I listened to great podcast on this issue . Vouchers , charter schools , etc end up taking money from the traditional public school system that many low socioeconomic families rely on . It leads to numerous school closures and students being shuffled around , getting shit education and ultimately damaging their futures because of it . Meanwhile in some place 71 % of the money for vouchers ends up going to students ALREADY in private schools , and charter under perform while managing to line the pockets of management companies with tax dollars and discriminate against poor and disabled students . So yup , we should totally apply private market principle to the lives of children , as long as people can profit right .