Jim Devine states: >> > Michael Perelman writes in his new book: >> > >> An equivalent of a GI bill for poor children could inspire some young >> > >> people, who might otherwise fall into criminal activity, to follow a >> > >> different path. >> >> David Shemano >> > Michael Perelman endorses school vouchers! I am glad you are on our side. >> >> David, I don't see how you came to this interpretation.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the GI bill educational benefits were and are a voucher program. The beneficiary has the right to select essentially any school -- public or private -- to attend and the government pays the benefit. The GI bill is the exact opposite of traditional elementary and secondary school financing, where the government builds and runs its own schools and the government only pays for a student's schooling if the student attends the government run school. The school voucher movement, in substance, is nothing other than the replacement of the existing school financing system with a system analogous to the the GI bill system used for higher education. David Shemano
