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"At the end of the day, public money has to stay in public schools."

I had to re-read this comment by Bowker to make sure I wasn’t misinterpreting her comments. Where in the world does she think this money comes from. It is anything but “public” money. It comes from private individuals paying taxes on privately owned property. The government collects that private money and then distributes it as it sees fit. The fact that a public entity is in charge of redistributing property tax collections doesn’t change its identity to “public” money. It is not an outlandish idea to propose that parents be allowed to take a portion of their own tax dollars and place their children in a school of their choosing – including public, charter, or private.

And Graber is spot on with his comment that more money doesn't necessarily equate to better education. If that were the case, our public schools would be #1 in the world in basic skills, rather than quite far down that list from the top.