Amy Welborn points out that school vouchers are helping the Washington D.C. archdiocesan schools. The Washington Post article Welborn refers to has the following quote:

"The private schools are getting special treatment -- they're getting the [public] money but not being held to the same standard," said Tanya Clay, deputy director of public policy at People for the American Way, which opposes vouchers.

Isn't accountability the whole point of school vouchers? It seems to me that if the Catholic schools aren't up to the standards of the private schools, that the parents and kids can take their voucher elsewhere. That is ultimate accountability -- far more rewarding or damning than a statistic. In fact, the statistics often don't mean anything at all. What good is Math or Science without a well-based education in morality and ethics?