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Education of choice, it was milton friedman that first introduced the idea of vouchers? >> in the last year or two, 13 states passed voucher programs in the last two years, some more happened today in arizona. couple weeks in louisiana and indiana, there is million kids eligible. >> louisiana now allows students statewide to get a voucher if they are enrolled in public schools graded "c", "d" or "f". so they are not vouchers for everybody. in indiana you get a voucher worth $4500 which is fraction of what the government schools are really spending but you can't be rich. it's better than what w...

Folks graduating with a symbol, you have to address that. >> john: we get more social stratification under the government monopoly system you are assigned by a zip code. if you live in a rich neighborhood, odds are it's a better school. >> exactly. not only do voucher programs break that down in getting kids into more integrated schools. there is academic evidence papers published showing civic virtues of children that take advantage of that take advantage of that. >> john: meaning? >> more poll rant less racist. they measure it by how kids eat in cafeterias and they are more likely in private...

Think this opens up a broader question and that is who is in control of the schools? and who are the schools designed to -- whose needs are the schools designed to meet? and obviously, i think the answer is parents. and so the legislature there said look at, we're going to put the parents in control. allow the parents to decide what is best for their children. and so that is what is going to be happening in new hampshire. >> yeah. it's kind of a sad commentary, though, because, you know, i love all my kids' teachers and i think teachers do a great job. and i think that the education should be ...

Collective bargain. they want to cut their health care and pension and run people out of the profession about ten years of being in because teachers get sick of the damn thing. the school voucher legislation was signed into law in the state of indiana. explain the downside of these voucher programs. >> look, parents have a right to send their kids to the schools it that they want to send their kids to, and i don't begrudge any parent that wants to send a child to a religious school to have that right to do so. >> the downside of the voucher program is? >> the downside is in a period of time wh...

Out of the profession about ten years of being in because teachers get sick of the damn thing. the school voucher legislation was signed into law in the state of indiana. explain the downside of these voucher programs. >> look, parents have a right to send their kids to the schools it that they want to send their kids to, and i don't begrudge any parent that wants to send a child to a religious school to have that right to do so. >> the downside of the voucher program is? >> the downside is in a period of time when you have -- when poverty is up, when school cuts are up, we can't take one more...