Neoliberalism: The Ideology That Dares Not Speak Its Name

[The Wonkette]

One of the issues with public schools is that they have to educate everyone -- the disruptive child, the child with autism, the deaf child, the child with Down's syndrome, the child who doesn't speak English. Warren, when you and I were growing up, it was not mandatory. The need for education for all these children is one area which I suspect is responsible for public school expenditures outpacing inflation + population growth. Another factor might be more kids graduating from high school, which equals more kids in school.

Under a voucher system, those children, who need more attention than the typical child, will be shortchanged, because a voucher, designed to meet the needs of the "average" child, won't cover special needs. That could be remedied if the voucher was larger for special needs.