By William Jeynes
On Friday the Supreme Court ruled that Indiana’s school voucher program, which is the largest school voucher program in the country, is constitutional. America’s presidential candidates should waste no time realizing the significance of this, not only as an educational issue, but also as an economic one.
Nearly all of America’s 50 states are facing budget deficits. Education spending, which consumes nearly 50% of many states’ budgets, is helping drive those deficits. And much of that spending is unnecessary. Public schools overpay administrators, purchase high-tech equipment that is rarely used and offer lavish perks to their employees. Like all monopolies, the American public school system is inefficient.
On Friday the Supreme Court ruled that Indiana’s school voucher program, which is the largest school voucher program in the country, is constitutional. America’s presidential candidates should waste no time realizing the significance of this, not only as an educational issue, but also as an economic one.
Nearly all of America’s 50 states are facing budget deficits. Education spending, which consumes nearly 50% of many states’ budgets, is helping drive those deficits. And much of that spending is unnecessary. Public schools overpay administrators, purchase high-tech equipment that is rarely used and offer lavish perks to their employees. Like all monopolies, the American public school system is inefficient.
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