tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post2120010545315259388..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: School Vouchers: When Special Interests Trump Partisanshipmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-91101532198526987892008-07-20T09:59:00.000-07:002008-07-20T09:59:00.000-07:00The irony is if you own a home, not so much a cond...The irony is if you own a home, not so much a condo, but a home, that public school education is really for an intents and purposes not so free. That big property tax payment you make is going almost exclusively to fund the public school in your area. When you figure out your property taxes, that free education is usually more expensive than a private school.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there is no way your area would let you not pay your taxes if in fact you sent your child to a private school.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-75633013592265763592008-07-20T09:55:00.000-07:002008-07-20T09:55:00.000-07:00I did a bit of research into private schools and f...I did a bit of research into private schools and found that private schools spend only slightly more on educating each child than public schools.<BR/><BR/>Internet schools are the very best option, if the student is sufficiently self disciplined, as they cost dramatically less. In fact, where public schools offer on-line courses to out-of-state students, their prices are significantly higher than private internet schools.<BR/><BR/>More information and statistics on private schools would really help clarify the pros and cons of school vouchers. It would be really highlight the vast sums of money that the public school system squanders while still failing to achieve the same results of private schools which sometimes have less funding.<BR/><BR/>My two older children attended a small private church school, even though we were not members of that church, and the cost of education plus after school care, and full-time daycare for my yountest who was not yet in school, was dramatically less than the public school expenditure. And, they learned to read better and faster than my youngest who was by then in public schools in Texas. In fact, I had to send him to a private school for a year simply to learn to read properly.<BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/>Gail SGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00687566216115736416noreply@blogger.com