It isnt stealing money because the schools dont deserve it. Students success should be the focus, not institutions.
Then, of course, you would jack up the prices. Private schools are only limited in greed due to competition with the public sector. The more you erode the competition, the more expensive and lower quality private schools will become. Eventually we'll reach an inflection point, in which private schools are too expensive for vouchers, or our public funds would have to increase.
I also disagree on the institution not mattering. What many don't realize is there are virtually zero standards for private schools. Even today, many are not competitive. Rather, they exist as a way for insane parents to "educate" their children on fringe teachings. Sometimes that's religious schools, sometimes it's cult teachings, sometimes these private schools are more or less abuse centers or conversion camps.
SOME private schools have competitive education. It's not a given they have more competitive education, and I'd actually argue it's far less likely, because they have no rules anywhere saying what they have to do. Public schools are, at least, pretty reasonable in process and curriculum.
The reason conservatives are so keen on dismantling public education and pushing private schools isn't due to quality, although that's a convenient talking point. It's due to this lack of standards that allow conservative beliefs to flourish. It's often said education is an anti-conservative space. Naturally, the end goal is lower quality education, and this is simply the propaganda used to get to that desired end state.
First seems to be that public schools cant compete with private schools on student success. This seems strange from a public school proponent.
Why do you think private school competition will erode over time?
Why cant students flow back into public schools if private ones become expensive and terrible over time.
In my opinion, the whole point of vouchers is to let failing institutions fail. If you think accreditation criteria are too lax for private schools, then that is a workable objection. I think they should be the exact same as public schools.
No, please read carefully. I said if this continues and more money is diverted from public schools, this will be the case. This should be obvious - every dollar on vouchers is a dollar NOT in public schools. That's not a side effect by the way, that's the entire purpose of these developments.
> Why cant students flow back into public schools if private ones become expensive and terrible over time
Because the public schools have no money now because you took it. That money doesn't fall from the sky.
> let failing institutions fail
Okay, so you agree with me. If we go down this path public education will fall. Once again this is the nature of this political movement, not a side effect.
> If you think accreditation criteria are too lax for private schools, then that is a workable objection
Sigh. No, no it's not. Because then you have a school that has accreditation and curriculum managed by the government that receives public funds.
Um... you just described a public school. That will never happen because the very idea is at odds with the ideology behind it.
The idea isn't "public school 2.0". The fact private schools have no standards is not an oversight, it's the motivation.
