Edward Shea

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• October 27, 2009, on Economy Recovery Plan:

  As far as education is concerned, I simply cannot understand the resistance in some quarters to voucher arrangements. I don't have empirical evidence, but my sense is that we have the most effective university system in the world. It consists of a mix of private and public institutions. The private institutions range from those closely associated with a religious body, e.g. BYU, to the godless Ivies (my tongue only partly planted in my cheek). Individuals choose their college and in many cases government or other funds are available to subsidize, in whole or in part, the tuition and other costs. Were we to mimic this system at the lower levels in our educational system, I think there would be a number of advantages that would accrue. First, we would see a wide range of choices for education. New and innovative schools would be able to compete in the marketplace for the education subsidies that parents would receive. One might see, for example more technical or trade schools...