From the Utah History Encyclopedia on-line, we get a solid if brief description of the highlights of public education in Utah.
Here are the roots of the deep opposition to vouchers in Utah. Several times Utah communities started their own private schools, only to turn them over to public entities, especially after 1890. Utahns regard public schools as their own. Voucher advocates seem unable to notice that an assault on the public schools is an assault on Utah communities, for that reason.
Plus, as The Deseret Morning News reported Sunday, Utah’s schools often achieve excellence. Utah parents don’t like the idea of taking money away from successful schools their kids attend to fund untested, unregulated private schools.
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