Comments on: Introducing Competition to Public Schools http://neighborhoodeffects.mercatus.org/2009/05/26/introducing-competition-to-public-schools/ State and Local Public Policy from the Mercatus Center Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:10:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: montrose42 http://neighborhoodeffects.mercatus.org/2009/05/26/introducing-competition-to-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-25 montrose42 Sat, 30 May 2009 12:05:29 +0000 http://neighborhoodeffects.mercatus.org/?p=439#comment-25 Vouchers debate is being rekindled in UK, in lead up to next years election particularly the idea of a pupil premium ie voucher given to the most disadvantaged pupils to encourage good schools to take them on, because of the extra funding that follows them. Some variant of the Swedish model appeals but even the conservative party (centre right) is very wary of vouchers even though the current school funding system does nothing to improve the lot of the most disadvantaged or to improve social mobility. In fact despite billions of investment in last twelve years if anything mobility has decilned here in UK. USA has similar problems and challenges. Vouchers debate is being rekindled in UK, in lead up to next years election particularly the idea of a pupil premium ie voucher given to the most disadvantaged pupils to encourage good schools to take them on, because of the extra funding that follows them.

Some variant of the Swedish model appeals but even the conservative party (centre right) is very wary of vouchers even though the current school funding system does nothing to improve the lot of the most disadvantaged or to improve social mobility. In fact despite billions of investment in last twelve years if anything mobility has decilned here in UK. USA has similar problems and challenges.

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