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First off, there are not that many parents who have much of an idea of how an actual education should be... the schools are hamstrung by ridiculous programs and tests that even most parents would fail. The teachers are not doing much "educating" they are coaching kids how to answer the questions on the mandatory state tests. These tests are not about education either, they are about producing good little corporate drones who will spit out the proper lines when told to. Take a look around... even kids from privatized schools can't form a proper sentence, can't figure out change, and have only cursory reading comprehension. You are very quick to vilify teachers unions, but those unions are NOT the ones who make up the curriculum... that is up to the state (your "elected officials") and the school board. (another political group that has no real interest in education but rather in power and authority)... How about this for a novel concept... let's teach the children how to think, how to step through a problem to arrive at an answer... let's teach them to question and explore and build... that is what has developed the greatest minds throughout history... that is where some of the greatest inventions originated. Not from drone privatization and rubber stamp "No Child Left Behind" rhetoric... Put up or shut up... to use a phrase that seems popular about now... those public schools are "too big to fail". There is a place for "private schools"... for special kids that can't learn and get along with the rest, for those who learn differently or those that are seeking education above and beyond the normal curriculum... but it is just that.. PRIVATE... and that means those that attend are the ones who pay for it... you want a "voucher" how about those that do private schooling get a break on those taxes for public education.