Opinion: If the new school voucher law isn’t the answer, what is?
Warner Davis
Warner Davis is a retired Presbyterian minister. He has served churches in Kentucky, Florida, New York, and Tennessee over a 38 year span, his last pastorate at Collierville Presbyterian Church.
Guest columnist Warner Davis says “while using tax dollars for private schools is questionable, and diverting resources from public schools objectionable, providing a good education to every American child is applaudable.”
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