Discuss the concern of stratification in the context of school vouchers.
What will be an ideal response?
The fundamental question of school vouchers is whether they increase stratification in education. One fundamental goal of American education has been its attempt to promote social homogeneity and integration. If a voucher plan did not cover the full price of a child’s education, many low-income parents would not be able to make up the difference between the value of the voucher and the tuition at a private school. Vouchers may simply end up subsidizing middle-class parents without improving the quality of education for the poor, who need that improvement the most. A voucher plan might well undo the racial integration that resulted from years of effort and policymaking. Voucher plans would tend to benefit children who would probably succeed anyway and it might divert funds from schools and children who need the most help.
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