absolutely in agreement with you coachtwink. people can say what they want about public education, and i know its far from perfect. but its the only schools in america that tries to make something out of the Mentally Handicapped, Physically Handicapped, ESL(English Second language), Behavior Disorders, etc. If your idea of leveling the playing field is allowing vouchers to private schools while still allowing the private schools to accept, reject, or kick anyone out for any or no reason at all then I'm sorry but you aren't seeing things very realistically.