Julian Vasquez Heilig of the University of Texas is beginning an investigation of the effectiveness of vouchers.
He writes here about Texas but his conclusions would apply to any other state as well.
He examines whether vouchers are cost-efficient and how they affect the public schools.
Until the past few years, vouchers were a dead issue.
Since the Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010, they are back.
This is well worth reading.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
It is important to distinguish between urban and rural vouchers. Some very small rural communities give the students vouchers and they can decide which neighboring high school they will attend. The driving force is not “failing schools”, it is the absence of a critical mass of students to even have a high school. Relatives of mine grew up in a small rural community. Their choice of high school depended on the fact that a neighbor worked in one nearby town and gave his son and them a ride.
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Vouchers are merely a way to introduce no separation of church and state. With vouchers the public then becomes a funder of religeous based education with no holds barred. This is bad public policy. People who want that should move to Saudi Arabia or Iran. Doesn’t it work out great over there?
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