Private School Choice
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Abortion and gun control have been two of the most hotly debated social issues in the 1990s. However, an educational reform is underway that is bound to compete with either issue for the controversy spotlight. The issue is the use of tax-payer money to provide private school vouchers to low-income families. It is an issue that has First Amendment, economic, educational and social controversy woven through it like sinews of tendon in beef. Those who favor private school vouchers say it is not a fracture of the First Amendment guaranteeing separation of church and state even though many vouchers are used for parochial schools. Those in favor of private school vouchers also contend it is an enabling device for the poor to have more equal access to quality education. Opponents of private school vouchers argue it is definitely a violation of the First Amendment, and that it represents a temporary panacea that creates decay, in actuality, of a city’s development. This analysis will present pro and con arguments with regard to spending government funding on private school vouchers. A conclusion will give an opinion as to which side of the debate has greater validity.The first argument that proponents and opponents of federally funded private school vouchers square off on pertains to whether the concept is a violation of the First Amendment guaranteeing a separation of church and state. Proponents of the concept contend it is
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he schools. In the Milwaukee program, to qualify, a single parent must make no more than $14,000 per year and a family of four no more than $28,000 (Savage 2). However, many groups that would normally favor a program designed to aid the poor and African Americans have come down against federally funded school vouchers. For example, the national teachers union, the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP, and the People for the American Way have all appealed the Wisconsin decision to the Supreme Court. Still many are convinced the concept is not only a violation of the 1st Amendment, but that it also is destructive to the development of public education, “School vouchers are decried by teachers unions as a stake through the heart of public education. Many civil libertarians chime in, saying that, if vouchers are distributed by a government agency to a faith-based school, they make a mockery of the Bill of Rights by flouting the establishment of religion clause of the First Amendment” (Peterson 1).
While this aspect of the concept of federally funded private school vouchers is shrouded in shades of gray, another aspect that often causes controversy is more empirical than spiritually or legally vague. Proponents of federa
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Approximate Word count = 1630
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page)
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