Neighborhood Ministries

Teachers unions say the public schools will be seriously hurt by the loss of money and students if vouchers are given to children to take to the school of their choice, but areas using vouchers have found public schools improve, sometimes dramatically when vouchers are introduced. Our public schools have become lazy and inefficient because they have not had any real competition in the past because private schools are so expensive. When vouchers are introduced, public schools trim fat and improve teaching to avoid losing students. Currently, most parents are forced to send their kids to public schools because they must pay all or most of the tuition themselves to send their kids to private schools, where public school students are supported by taxes spread out over all residents of the school district. In fact, parents who wish to send their kids to private schools must pay the private school’s tuition in addition to paying taxes to support the public schools since they do not get any refund of their school taxes if their kids attend private schools. Shouldn’t all parents have a right to send their kids to the school that is best for them, not just the rich?