Seeing vouchers for what they are

An opinion piece in the Dallas Morning News, railing against vouchers.  I've rebutted these arguments many times in the past, so I won't do so again here, but I include this article so we're aware of what arguments our opponents are using.  Also, we can see how weak charter legislation in Texas is hurting the entire school reform effort in the state.  There are WAY too many lousy charter schools in the state, which allows critics to write things like this:

And those charter schools? They were supposed to be the magic solution, allowing private operation of tax-funded schools.

Results have been lackluster across the state. A few, like the KIPP schools, have been great. Most have been so-so. And far too many have been "academically unacceptable" – 13 percent of them last year, compared to just 4 percent of traditional public schools.

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Seeing vouchers for what they are

05:27 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 4, 2006

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/sblow/stories/DN-blow_04met.ART.North.Edition1.3dd078a.html

To be honest, I'm not all that enthused about writing this column. Seems we've trod this ground before.

But when the opposition is so relentless and the stakes are so high, it's foolish to let tedium distract.

So let's take a moment to counter the $400,000 advertising campaign now aimed at you – the one touting "school choice." And, of course, that's code for "private school vouchers."