i didn't realize that you support state funding of religious organizations, cicero. vouchers can be used, and are most often used, for parochial schools. vouchers are offered at a set amount that often does not cover the cost of tuition to secular private schools. but, since religious schools are the least expensive of all of the private schools, most parents end up sending their kids to these instead of a secular private school.

personally, i think that if the DC Christian Academy wants to help poor kids get a "good" Christian education, they should offer scholarships, not depend on the state for financing.
Jenny | 05.11.06 - 10:57 am | #

vouchers isn't state funding of religious schools. Once the voucher is given to the parents, it's theirs to give to who they want. It would be like saying if the catholic church runs a grocery store it shouldn't be allowed to take food stamps.
cicero | Homepage | 05.11.06 - 11:29 am | #

it's actually more like giving someone money for the collection plate at mass.
Jenny | 05.11.06 - 12:21 pm | #

Jenny,
So, not only can religious schools provide education less than anyone else, but they even can manage a surplus to drop into their general coffers? Wow, maybe they should be running our government for real (as opposed to you thinking they already do, and yes this is facetious).
anomdebus | 05.11.06 - 2:56 pm | #

Yeah, I don't like education welfare either, and I think it's a great way to mess up what little we have of a private education industry.

OTOH, education welfare, though bad, is less bad than socialized education. Schools serious about good education can (I hope) always refuse to accept vouchers with objectionable strings attached. And vouchers solve a lot of problems while creating fewer new ones.

I've come to support vouchers, though I do have to hold my nose to do it. And just smack the idjits who claim that it's subsidizing churches. AFDC money gets put in the collect plates every Sunday without these putzes objecting.
DaveTucents | Homepage | 05.12.06 - 3:17 am | #