“As to the benefits of universal vouchers, empowering parents would generate a competitive education market, which would lead to a burst of innovation and improvement, as competition has done in so many other areas. There’s nothing that would do so much to avoid the danger of a two-tiered society, of a class-based society. And there’s nothing that would do so much to ensure a skilled and educated work force”.– Nick Gillespie, in “The Father of Modern School Reform”, an interview with Milton Friedman marking the 50 year anniversary of his Voucher proposal