Which party supports the ability of parents to choose which school their children attend to?

Question

And(if possible)which presidential candidates of both parties disagree with the possition of their own party on this issue.

thx.

Answer 1

Some Republicans support school vouches in the district of Columbia which is the only place the federal government now determines school policy. Schools are funded by and run by local and state governments so a presidential candidates position is irrelevant to his office, unless he also proposes funding a voucher program with federal tax money, and I do not think any has expressed support of that. Some vouchers programs are being tried, the biggest is in Minneapolis, a very Democratic city. If it is successfully it will probably spread to other cities.

Answer 2

Wade is a little confused, but he does get 1 point for understanding that Democrats are the government handout party. Democrats generally want to keep our children in the left-wing indoctrination centers known as "public schools", which we all pay for, mostly through local and state taxes. People who advocate implementation of voucher systems are generally right-wing and/or Republican. A voucher is a credit parents can use to send their children to the school of their choice. The same money that WOULD have been sent to the public school is sent to the chosen school instead.

Answer 3

This is more of an individual then actually party thing. This is more for the governor of a state then it is for a presidential issue.

Ohio has had the school vocher program so the parents choose. It's gone to the supreme court because the vochers can also be used in religious schools, the separation of church and state.

So instead of looking at a president, look at a governor!!!

Answer 4

Some Republicans say they would like to give parents vouchers so they can send their children to private or religious schools, but this proposal has never really gotten off the ground during the more than 30 years it has been kicking around. The idea began as a reaction to forced school desegregation during the Nixon administration and it has also been strongly supported by religious schools. Again, it's been more than a generation, and Republicans have never made a concerted and sustained push for "school choice". When proposals are debated, Democrats usually oppose them saying that vouchers would undermine the public school system by siphoning off middle class students as well as needed funds.

Answer 5

what little i have seen has been cons supporting it.

part of it is that the white parents do not want their kids to be in school with minorities leaving minority schools underfunded and keeps the cycle of undereducated minorities going on to the next generation.
Dems try to force the white middle class to integrate the minorities for the good of the whole culture... (if we educate them they will be less likely to follow a life of crime making life safer for all of us)

ill just sit on the fence of this issue

Answer 6

The Democrats favor a voucher system, which would allow students of lower income families to attend private school. The voucher is basically a government handout, we (the tax payers) would pick up the bill for these kids to go to private schools.

I guess public schools aren't good enough for everyone.

Answer 7

I am unsure about the entire party, but I do know that Giuliani mentions and supports that on his website.

http://www.joinrudy2008.com/issues/

Answer 8

This is definitely something most conservatives support, so the Republican party is your best bet.