SAT is a narrow measure of achievement. There are 9th graders who score above 1000. Does this mean they should exempt high school? Regarding vouchers for the poor students, high school tuition ranges from 6 to 12 thousand. How is a tax credit or a 3,000 voucher going to help a kid in Gonzales Gardens? Private school students took over 2000 AP exams last year. less than 40 were taken by black students. How will these same private schools accommodate the diversity which is so foreign to them?

The problem is the legislature and the community spends energy and time on vouchers and very little on actual reform.

Mark Sanford’s PPIC plan focused on tax breaks for middle-class families, guaranteeing nothing to the poor. It seems to me that ever since that ridiculous plan was pitched by our governor and groups like SCRG formed to shill for the plan, opponents of vouchers and tax credits for private schooling have become extremely vigilant. Maybe too much so, in my opinion. But I do think it’s understandable.

I, for one, do not believe we need any new plans; we need new students, new parents, new teachers, new administrators and new politicians. With all five guns firing at the same time, the state of South Carolina and the United States as a whole can have school systems unrivaled in the world.

I am not speaking of mass transportation of any of the above. I am asking that everyone recognize what they are there for, and asking that they do whatever that is.

It’s really very simple. Cut the bull, EVERYONE!

The writer and others making comments clearly do not understand the thought process of those who advocate true school choice. Our basic belief is that parents, not government, are the authority over the training of our children. Not that we hate the government, we just think children are best raised by mom and dad, not by Uncle Samantha and Uncle Sam.
Maybe the government knows what is best for your child, but I think that mothers and fathers usually care more about their children than bureaucrats do.

Tax credits are the only choice that a sane politician could support. You folks that say that private schools should be regulated by the “state” in order to receive state money make it clear why so many school choice advocates vote “NO” on any plan that includes “vouchers.” Vouchers with strings would continue the idea that children are wards of the state, and the state should have control over their training. Private schools succeed because the schools are directly accountable to the parents. Unlike government schools, bad private schools go out of business. That is the ultimate accountability.