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Cons
"A reform strategy... initiated by by the governor... that calls for the existing agents of authority to rearrange their power is unliekly to get very far. At the same time, an effort to circumvent the hierarchy enteriely, for instance by "privatizing" the system by means of state tuition vouchers, is equally ineffectual; it sets agains tthe reform all the sources of power, including those needed to win the necessary legislation.

We must seek a middle ground. Policy and power need to be seen as handmaidens, separate but interdependent. Choices among power groups have to be delibrately made (Sizer, Horace's School: 187).

Can fund discrimination by race, gender, ethnicity, class and religion. Could fuel inflation private school tuition.

Pros
Flexibility, choice

Links
[|Wikipedia - School voucher] [|Department of Education under Pres. George W. Bush - No significant difference between public and private schools]

[|No Cheers for New Education Secretary], Dec 29, 2008, waronyou.com

Netherlands education system
[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_school_(Netherlands]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Education_in_the_Netherlands http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=bijzondere+special+schools&start=0&sa=N [|http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Special-school-(Netherlands]) http://books.google.com/books?id=7gDGKaxcyAUC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=bijzondere+special+schools&source=web&ots=sTBacutTpX&sig=OFGpcUHfJBsZ63HIqQk-TjzomHM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result http://www.ask.com/wiki/Netherlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#Government_and_administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Labour_Party http://www.ask.com/web?l=dir&qsrc=0&o=ffx&q=dutch+welfare+state http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/magazine/03european-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2

Questions
According to __The Manufactured Crisis__ by Berliner & Biddle, the US college system is producing more quality college graduates per capita than any other country in the world. Has this accessibility has been fueled by relatively cheap education loans? Has the accessibility of cheap loans created tuition inflation?
 * __College quality & inflation__**

State laws mandate an Educational Excellence Committee made up of students, parents, community members, teachers and administrators to guide the quality improvement of schools.
 * __Oversight__**

These committees are in line with the principle of quality improvement which states quality is everyone's business, put forth by W. Edwards Deming, who taught the Japanese how to outperform us in quality and cost.

Would private schools with vouchers be required to have EESAC committees to oversee public funding?

Are charter schools required to have these committees today?

Public schools are required to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Will the schools have to be SACS accredited?
 * __Accreditation__**

Would they be required to administer and report Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test or other (preferably) test results?
 * __Accountability__**

Jonathan Kozol on Vouchers
http://www.google.com/search?q=kozol+vouchers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a http://www.weac.org/News/2000-01/oct00/kozol.htm http://www.democracynow.org/2000/4/28/jonathan_kozol_the_forgotten_children_of http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1554/is_n1_v19/ai_13571839/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1 http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/09/the_tragedy_of_.html http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/voucher_report/v_sostoc2.shtml