GIVEN VOUCHERS, PARENTS CHOOSE PRIVATE EDUCATION

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Written on August 30, 2011 by Bojidar Marinov

Indiana: Mass Exodus of Students from the Public Schools

. . . more than 70% of the parents who took advantage of the vouchers transferred their children from the government-run public school system to private schools, mainly Catholic schools who have an established history and network in the state.

Apparently, the parents believe the public schools are a bad choice for their children, and when public and private schools are given equal rights, parents overwhelmingly prefer to stay away from the government education. This trend has been observed with every voucher system in the United States so far; where vouchers were available for students from low-income families, the majority of the families preferred private schools. The Indiana state system of school vouchers introduced a few weeks ago is the by far the largest of its kind in the nation. And it only confirmed the trend.

The question that arises then is this: IF THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS PREFER PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM?

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