The Choice Channel

“A Tribune op-ed writer recently wrote that anyone even considering supporting vouchers has ‘already abandoned public education.’ Such a statement oversimplifies the situation; one can, in fact, support the voucher system without abandoning public education. I am a product of the Utah public education system. I am now an instructor at Mount Vernon Academy, a small private school, and have seen firsthand the benefits and drawbacks of both systems. Neither is perfect. The beauty of having both public and private education is that parents are able to choose the system best suited to their children’s needs. However, ‘parental choice’ has been denigrated as merely rhetorical ‘doublespeak.’” (05/28/07)