Surprise, surprise, the higher your family’s income, the better are your test scores on the SAT!!!
Of course, this is not exactly news. The vast majority of money spent on education is provided locally, meaning that those towns, cities, and counties with the wealthiest inhabitants get a better education for their buck. More money means better test preparation, zero worries about unemployed parents, fewer broken homes, less malnutrition, more job opportunities in the community, etc. etc. etc.
Ah, but if we only had vouchers, say the rich and their Republican benefactors, we can give poor kids the same money and let ‘em choose the school of their choice!
After all, you’ve got to be certain of your darling’s future in places like Northwest Washington DC and Manhattan, so you throw a selected few poor kids some crumbs and hey presto, success that can be repeated everywhere!!!
Except there’s no clear or convincing evidence that voucher systems result in better educational outcomes, whether in private or public schools.
Gorilla thinks: “Still, it’s another magnificent ideological solution from Mr. Market’s acolytes: if everyone had an equal chance to go to a great private school, we’d have exactly the same lousy educational system, only it would cost the taxpayer even more!!!”
