TRUST-BUSTING :

Statement of Bob Chase, President of the National Education Association on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Private School Tuition Vouchers (June 27, 2002)

The National Education Association pledges to continue to fight for children and public education--and oppose divisive and counterproductive proposals to divert energy, attention, and resources to private school tuition vouchers, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, the Cleveland private school voucher case. Just because vouchers may be legal in some circumstances doesn't make them a good idea.

The 96.6% of parents choosing private schools over public in the case before the Court amply explains NEA opposition. Monopolists don't like competition. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 27, 2002 2:14 PM