tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734034.post8514933962830686776..comments2019-01-03T01:23:07.862-06:00Comments on Take The Red Pill: Obama is wrong on school vouchersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00565979193627730852noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734034.post-25865974803136882032008-08-11T15:05:00.000-05:002008-08-11T15:05:00.000-05:00Milwaukee has been using vouchers since 1990. Unf...Milwaukee has been using vouchers since 1990. Unfortunately data used to track student performance was only collected for 5 years, up to 1995, and it showed no real improvement for the students.<BR/><BR/>http://www2.jsonline.com/news/choice/<BR/><BR/>There is still strong debate about the program. In the 2006/2007 year Milwaukee spent $100 million on the program for over 15,000 students. But the strong implications of the program is that Milwaukee students would be, academically, about the same without the program. However, parents on the other hand are overall much happier about the school choices, and therein lies the dilemma. Parents are happy but is it really better for the students in the long run, and is the state spending money effectively?<BR/><BR/>One of the biggest impacts has been to parochial schools and other church-run schools. This programs have had massive increase in funding as parents overwhelmingly send their kids to these schools through vouchers. Its up to debate again whether tying the kids into a religiously centered education system will be better for them academically in the long run.<BR/><BR/>Not many other states have ventured into the voucher system partly because of Milwaukee's experiments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704675071007081914noreply@blogger.com