Prop. 38
School vouchers are the educational topic of the millennium. In California, if Prop. 38 were passed it would grant K-12 students a $4,000-a-year voucher to receive private schooling. This proposition has some ups and some downs in my viewpoint and in this paper I will tell you about school vouchers, I will also tell you about the opponents and the supporters of the bill, the candidates for President stance on the issue and finally my thoughts about school vouchers. "... Proposition 38, the initiative that would grant a $4,000-a-year voucher to K-12 students to attend a private school..."(Saunders A-24). The vouchers have been tested in a few cities including Dayton, Ohio, Washington D.C. and New York. Some bad news for supporters of Prop. 38 were that "... students offered the vou
A fact brought up by an opponent of the proposition was "... there was no significant test score difference between students who attended private school and the students who attended public school"(Zernike 1). The foes also state, "School vouchers are the fools gold of educational reform"(Wickham 29A). They are trying to get across their point that school vouchers are not the way to go. I'm kind of unsure whether or not I'd vote for Prop. 38. This bill would be good if all the kids were guaranteed a spot in a private school or to be in the private school atmosphere, but thy are not. This is why it makes me unsure whether or not I'd vote for the bill. If there was a guarantee in vote YES without a doubt. In the 2000 Election, there are two major candidates, Al Gore and George W. Bush. Al Gore seem
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