Putting your voucher where your mouth is

Here is an interesting article in the Baltimore Sun on school vouchers, an idea that I strongly support. Surprisingly enough, a Howard County public school spokeswoman really brought home a great point:

But Howard County public schools spokeswoman Patti Caplan said the issue would be defused if the public schools improved.

"Public schools need to do everything they can to maintain a very high quality of education," she said. "When we're able to do that, vouchers become a nonissue."

Exactly. If public schools are so great, why are we so afraid to make them compete with private schools? I was surprised to see that a public school employee made the above statement, because many public school employees and their union strongly oppose school vouchers. That is bad for students.