Should there be free lunch to all K-12 students?

[BCEagle91]

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<p>I support the idea of school vouchers, provided that they ensure
that students can actually afford to enroll elsewhere–i.e., $3000
for a low-income student, when the tuition at a private school is
$8000 or higher, doesn’t do much good. On the other hand, I don’t
believe that the charter schools in Detroit have done noticeably
better than the public schools there. Data on this would be
interesting. I think some of the charter schools may be
tuition-free.</p>

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<p>$8,000 for a private school? That’s pretty hard to find in my area.
The good ones start at $20K in my area.</p>

<p>One of my co-workers told me that her son was accepted to a charter
school that I live near (two blocks away). It has been very difficult
to start and operate a charter school in NH because they are supposed
to be funded by school districts and school districts have refused to
turn over funds in the past.</p>

<p>This particular charter school has parents driving their kids there
from all over the state. It also generally has top-notch (often by
a huge margin) test scores. So it’s clear to me that charter schools
can work.</p>