Actually, charter schools, which are often a "franchise" where many are bundled within a corporation that pays its officers handsomely, don't do noticeably better than public schools unless they eject under-performing students, and they often cost appreciably more than local public schools. Their teaching staff have poor pay and benefits relative to their certified public school counterpart.

And Dejain is right, the vouchers don't pay enough for ghetto kids to enroll and travel to and from school, but they give a break to parents who can afford to pay the difference. So they don't level the playing field at all.