Letters (continued)

To the Editor:

Alex Molnar's Commentary "Unfinished Business in Milwaukee" (Nov. 17, 1999) is impressive but incomplete. Admittedly, he provided a thorough study of the available data regarding the success of these schools, made excellent suggestions for securing additional data, and very appropriately recommended the development of an evaluation plan acceptable to both advocates and opponents of voucher programs. However, he made two large errors—one by definition, and one by omission.

The flawed definition arises, at it always does in these discussions, through the use of misleading terms. Referring to "government-financed private-school-voucher programs" creates the false impression that a voucher program takes government money...