On the email list HEM-Networking, there is a discussion about “free market” educational choice.
Coincidentally, I received a link to a story about vouchers. (hat tip to Richard)
1010 WINS, CBS affiliate, New York, 28 November 2006, Court Won’t Take School Vouchers Case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court decided Monday not to plunge into the issue of school choice, passing up a dispute over a Maine law that bars the use of public funds to send students to private religious schools.
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Vouchers are championed by the president and many conservatives who call them a ticket out of dismal and dangerous public schools. However, those who champion public education say that vouchers divert already-scarce resources from a system badly in need of repair.