Pros And Cons Of School Vouchers

Do you agree with school vouchers? A school voucher is a credit that is given to parents that want to move their child from a public school to a private school that they chose. The voucher programs usually involve moving taxpayers’ money from public schools to private schools. Voucher programs harm public school systems, fail to support disabled and special needs children, and do not improve students’ academic performance. The government shouldn’t give vouchers for private school tuition. Voucher programs harm the public school systems. The voucher programs take money from public schools to focus more on private schools. The public schools they take the money from is usually from already failing public schools (MacGuidwin 1). The vouchers do not pay the full cost of the education at the private school. And the poorest of the students will be left behind in the failing public schools (Book 40). With there being harm to the public schools and not
Public schools are required to provide free services to students who need it. Private schools do not have the same requirements as public schools. Also, private schools do not have to accept those who have special needs (Kamenetz 1). Those children who need help are not given the same opportunities as the other children. This shows that school vouchers should not be given because not everyone is given the same opportunities. School vouchers do not improve students’ academic performance. A 2016 study on school voucher students in Louisiana shows that the students performed “significantly worse in math” (Mills 1). A lot of other studies show that students, who moved from a public school to a private school did not improve any more (National Conference of State Legislatures 1). The private schools don’t teach any more than a public school, based on studies. This proves that school vouchers do not improve a student’s performance at