Mousethief,

"SHOULD be? What are you going to do, mandate the running of schools to cater to ever "need"?"

I'm not going to do anything, they will be ALLOWED to spring up to fill the need.

"If not, the public schools will be left to take up the slack because it takes a lot more MONEY to provide education to special needs kids"

Why?

"money which the "voucher" system will not provide"

Why wouldn't it? It may become a tax credit. "Thus, no private schools will arise to fill this need, and it will fall back on the public schools"

Don't forget faith/community based organizations.

"But it will be public schools with all of the best and easiest-to-educate kids skimmed off"

Not necessarily.

"These are the kids who cost less to educate, and thus the "extra" money having them in the mix would bring will be gone"

Well, that seems to cure overcrowding, better than hiring more illiterate union teachers.

"These kids will fall through the cracks, then, and not get educated at all"

Oh, you mean like now. "it will be in spite of the falling-apart, grossly underfunded schools you seem happy to let them suffer with"

The thieving democrats have been in charge all this time, don't blame me.

"No, MAV, I am forced to conclude that your wide-eyed elitism isn't the answer, and will only make a bad situation much, much worse"

The elitists are the ones who won't allow parents to have "school choice" because they know the status quo is best (for themselves)

These are not my ideas folks, they are likely the future of education, but I sure am glad I was able to get you all to freak out

mav