re: #195 prononymous
Because they know there will be far less political fallout from ending a voucher program after public schools are gone then simply saying “let’s close public schools”.
My children obtained excellent education in public schools, with a lot of help at home, and they took all AP classes in “magnet” schools within the schools in high school.
Take enough “good” kids who want to learn out of a school and the dominant personality will become the dysfunctional one, which will then become a self fulfilling prophesy for the politicians; until they find out that none of the private schools want the leftovers.
Then the real fun starts.