How did the families "know" it is a way out for them? Where is all this evidence that private schools turn out successful students? Just because some kid named Jonathan went to a private school and got a good job at his dad's firm makes private schools "the way out?" Funny.One of Obama's first official actions was eliminating vouchers for poor black students in DC, despite loud pleading from the families that knew it was a way out for them. He stabbed them in the back. I think a lot of people were surprised.