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Jonathan Kozol

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime.

Jonathan Kozol

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Jonathan Kozol is skeptical that introducing vouchers will lead to better public schools through competition. He bases this view on his long experience observing how the education system actually responds to such policies.

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