FEDERAL money is allocated based on how many students are attending public schools. Public schools are full of sub-par teachers...the equivalent of lazy college professors on tenure who feel as though they no longer need to try.
On the ballot in MASSACHUSETTS this election, public schools NO LONGER WANT TO REQUIRE STUDENTS TO PASS THE MCAS EXAM in order to graduate high school. The fuzzy warm "feeling" behind this, is that school work and course tests during the year are "enough", and this gives our "hard-working" teachers the opportunity to concentrate more on "teaching critical thinking" and creativity.
In other words, teachers will no longer have to try at all. If a student is just not learning, they can decide to PASS/FAIL him right out the door.
Presently IF parents want to move their children out of unhealthy public school environments they can NOT. Not unless school vouchers become the law of the land.
ALSO, inside public schools, you will find the gender confusion issue rampant. Many parents don't want their children exposed to that at all...school vouchers give parents a choice.