What do you think about this for a national education policy?

The states interest in the education of a child shall be limited to the requirement that the parent shall provide an education which will enable the adult child to provide for his or her own housing, clothing, board, and medical expenses.

The law shall not be construed to require parents to report to, present test scores or other records to the state or to any organization except as ordered by the courts. Nor shall this policy be construed to require that children attend any school or educational program wether public or private.

The burden of proof for all educational neglect cases shall lie with the state.

On the issue of vouchers there is a problem. While it does create competition between public and private schools in the short term, it also provides a loophole through which the state could potentially gain control over any private school which accepts the vouchers.

A better option would be to provide a tax rebate (for the same amount as the vouchers) to parents who choose to provide an alternate form of education to their children.

I was asking other folks a similar question about the possibility of privatizing education.

If the state is going to get out of the education business, then it needs to get out of it entirely. This combines the worst aspects of state-meddling with the most difficult aspects of privitization.

Make it easy & go to a voucher system...competition creates competence.

Hey, why not just sit the little brats down in front of a steady diet of "reality TV", wrestling shows and televangelists? That way they can learn all the skills they'll need for the dog-eat-dog world you want to create: how to decieve, connive, intimidate, lie, manipulate, deflect blame, self-absolve, judge and condemn.

Nice work.