Saturday, October 13, 2007

Vouchers

I haven't made a final decision about the vouchers issue, but I am leaning against it.
One of the main reasons to consider a voucher system is if public schools are broken or doing a very poor job. This may be the case in large inner city schools, but I don't see this situation in Utah. Although not perfect, public schools appear to be functioning fairly well. I taught part time for a while at Lone Peak High School, so I saw from the inside how a typical (I think) high school operates in Utah. The kids were typical immature high schoolers, but they worked in class when I was firm with them. Vouchers may become necessary in the future, but I am not sure they are necessary in Utah, yet.

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