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
No. I am against school vouchers because i believe that if a parent wants to enroll their child in a private school it is their responsibility to pay for it not the governments responsibility. This thus lead into my reasoning which is that most private schools are also religious school so if vouchers were proposed the first amendment will be broken, which is the separation of church and state.
ReplyDeleteI used http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm as my source point one in the no list.
Cynthia Galán period 4
I am against school vouchers because the implementation of school vouchers would defeat the purpose of the privatization of some schools, religious and secular. If someone from the private sector wants to create a private school, they should be able to come up with the funds individually and from acquaintances who support the idea. The government's job is not to dish out subsidies and make private schools dependent on the government; that would make them public schools. "Vouchers don't work. Smaller class size and proven academic programs do," and with the current private school success rate without government vouchers, why should we take more money out of our taxes to fix something that isn't broken. Although some "note that private school students tend to come from wealthier households in which parents have higher levels of educational attainment," if we strive to use tax money set aside for public education more wisely and rid of programs like common core and allow teachers to implement ways that they get the best result with instead, public schools can attain the same success rate as private schools.
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DeleteI am against school vouchers because implementing school vouchers would reduce the enrollment response to changes in public-school quality by placing different households on the margin of deciding between public and private educations. Also, vouchers ignore the reasons for the creation of American public schools and run against the concept of publicly funded services.
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Karishma Shah, 2nd period.
Since vouchers provide households with greater freedom of choice, encourage competition, and provide an incentive system that encourages all schools to improve the quality of education offered to students, I think school vouchers are a good idea. 1) The quality of schooling is really bad in our day, compared to 1955. A market-based approach would improve the quality of education that has been in decline, and many believe that a voucher program is the best way to achieve a better quality of education. 2) The result of the technological and political revolutions of the past few decades has been a sharp widening in the differential between the wages of highly skilled and low-skilled labor in the United States and other advanced countries. We should not have to see a group of our population move into Third World conditions at the same time that another group of our population becomes increasingly well off, so vouchers would help us avoid this issue (Milton Friedman, "Public Schools: Make Them Private" http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-023.html).
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Period 2
I am against vouchers because the government is supposed help the public system of education. Much of the states in the U.S are already facing troubles in having enough money to provide up to date information. Paying for vouchers takes away from public school funds, making it even harder for underfunded school to pay for "the ever increasing cost of books, teachers, computers, and security". Additionally, private schools were founded on the basis that they were private and meant to support themselves, not with the money of the government. Since the government provides money for public schools, they are restricted and overseen by laws set by the government. However, private schools are not subject to the Governments regulations and have their own freedom. "Only the marketplace can govern their actions" which leaves the education of many students in the hands of parents.
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Leesa Cano
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
DeleteI am against vouchers because though they assist in allowing students to attend private schools, the private schools are still allowed to discriminate against students based on their religion, disabilities, and so on. The government should not be aiding private schools if the schools are still going to refuse to educate students. Education should not be unattainable. Also, vouchers allow the private school students to compete with public school students, and private school students have advantages over public school students because their education is paid for. The private schools who refuse to accept students based on certain credentials such as their religion or disabilities force those students to be below the private school students in the educational competition.
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Dahlia Chandrahasan, 4th period
Amira Nickerson
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I am for school vouchers because they grant opportunities to students who may not have been able to afford private schools in the past. As point one from my source states, school vouchers allow parents from lower-income areas to be able to send their children to the same schools as those in richer areas. Poor students deserve the same chances as rich students, and private school tuition creates an unnecessary divide. Furthermore, point 6 states that school vouchers can increase diversity in private schools. There is a clear disparity between the type of people that attend private schools and public schools. School vouchers allow those from other racial and income groups to attend private schools.
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm#yes
I think that school vouchers are something that should be implemented in our society. There is a vast disparity in the quality of education students have the opportunity to earn in America, just by the location of where that student lives. 1) Overall test scores for black voucher recipients who attended a private school for at least one of the three years were, on average, 7.6 percentile points higher than those of black students who had never attended a private school. This is proof that there are students who are willing to put in the effort to do better in school if they are able to afford a better education. The true potential of these students are often compromised; school vouchers by the government will allow these children to have the opportunity to really better their circumstances. 2) In Pakistan, the Education Voucher Scheme (EVS) has started to give impoverished children in villages vouchers to redeem at schools so that the government can ensure that the poorest families have equal access to quality education. Today, there are more than 140,000 students that have been blessed by the introduction of these school vouchers so that they can earn the knowledge the yearn for.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher
I am against vouchers because it tends to be unequally distributed, even when the type of schooling is not truly important. A school voucher system has a lack of accountability to taxpayers, and they cannot vote on budget issues concerning vouchers. The Unites States Department of Education released a report concluding that the average test scores for reading and mathematics, when adjusted for student and school characteristics, tend to be very similar among public schools and private schools. In the end, it makes little difference where a child attends for academic achievements, whether that be private or public school.
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Abilio Sanchez
6th Period
I am against school vouchers because I feel the voucher money should be put towards improving public schools. These school vouchers are for familys that want to send their kids to private schools, however, the families that do not wish to send their kids to a private school will still suffer in our already slacking public school system. Also, having school vouchers for selected private schools will create more divide between public and private schools and may alienate even more students from attaining a quality education.
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Period 4
I am against the use of implementing vouchers by the government because the cost of education will increase dramatically, which much of the population cannot afford. Instead, the standards and expectations of the curriculum that should be implemented in the public schooling system needs to be increased. Especially because it is not the governments' role to provide free education for everyone at the expense of the working class, compared to those who do nothing and receive the same benefits.Rather, it helps "a few kids at the expense of many....". Secondly, the educational achievement levels may appear to be significantly higher on the private school end of the spectrum, however this may be due to more gifted students and more time dedication and possible tutors more so than the actual establishment. In fact, several studies have shown no correlation between significant educational gains and transition from public to private school, while keeping other factors constant.
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Jackie Landoski
Pd. 2
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ReplyDeleteI am against school vouchers because I believe that you get what you pay. Private schools already cost so much and on top of that, parents have to pay twice the taxes for public schools that their children don't even attend to, according to Joe Messerli. With that in mind, if we did have school vouchers, the government will have to shift some of the money that were going to public schools to the private schools causing under funded schools to get even lesser funds which is terrible since the cost of books, technology, and other school necessities are also increasing.
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http://www.weac.org/news/dec96/neavouch.htm
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
I support the school vouchers because they provide provide an avenue for students to get more specialized education. My article states that the centralization of education under public schools does not cater to the specific attention a student may need to learn. Private schools are more apt to providing specialized education to students who do not learn in traditional ways.Of couse it can be argued that private schools only serve as small percentage of the population and are therefore provide an unfair advantage to students with the opportunity to attend. However,"the privatization of schooling would produce a new, highly active and profitable private industry" bringing more schools into the market. More private schools could serve a larger population allowing children, with the help of vouchers, to attend whatever area private school that is best suited to their needs.
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http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-023.html
Logan Felton
Period 2
I am against the school voucher. Maybe it will be rude to say, sometimes the students at private schools have high achievements or their parents are passionately devoted to their kids' education. Not all the parents who decide to send their kids to private schools are rich; some parents do it because they hope their kids' talent can have better improvement. Also, parents who spend great amount of money on education are often more motivated to see their kids succeed. No one wants to waste money on something not paying back. The less gifted students enter private school will detract the students who wants more succeed education. Curious question... Where is the voucher money coming from? The answer might be from our taxes. This is my second reason against it. Why should we help other people to pay for their private school fee? If u really want to go to private school, earn the money by yourself!!!
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I am in support of vouchers being given to support the funds for private schools. I believe that it is evident in reducing the gap of success between race and social class. Students who want better careers and lives for themselves deserve the chance of a higher quality education. Students are being deprived of all that they can achieve by going to underfunded public schools that have less flexibility in a student strengths due to a strict guideline on what can be taught. Individuals will be able to learn to adapt to being around unique individuals with special talents and diverse cultures. Because in the workforce these students will have to learn how to adapt to competition regardless if they are of the same intelligence, race, or religion. Therefore private schools will give them an edge on entering the career of their choice.
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Allen Watson
6th Period
I do not support school vouchers because there are already many public schools who have poor quality education and facilities for their students. Providing students with vouchers will just take even more of the money that these schools earn.
ReplyDeleteI support school vouchers because it gives students the ability to have a higher form of education that they otherwise would not experience because of income limitations. If a voucher system is implemented, then the increased competition of private schools will cause public schools to maintain high quality teaching methods and keep unnecessary costs low in order retain their student body. This will allow students to have continuous access to higher level education without the burden of school tuition costs. Furthermore, the concern about religious values integrated in school would be a choice for parents and students. They would be able to choose a school that would require a prayer or not and can also choose a school that follows their particular religion. With the voucher systems, parents and students would get the freedom to choose a school that promotes high quality education and supports their religious values.
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Ana Salim
4th period
In my opinion, government vouchers should be given to private schools, even if they are religious schools, because everyone should have equal opportunity to go to private schools. There are many reasons why parents would want their kids to go to a private school, such as to stop their child from getting bullied from his or her previous school or to make their child specialize in a certain subject, and not everyone has the financial needs to pay for it, so giving vouchers from the government to people that can't afford to pay for private schools would make every child to have the opportunity to go to a private school, instead of just a few individuals that have the money. In addition, the government isn't imposing religion when giving vouchers to religious schools because the parents are making the decision between the religious schools or non-religious schools, not the government. Thus the government isn't violating the 1st Amendment's separation of church and state.
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Lucky Marchelino
4th Period
I believe that the government should provide vouchers for private education on need or merit based conditions. Every family in the US pays taxes for public education, and it is unreasonable to have lower incoming families paying for their children's education twice. Given the fact that there is a large disparity in quality of education within the public schools alone (for example, Clements high school vs inner city Houston schools) it is reasonable to expect some families living in areas with lower quality schools would like to send their kids to private schools where they can obtain an equal level of education, and often times they can not afford to do so on their own.
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2nd
http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/vouchers.html
I am against using school vouchers. Although the intentions are great and efforts to provide better education to the less fortunate should continue, school vouchers are not the right way to go. 1) Taxpayers' money would be put to better use by improving the lower end public schools. Public schools have the potential to be better than private schools, as evidenced by numerous public schools outperforming private schools. 2) Private schools aren't subject to much oversight allowing for education that may be inaccurate and pandering to the parents. Regarding science, there have been many instances of creationism being taught alongside evolution or instead of evolution in religious private schools.
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Sunny Patil
4th period
I am against government school vouchers because of its impact in countries like Sweden. Sweden's system "has not led to better results" and its ranking in the PISA league tables actually worsened. In fact, some even claim that the voucher system would only weaken public schools while also not supplying enough money for students to attend private schools.
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I am not in support of vouchers. The point of a private school would be lost if just anyone could enter it. Scholarships are a better choice in order to bring students that cannot afford it into the private school life. As a student who went to a private school, I can state that while the experience is different, the things that non-private school students are missing out on isn't much. Public schools, which are regulated schools, are a much better choice, as you are somewhat protected. Private schools are built to be seperated from public schools, and vouchers would demean that aspect.
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6th period
I don't support vouchers because the big difference between public and private schools is that you have to pay for private schools. Giving money to an already well-established school isn't worth it. However, giving money to an underdeveloped school is worth it because it can experience a bigger amount of growth. Also, there are more public schools than private schools. Sometimes vouchers only cover some of the cost. How are poor households supposed to get the rest of the money. People who can benefit from vouchers often do not know it. In April 2012, a bill passed in Louisiana that made vouchers available to low-income families whose children attended poorly ranked schools. A student whose household income was low (up to about $44,000 for a family of three) who attended a school ranked "C", "D", or "F" could apply for vouchers to attend another school Of the estimated 380,000 eligible students during the school year when the bill was passed (2012-2013), only 5,000 students knew about and applied for the vouchers, and accepted them.
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Alex Itoop 2nd
I don't support school vouchers because they would take away money that could be going to public schools. These schools are already in need of funding so this would cause a greater problem. This would also in turn further divide american education system which public schools help to bring together. They would cause more people to choose private schools that may not be of the highest quality but would pop up to take advantage of unsuspecting families with school vouchers.
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Jenny George
6th period
I don't support school vouchers because they would take away money that could be going to public schools. These schools are already in need of funding so this would cause a greater problem. This would also in turn further divide american education system which public schools help to bring together. They would cause more people to choose private schools that may not be of the highest quality but would pop up to take advantage of unsuspecting families with school vouchers.
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Jenny George
6th period
I am do not believe that the government should provide vouchers for private schools. If private schools start receiving government money that they do not necessarily need that means some public schools that are already struggling to provide up to date resources for their students will find it harder to find money to pay for them. Another reason the government should not provide voucher for private schools is that it dose not necessarily mean that everyone will get into a private school, because private schools still have to admit students and not all students will make the cut. On the other hand if everyone makes the cut the value of getting an education from a private school would diminish greatly as there would bee many more people with private school educations.
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Period 2
https://www.au.org/church-state/february-2011-church-state/featured/10-reasons-why-private-school-vouchers-should-be
I am against the idea of the government providing school vouchers for private schools. Public schools have a quota to be met and a certain financial ranking they have to meet in order to keep running. If by giving school vouchers to private schools, which already cost money because of tuition, the money that goes towards public schools will slowly diminish. Private schools also have much smaller class sizes and limits to how many students they accept, whereas public schools have larger class sizes which gives more students the opportunity of education in a public school over a private school. So decreasing funding to public schools where more children have the opportunity to education and giving it to private schools, does not seem fair in my opinion. Already most of the United States public schools are in need of some sort of financial boost to upgrade their classrooms, whereas private schools gain money from tuition and private contributors.
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Period 4
I support the idea of the government providing school vouchers for private school.Vouchers improve academic outcomes at public schools, reduce racial segregation, deliver better services to special education students, and do not drain money from public schools.Also, vouchers can be used by parents with low-incomes or parents with children in poorly performing schools. Thus,vouchers will give the opportunity for low class families to receive a higher education. All in all, private schools should not be limited to those who can afford to pay for it. It should be given to those who are eager to have their children study in that school.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher
Victoria Avila - 6th period
ReplyDeleteI am not in favor of government vouchers for private schools. This is due to the fact that people are willingly able to send their children to private school and they effectively make the choice to send their child (and money) to the specific school. Also if schools were to give voucher to private schools that would effectively take away from public school fundings. As a student at a public school, I am well aware of the resources that are allotted to us and it's not as advanced as that of the private schools. In my opinion, giving them more money is unfair as students at private schools are attaining a better education due to the advanced technology.
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
i personally as a student would prefer to have a better education to improve my parents financial situation. I used to be at a private school but couldnt attend due to economic reasons. I believe both sides have a strong purpose of defending their yes/no side of why school vouchers should or shouldn't be given. In my behalf I would say yes to give vouchers to pay for students who would like and commit to attend to a private school and those who attend for illogical reasons should be banned from it. Both sides should come together and find a solution that benefits both sides not greatly but enough to reasonably come to good graces with each other.
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I personally not in favor of school vouchers for private school. For the reason vouchers undermine religious liberty, violate many state constitutional provisions, do not improve student academic performance, do not increase education choice, and lead to private schools of questionable quality. Also, vouchers do not save taxpayer money. Thus, vouchers do not decrease educational costs. As a result, the city has had to raise property taxes several times in order to ensure adequate funding for the city’s schools. And vouchers will not longer be an issue.
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https://www.au.org/church-state/february-2011-church-state/featured/10-reasons-why-private-school-vouchers-should-be
The way I see it, the pros out-weigh the cons of a voucher system. The argument in my opinion is more of a short-term versus long-term pay-off. A voucher system might hurt more short term, but will start to pay off and be beneficial in the long-term. To prove this I will attempt to rebuttal each of the five arguments against school vouchers.
ReplyDeleteThe argument that the government paying private schools violates the 1st amendment simply isn't true. It may be that most private schools happen to be religious, but that doesn't detract from the fact that most private schools offer a better education than public school. The 1st Amendment is withheld. The parents are the ones to choose which school their child goes to, religious or not. The government is not favoring religious schools with this system, they are favoring the educational opportunity of every child.
The only strong argument I have seen against school vouchers is that it takes money away from already poor public schools and gives them to rich private schools, but this is short-term thinking. Sure this will hurt public school for a while, but thinking of the long-term is just as important. You have to take into account that once that money is being taken away from public schools, they will take notice and will fight to get their money back. How will they do this? By fighting for every student they can, but more students going to public schools means less going to private school, meaning more money for the public schools. Public schools will fight by actually trying to improve their test scores and reputation. This new system will spark competition among schools thus improving education all across the board, public AND private schools.
Private schools aren't subject to as rigorous of oversight; thus, they might no act responsibly. Again, this may be a short term problem, but in the long term will sort itself out due to competition among schools. Even so, what do you think public schools are doing with the money we give them now? A lot of them are doing nothing to improve the quality of their education. If we start reducing the amount we give them, maybe they will take notice and start doing what they should have been doing with our money in the first place.
The fourth "argument" against school vouchers isn't even a real argument. It, on the other hand, helps my case. Public schools are required to accept everyone regardless of disabilities, test scores, religion, etc. while private school are allowed to discriminate. This isn't an argument. This is a problem. Why should private schools get to discriminate? Everyone should have equal opportunity to a good education despite your, or your parents', socioeconomic predisposition. Everyone has potential and it is absurd to deny certain people the opportunity to reach that potential based on something out of their control.
The thought that the quality of education will go down because of the "inferior" public school students is pure generalization and borderline discrimination. Students in public school have just as much, if not more, potential than private school students. Of course students in private schools get better test scores, they have access to better teachers and resources that public schools just don't have. Of course private schools students score higher than public school students. Saying the quality of education will go down because of it alludes right back to African American discrimination. Once we integrate public school students in to private school, you will be surprised how well they will do; how much they will achieve now that they have a chance.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher
Alex Nguyen
Period 6
I do not think the government should provide vouchers for private/ religious schools. As a student who attended 3 years(middle school) of a Charter school which was majority Muslim and operated by Turkish administrators, I realized the extents they would go in order to keep their school district prestigious and highly commendable. As a Christian who attended a Muslim school, I noticed the unfair partiality and exceptions the administrators would give to students who were Muslim. Therefore, the middle school I attended showed favoritism in selecting students although they claimed it as a "lottery" with an interview. The school allowed Muslim students to leave class whenever they needed to "pray" whereas the others had to remain in their seats and continue with their class work.
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Jewel Zachariah
Period 6
I am against vouchers because the U.S. Government is supposed to increase and maintain the quality of the U.S. public education system. Not denying that there will be lots of competition between private schools to earn the favor of people holding vouchers. The problem is the public schools will be massively undercutted and not benefited from the voucher system.
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Period 2
I consider that vouchers funded by the government are a plus to those families that want to send their children to private schools within a district of their choice rather than some of those failing public schools out there. As we see today, many of our public schools have lacked a proper expenditure on improving their education and quality from their resources. The parents have a choice here. They have a right to choose an institution that offers efficient use of assets and gives better learning over a substandard school, which their children should not be forced into. As shown in the Milwaukee Experiment’s results, those students who focused specifically on math and science tests in private schools had an improvement of education over those in a public institution offering the same test. And as such, we can point that there was random treatment as well. Parents who had a choice of choosing vouchers regarding private institutions were more noticeable in helping their children pursue a better education, rather than parents who choose a public school that was inferior.
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Yousuf Sirajuddin
Period 2
I am for vouchers because the private school system as it is now, works for the rich people alone. People of all backgrounds should be given an opportunity to a better education. Some of the most influential people today came from rough backgrounds. Another pro of getting more deserving people into private schools is that private schools are typically more efficient at achieving results at a much lower per-pupil cost than public schools.
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http://townhall.com/columnists/rebeccahagelin/2006/02/21/the_lessons_of_school_choice
Temi Oyewuwo
Period 6
I think the Government should propose vouchers, because it's not about the poor and the rich. It's about education itself. If parents want to send their children to school, they will most likely do anything they can to send their children to school. Parents will not just let their kids stay home and not attend school. Except the fact that, the kid might tell the parent that they are going to school, but in actual they would be skipping school.
ReplyDeleteI used http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm point one on the yes list
Simran Manasiya
4 Period
I am for school vouchers because they give equal opportunity to the low-income students who cant afford private schools.As the source states, school vouchers allow parents from lower-income areas to be able to send their children to the same schools as those in richer areas.I feel like the low-income students should get the same opportunity or experience as the rich. Also, school vouchers will allow students to have higher level of education which wouldn't have been experienced because of income limitations.
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Rifa Shah
Period 4
I am against government aid vouching private schools. Private schools usually consist of wealthy people or people who plan on gaining more knowledge than those of public schools. For those reasons, parents should be required to pay for their student to attend a private school. Although this counters the first amendment which guarantees religious liberty, private schools integrate religion throughout their curriculum which not only gives students educational knowledge but spiritual knowledge also.
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Aaron Hudson
Period 6
ReplyDeleteI am against school vouchers because they take away funds that could be used to improve the public school system. Instead of shifting funds to government vouchers, the funds should be used to improve the public school system.Furthermore, the perceived educational improvement between private schools and public schools are due to the students being wealthy enough to pay for personal tutors and other educational supplements. Therefore, by publicizing the private schools, it will lead to the elimination of the perceivable difference.
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http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm (2,5)
I am against government vouchers for private schools. The families of students who attend private schools already have the funds necessary to provide an upper level education that is, in many cases, superior to what students who attend public schools are to expect. If the government is to provide vouchers for private schools, it would essentially be taking desperately needed funds from schools that exist in the inter-city and outlying suburbs. The lack of funding towards the improvement of intercity schools is arguably where the American public school system fails in comparison to the rest of the western world, and the lack of funding for public schools in the suburbs, in terms of updating textbooks and technology, can sometimes fare no better than the intercity schools. Therefore, the government should not give vouchers to privately chartered schools.
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DeleteI support the idea of government vouchers for private schools. I believe that everyone should be granted an equal opportunity in order to succeed in life. There are some very bright students that are not able to reach some opportunities due to their economic status. With the introduction of government vouchers, these students would be given a chance to be successful. Furthermore, the education in private schools is statistically better than that of public schools. I believe that environment is a huge factor in how well students do in school. If you have peers that study, then you are inclined to study yourself.
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Isabelle Tzeng ; 6th
I am against private school vouchers that will influence a student and school's quality and performance. The vouchers will encourage a group of student who were not purposely to go private school enroll in the school. That will make student' less of concentrate on school work, because they feel the school is the private same as public one. And also, the vouchers will divert public school fund to private school which make the public less resource the develop a better program and the private one would progress to a higher quality level. Then it would seems like the government are increasing the quality of education distance between private and public school.
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Yun Ju Huang
4th
I am against private school vouchers because it makes an existing problem even worse. The problem is that the public school isn't functioning and providing what is needed towards students. Giving kids the option to go to a private school is not solving the public school issue. It is merely avoiding a problem, a problem that may get worse. "If we don't fix the public schools, then all of our other efforts are going to be futile or, at best, marginal."
ReplyDeleteNext, it is important to consider the distinction between public schools and private schools. School vouchers would nullify the reason why many families send their kids to private schools. The private school would effectively become a public school.
Although I personally believe merits of a school are ultimately determined by its students, the solution the under-performing schools need is not school vouchers. Effective reforms are the solution. "We have enough examples on the ground in this country of poor schools, of failing schools, that got turned around with good leadership, good instruction, wonderful teachers, a committed community, people who put the necessary and right emphasis on instruction."
Prakul Suresh
6th Period
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/vouchers/choice/convouchers.html
I used this because there were no links against school choice working on the original article.
I'm not in favor because the money must come from somewhere, and it generally comes from the funds that are provided for the public schools. A big part of what pays for education is property taxes, which means that schools in poorer neighborhoods already receive less money for their schools. If you implement a voucher program then these schools will receive even less money, harming all of the students left behind by giving them an ever worsening education system. This is the perfect answer to those who talk about equalizing access to education. 2. There is already the mindset that private schools are better than public schools, so students will leave the public schools for private schools even if it is a good public school. This will decrease the quality of the schools because they will receive less money. No matter how many students a school has, they have many expenses they will incur whether they have 400 or 2000 students. All of the facilities costs. All private schools are well funded because they can charge what they need. Many public schools do not receive what they need to be good schools. That is a part of why private schools perform better overall. The solution is to provide the poorer schools with what they need to succeed, not spending that money to send students to other schools. This may be a bit off topic but I don't even support private schools because school fees is enough of motivation for all kids who attend to get good grades and thus the competition within these schools are high which could lead to a situation where almost all the kids have the same grades. But step into a public school where there's no tuition fees and those who are at the top academically are self motivated to be the best. That's the sweet spot.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher
I am in favor of the school voucher because school vouchers are a way of basic reforms towards our deteriorating schools. The increase in centralization of public schools has cost school districts to decrease from 55,000 to about 15,000. An improved educational system can limit harm against our social stability from permanent and large underclass. School vouchers also promote rapid privatization only if there is a large demand of private schools to constitute an incentive for entrepreneurs to enter the industry. Vouchers would also be a great idea in that it provides students from low-income families to get a higher level of education as a student coming from a wealthy family. Private schools would be more diverse due to the open opportunities of students being enrolled in them. Lastly, the families can choose whether their students enroll within a religious or non-religious private school, so the government would not be breaking the first amendment because they would not be imposing religion. The deterioration of schools have made it far more important for privatization than compared to 40 years ago.
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Sources: http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-023.html
Chelsea Godfrey
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I do not support the idea of vouchers that are given to pay for private schools because most of the money for the vouchers comes from other sources. Public schools that do not receive enough funding will crumble underneath the increasing cost of textbooks, teachers, security, etc. In addition to this, the selectiveness of private schools hinders other students that might get rejected from attending a certain school due to test scores, disabilities, etc. Although vouchers can provide a decent sum of money for private schools, this would limit the choice people have of whether they should send their child to a private school or a public school. Overall, school vouchers do not seem to benefit anybody, in my opinion. This could end up changing the school atmosphere in general because it may lower the prestige of certain private schools and increase the amount of money parents have to pay for their kids to continue to attend that school. There are some questions that are raised from this topic as well. Do school vouchers pay for the whole entire time a student attends a school or does it pay a part of the school tuition?
Sources: http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
http://townhall.com/columnists/rebeccahagelin/2006/02/21/the_lessons_of_school_choice
I favor school vouchers because they help give lower income families more 'high-quality' school options. It also provides families who cannot afford private school tuition with alternative schooling systems. For example, within the first year that this program was introduced, around 300 students benefited from it. Vouchers also give private schools opportunities to specialize with the extra money and resources available. This enables them to focus on specific courses such as math, science, sports training, liberal arts, and college preparation. The vouchers will also help diversify the private schools, as now people from different races will get the same opportunities. Although some critics do say that this program drains the resources that are needed from public schools, they fail to understand that there are other ways public schools can get funding, such as taxes. They will also say that public schools already have a lack of funding and these vouchers will contribute to the failing of the public schools. These critics ignore the fact that with the help of vouchers, even the poor student will be able to get the same opportunities as the rich student. Thus with the help of vouchers, education will hopefully become more equal.
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Sources: http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/why-school-vouchers-can-help-inner-city-children-5615.html
I support the idea of school vouchers because every student deserves the same chance in education even if they come from various backgrounds. School vouchers will let an unfortunate student receive the same chances and education as a wealthy child. I believe that income should not be the biggest factor or hinderence in a child's education instead they should receive the same opportunities so they can make a better future for themselves and their family. Sending poor children to public schools in the area will not influence them to be better because where they live also reflects the atmosphere of the school they go to. Another reason to implement school vouchers is to bring attention to the good and effective teacher in the school. Now a days teachers are don't take the duties and responsibilities of a teacher seriously instead they are more concentrated on going through the motions. Teachers used to take interest in every student and provide aid but these types of educators seem to be decreasing. Implementing school vouchers will help and motivate teachers to be the best educators and strive to see the best in their students.
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http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-486es.html
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I am against government vouchers for private schools. Reason one being, under most voucher bills, private schools can take taxpayer money and still deny admission to any student they choose. Therefore public funds/taxpayer money should only be available for public schools that are open to all kids. Reason two, vouchers do not improve opportunities for children from low income families, due to the fact that the voucher does not cover the entire tuition cost or other fees. For example, in Cleveland, the majority of families who were granted a voucher but did not use it cited the additional costs as the reason they could not use the voucher.
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Jonathan Ungar
4th period
Ashlin J.
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*) Public Schools do not benefit at all
School vouchers will take students away from public schools, that will cause costing them money they really need. If the students aren’t in public schools giving them more money, they can't afford opportunities for their students because of their lack of funds.
*)It is against the Separation between Church and State
Since a lot of existing private schools agree with religious groups that agree with them, the money that they earn doesn’t have any advantage between the church and the state.
*) Student Discrimination
Even though poor students can learn in private schools, this doesn’t mean they will fit in properly. They may not have the same lifestyle as other people in the private schools. For example, the clothes they put on, where they travel, what kind of food they eat and other things that can be good reasons for kids to discriminate one another. A wealthy lifestyle is typical in private schools and something that a student with vouchers won’t really be able to afford.
http://occupytheory.org/list-of-pros-and-cons-of-school-vouchers/
I do not support the idea of government vouchers for private schools. For one, the decision to attend a private school is entirely an individual's decision. Therefore, government and society should not be held liable for that individual's decision to receive a more rigorous yet expensive schooling. Families that choose to send their children to higher institutions of learning should be prepared to shoulder the financial burden. Furthermore, government subsidies of education through voucher programs may prove detrimental to local public school systems. Already short on funding, these schools may have to divert funding, through transportation and tuition costs, to send students to private schools. Rather than implementing voucher programs, I strongly believe in increasing funding for schools systems across America. Public schools should not be concerned with financial constraints. Nor should student learning be limited by their school's lacking of funding. If most public school systems provided for a certain level of learning, there would be no need for voucher programs.
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Shalom Soman
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I am against government-funded vouchers for private schools because I believe that those who choose to attend and pay for the more specialized schooling at private schools do so in order to obtain a higher level of knowledge and to get away from the faulty public school system. 1) Public schools have not improved within the last ten years and are often accused of being mediocre and stagnant. This is not desired by certain parents, thus they want to free themselves from those children who have no motivation to go further in life. 2) Parents can decide to integrate religion into their children's schooling through private schooling, which can be an important aspect of one's life. This would be broken if the government became involved in the private sector, thus also breaking the first amendment. I say to allow the private schools and their students to be, and to not allow children who lack the adequate funds to be able to join the more prestigious institutes just because they have a free voucher. All it would do is lessen the extra taxes acquired from this private schooling experience.
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Amanda Bailey Miller p.6
I am against the idea of school vouchers. In my opinion, parents and students who seek better education should pay the cost and put in their own effort. Investing the money can push the students to do their best. The government should focus on making public schools better rather than spending money to help students go to private schools. Due to competition, private schools are forced to have better results than most public school. If more people have the chance to go to private schools, it would defeat the purpose of investing more for better education. Even if the government steps in and help out with families who deserve and need finational help, is there a completely fair system that we can use to determine who need the money more than others? Furthermore, going to a private school does not promise a better result than going to a public school. Correlation does not equal causation. Chances are if the student push for excellence then they will achtieve more than those who settle with the average standard.
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Sophia Lian
2nd period
The voucher system could work if it worked more like an academic scholarship. Changing it up like this would allow for a school to be able to choose who belongs in their school which combats the claim that vouchers would allow the quality of education at a private school to go down, because they are taking in "lower quality" students. Also the change would combat the argument that vouchers would put stress on the private schools, because they have limited seats. Changing the system would allow the schools to have a number set that reflects the quantity of students they can allow in.
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http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/the-pros-and-cons-of-school-vouchers
Bailee Mouton
Sixth Period
I do not believe in the voucher system. The government should focus on helping the public schools rather than the private ones. Private schools typically get higher class kids so if the parents choose to send their kids to these schools then they should also pay the price to attend them. Also vouchers may provide opportunity to lower class kids but after attending the school they may be socially disconnected. Higher class kids tend to engage in activities that are more expensive which lower class children cannot really participate in. Also private schools also have events that require a lot of money and those lower class kids cannot attend those either because vouchers only pay for tuition not activities. Only the problem of tuition is covered by vouchers but there are plenty of other problems that are there too which vouchers cannot solve. Therefore the voucher system in my opinion would not beneficial.
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Srikar Valluripalli
6th period
I am against the voucher system. Public schools must accept everyone regardless of disabilities, test scores, religion, or other characteristics; private schools can show favoritism or discrimination in selecting students.
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I am against school vouchers because I believe that tax money can be spent towards essential needs for the community. Public education is a strong substitute for private school and should be taken into consideration. If parents want a private education for their children, they should be willing to pay for it themselves especially if they can afford it. The average family is content with their child's education at a public school.
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Daanish Virani
2nd period
I am against a school voucher system. One may argue that vouchers would hold schools more accountable and promote competition; however, the competition could turn into mediocrity as measurement test standards could be lowered to satisfy a quota or sorts. Additionally competition could become a battle of who can pay for the better teachers more private or public. Private schools having more access to funds would then be able to secure more money. A voucher system would increase diversity, but it could lower the quality of education or "pass rate" which future families may look towards choosing a school. Undesirable students are then frowned upon and may face further scrutiny whether it be obvious or under the surface. From a psychological standpoint, schools or teachers knowing that an undesirable exists may refuse to believe in them and therefore refuse to help them to the best of their abilities as ones expectations of someone can influence ones actions towards them. Likewise, teachers may over focus on a "slower student" and therefore neglect the rest of the class. For these reasons, I am against a school voucher system. Although the current system isn't that much better, I believe there are other alternatives better fit at solving this crisis.
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http://www.weac.org/resource/may96/voucher2.htm
http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/research/publications/education.html
I don't know what the heck this Daniel kid just wrote....but anyways, I am for the voucher system as it could actually save states money and make public schools take the necessary
ReplyDeletesteps to provide a better education and compete with private schools.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-486es.html
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
I am for school vouchers because the parents of students attending private schools through the school voucher systems are much more satisfied than parents of students in public schools. For example, through the study done two years after the Cleveland voucher scholarship began, it shows that nearly half of the parents in choice schools reported being "very satisfied" with the academic program of their child’s school, as compared to less than 30 percent of public-school parents. Moreover, parents are satisfied because their students attend private schools where safety is higher and fighting is lower. For example, parents of voucher recipients in Cleveland report lower levels of disruption in their child’s school. For these reasons, school voucher systems should stay intact.
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http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/PDF/Papers/clev2ex.pdf
Paul E. Peterson, William G. Howell, and Jay P. Greene, "An Evaluation of the Cleveland Voucher Program After Two Years"
I am against school vouchers because i have experienced a first hand example of what happens when public schools are sufficiently run and funded. Back in VA, i was part of Fairfax country and in terms of money put into education, they were ranked #2 (#1 being the neighboring county) with all the money that was put into the education, despite going to one of the most ghetto schools in the county, our test scores were still far higher than the national average. With all the privileges the school gave to the underprivileged kids( Free SAT's,Free Aps, better technology in the classroom and tech that the students could borrow and take home) the kids worked harder to achieve a future for them selves. If that money had gone to the private sector, those kids would not have had the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge to the best of their abilities. Government money should be channeled into better public school, not vouchers.
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I am against school vouchers because I think that the money spent on those vouchers should be spent on other things like fixing the roads in the communities since public school in my opinion is a decent enough education.
ReplyDeleteThe problems with the education today are more because of the way we teach the kids today rather than the money we spend on the schools. We still teach kids the same way we always have, a teacher giving a lecture in front of the class instead of taking advantage of the new technology we've developed in computers.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-023.html
I am personally against the voucher system due to it's potential ability to fog the line between higher level education vs mediocre education and also it's potential corruption. For instance, many skeptics argue how for-profit institutions deter individuals from seeking and clearly seeing academically superior institutions. With an increased amount of government involvement, school systems will complement one another which will forbid parents from finding higher level institutions for their children. Moreover, many claims have been made towards corrupt principals potentially offering kick-backs to parents who choose their school. In a system where competition is increased, corruption will also be increased as each school will struggle to do better than it's counterpart. Therefore, I am against the involvement of school vouchers.
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Andrew Coulson, "Markets Versus Monopolies in Education: The Historical Evidence"
http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/v4n9.html
I am against the school vouchers system. I believe that if parents wish their child to have a better education opposed to the ones that public schools offer then they should pay for it. It is not the governments responsibility to pay for their wishes. Private schools are made up of high class people while the middle to low class are in public schools. Their requirements are on their basis and can reject anyone. On the other hand, public schools accept anyone and adjust to their level of ability. Vouchers can also take away money. Schools are not capable of spending money to better their education if they do not have any money. The government should help increase the quality of education in public schools.
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http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/school-choice-vouchers.aspx
I do not agree that the voucher system should be put into place. The first amendment clearly states that the separation of church and state must be implemented. Most private schools revolve around religious teachings; which means the funding of a religious based institute by government would violate the first amendment. Government funding to anything related to religion could lead to a "religion-dominated society", and from a historical stand point, that has never been an efficient/ successful form of government.
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Lauren Pham Pd. 4
Tiffany Chan
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I am against school vouchers because I believe that students should be treated fairly. As a student who has attended private school, I have seen people get rejected from the school because their test scores were not high enough. These students were brilliant in other subjects, however, their overall test score was not up to the school's expectations. Another reason why I am against school vouchers is because I believe that the government should use their money in other things. If the government were to spend their money on school vouchers, then that money is lost and could have been used for something more important.
www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm
I just typed a fat paragraph and when I published it, it deleted. Now I'm upset.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I am for the use of school vouchers for students to have access to private school education. Despite the argument exhibited that these vouchers violate laws against religious teachings, there are still private schools that are not religiously affiliated. Private schools are known to provide a higher level of education to their students and are also known to better prepare their students for their future compared to public schools. However, as seen in the cato article, the costs associated with attending these schools are quite high. Therefore, the allowance of school vouchers should be implemented in order to provide the opportunity to attend these schools to those who seek a better quality education but simply cannot afford it. In addition, the article suggests that the states do have more than enough money to provide students with vouchers towards a private school education, and the use of these vouchers would be highly beneficial to the students who seek a private school education. It would simply be unfair for a student to be denied their desired level of education simply because they cannot afford it.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-486es.html
I am against school vouchers paying for private schools because majority of those schools are self-funded by wealthy families of the students attending which is unfair for the students from public schools who may have not enough money. The church that I attend has there own Catholic school from grades KG-8th and the thought of them being funded by the government is ridiculous considering the amount of money they make in a year is very high. they should concentrate on schools with little money or with poor testing scores.
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Britney Stephen
period 6th
i am agaisnt the vouchers paying for private schools because it, 1. the families who send their children to private schools already have established their economic status in society and they do not require these vouchers.2. if the government even does institute such a law they would be violating the constitution which demands the separation of church and state.
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sam k
period 4
i am agaisnt the vouchers paying for private schools because it, 1. the families who send their children to private schools already have established their economic status in society and they do not require these vouchers.2. if the government even does institute such a law they would be violating the constitution which demands the separation of church and state.
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sam k
period 4
I'm for school vouchers because I believe students That have a Lesser Income should have the ability to access a higher education if they are able to keep up with the demands. instead of the government paying for vouchers for kids go to private schools they could spend more money on the public education but that just will not happen.
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ReplyDeleteI'm for school vouchers because it enables the basic right of education to the disenfranchised and helps schools gain more funding from more people enabled to go to school.
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