The Journal Sentinel Assesses School Vouchers

As Lance links to below, the Journal Sentinel is in the middle of a series examining the effectiveness, pluses, and minuses of the school voucher program. Paul from the Electric Commentary has a nice assessment of Part I of the series. Look for more from him later this week.

On a personal note, my nephew attends Eastbrook Academy and has done so on the voucher program for many years. Eastbrook is one of the schools listed as a high performing city school. I would like to see the voucher program extended even further into universal education vouchers as I argue here. Dismantling the public education system as we know it while still keeping our corporate commitment to education may be the key to having a primary and secondary education system that actually prepares its students to compete in the new global marketplace.