A debate on use of school vouchers in united states

Pro School vouchers are great. They reward hard working students at bad school with the opportunity to go and get a good education at a decent school, it's not being prejudice it is rewarding good students. Privatizing the school system is a great idea. Report this Argument Con I believe public education is already vastly underfunded.

Pro First, some parameters: The term Private School vouchers, for the purposes of this debate are monies given to low income families so that they can choose to send their children to private schools or public schools. Assume the vouchers are paid for without increasing the deficit, and the cost is split between the federal and the state governments.

I will wait for a challenger to post my constructive. Report this Argument Con I accept the parameters of the debate. I will attack this topic on multiple levels.

First, that if neither side is winning you vote Con. Second, I will show that the specific way my opponent is going to implement school vouchers his parameters are not how vouchers should be used. And third, that vouchers in general should not be utilized.

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Either one of the points is sufficient for me to win. If the way my opponent would use vouchers is a good way to use them, but vouchers themselves are a bad idea, then they still should not be utilized. It would be like finding a good way to commit murder, it may be a good way to do a certain thing, but that thing is still wrong.

First, if there is no reason to use or not use vouchers you vote CON. Logically, it is on the proponent of an argument to provide evidence for that argument, absent justification for it that argument is rejected. This is a public policy that is being discussed, and any public policy that is being considered ought not be implemented if there is no reason that it is a good thing for society.

If the status quo is the same as the change, there is no justification for making changes.

This specific policy goes against how taxes are commonly used. In no other situation can I think of that individuals can say they do not want to receive a specific state provided benefit and instead get money back to provide it on their own.

For example, you cannot say you do not want to use the fire department and receive tax money back that was to pay for the fire department. Second, Implementing school vouchers in the way my opponent would is bad. There is no justification for why this should only apply to low income families, if vouchers are in fact justified then the tax money should be given to any individual who wants to send their children to a private school.

If you are only giving money to low income families, then there is a cut-off point at which a family will not receive any money from the government to send their children to private school. While they may not be low-income, they still will need the assistance to be able to afford most private schools, given all their other bills mortgage, utilities, savings for retirement, food, car payment, etc.

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This is an unfair way to delineate who gets money to assist them in sending their children to public schools. Instead there are other ways to better solve these inequalities, which I will address later.

The money must come from somewhere, and it generally comes from the funds that are provided for the public schools.

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Benjamin Erwin School vouchers are one of three approaches to private school choice.

A big part of what pays for education is property taxes, which means that schools in poorer neighborhoods already receive less money for their schools. If you implement a voucher program then these schools will receive even less money, harming all of the students left behind by giving them an ever worsening education system.

This answers back any argument about equalizing access to education.

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Third, vouchers in general are a bad idea.Resolved: The United States federal From the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) NOTE: The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) handles selection of the annual Policy Debate topic where each state organization.

Second, with the vouchers, private school families don't have to pay for both public and private schools to get a good education for their children, so the public school isn't hording money from every person, only the people who send their children to the school, making it a lot better for other families.

Feb 13,  · The great voucher debate. Feb you may refer to vouchers as an "ivory tower idea," but in practice vouchers are alive and well in the United States, bringing educational hope to thousands of. The School Voucher Debate In the education community, few issues stir up as much debate as the notion of providing government-funded aid, in the form of vouchers, to parents so that they may send their children to private schools.

However, since the economic crisis, there has been extensive talk and debate regarding the reintroduction of third-level fees.

Public school teachers and teacher unions have also fought against school vouchers. In the United States, public school The school voucher question in the United States has also received a considerable amount of. Here are the facts about vouchers and “school choice.” Use this information to write to members of Congress and state legislators as well as letters to the editor.

vouchers through ballot referenda, they always reject the concept – usually by wide margins. Since , voters in 23 states have rejected vouchers and other forms of tax.