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Article: EDITORIAL: Maintain public schools
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- February 15, 2002
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(The Chronicle) (U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. -- Within the next several weeks,
the Supreme Court will address the vouchers program of Cleveland
area public schools. The high court must recognize the delicate separation
between church and state that such initiatives would frequently violate.
Beyond their dubious constitutionality, school vouchers risk damaging
the public education system. At a time when President George W. Bush'
s budget proposes giving families with students in underachieving
public schools a tax credit of up to $2,500, the government cannot
proceed with such steps that abandon the public education system.
Although these proposals initially may appear ...