School vouchers come in several different forms but all are aimed at correcting and leveling the opportunities for children in todayâÃÂÃÂs educational system. Education is the gateway for success in this country for everyone, but even more so if you are poor. Without education, life suddenly seems more bleak and harsh. This opportunity of learning is not shared equally across the board in school districts where young children await instruction about how to properly do math, learn punctuation, and about how the civil war started. But, not all schools are able to teach effectively with such ease. Within the state of Virginia over 90 percent of the schools are labeled âÃÂÃÂfailingâÃÂàbecause students are not given adequate opportunities (Cross). What if there was a way for students in a âÃÂÃÂfailingâÃÂàschool or school district to reach beyond that sub-par place of education and enroll into a private or parochial school for the same price? It is possible, in the form of a publicly, state sponsored voucher program.
This program would transform the educational process and open new doors for the future of those who could possible run our country in forty years.
ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ Most states do not have publicly funded state voucher programs, but many have at least one private organization that provides tuition assistance to low-income students interested in a private or parochial school education. In Virginia there is the Children First Virginia Scholarship Fund (Foster). This option receives donations and grants from outside organizations and redistributes the money in the form of vouchers that are meant to allow for low income families to send their kids to private schools, or to go to a better public school in the immediate area (Foster). Privately funded voucher organizations such as this one are only so effective; a state sponsored program would...