This education mess is the single most important civil rights issue of this generation. There are thousands of single moms in Detroit who go to bed every night praying that their kids somehow by the grace of God make it out of the squalor that is public education.
These parents would give their right arms to be able to send their kids to a better school but they cannot. The establishment has stacked the deck against them, and of course, we hear nary a peep about it out of the MSM. Sort of reminds you of the South in, oh, 1860.
Check out www.mackinac.org and search for "Universal Tuition Tax Credit". It's a fabulous concept that would allow individuals, small businesses, non-profits and corporations to donate funds to be spent on a child's education (tuition, transportation, tudoring, etc) while receiving a dollar-for-dollar tax credit. It would be a great alternative to vouchers simply because it would limit the potential for strings to be attached to the money, since it would come from private sources rather than doled out by the state.