From: Bill Lucy 

In article <6dv3is02hd15pj4up8c6d6lkeo89lmneko{at}4ax.com>,
gary_wiltshire{at}compuserve.com says...
rgparker{at}west.net>
> wrote:
> .....
> >No, its the fact that public school is "free". Vouchers
would create a
> >large market overnight.
> .....
> No, once a large enough number of students were on vouchers, the
> government would have more power to do arm-twisting on the "private"
> schools which would effectively become "public" schools.

The government already does. In order to be authorized to accept vouchers,
the Milwaukee, Wisconsin program requires that the school go through a lot
of hoops.

And the results aren't that amazing -- little or no change in learning
levels in the latest 5 year study.

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