6 weeks give or take . Not a long time at all . <| sep |> Perhaps you ' ve never seen Jingle All the Way with a glowing performance by the masterful , Big Show . <| sep |> Since private schools are tuition based and do not receive state funds , they are not held to accountability standards as public schools . Often these standards revolve around how students perform on standardized tests . Private schools are not required to test their students , whereas it ' s the major and often only focus of public schools . Everything about public schools is public . You can look up information about every teacher in the district , test scores from years last , budget , etc . Private schools do not need to share any of this . The curriculum in public schools is largely dictated by the state through academic standards which are then assessed on state tests . Private schools can follow their own curriculum and are not required to stick to the state standards . Usually , all of this is fine . Private schools do not receive public money , so there is no reason that they need to operate as a public entity . The problem with vouchers then is that you are now giving thousands of public tax dollars to these private institutions , but there is absolutely no public accountability . You are now giving unrestricted tax money to a private company with no oversight , whereas public schools that receive the same tax money have a ridiculous level of oversight and accountability . DISCLAIMER this is only true for my state Indiana and might be different in yours .