Reply #5: Cleveland: textbook example on consequences of vouchers

[many a good man]

Starve a starving school district and see what happens. I remember in the '70s when the School Board announced it would have to shut down if it didn't get a bailout, essentially ending free public education in the then largest city in Ohio. Democrats in the state capital grudgingly came to the rescue.

OTOH, vouchers are very popular there among parents who send kids to private (Catholic) schools because they would never send their kids to the cesspool of Cleveland Public Schools if they had the slightest choice. Parents would never live in the city limits of Cleveland if there were no other schooling options.

My brother is a Cleveland policeman and he says that the increase in health care premiums over the past five years has exceeded the total amount of all his raises. The city is once again in deep trouble but this time the state is controlled by Republicans-- so don't expect any help. Its too bad Ohio doesn't have a state Democratic party any more...