"If a school thinks of it as a 'sink' subject and somewhere to send pupils that can't cope with the more academic subjects that's the wrong approach, " Mr Manley said.
In fact it is the poorest families, who have no chance of paying private-school fees, and whose schools are already sink schools, who would gain most from vouchers.
Even some children with HIV are being put on kitchen sink therapy, which Dr. James Oleske of the New Jersey Medical School describes as "a last ditch sort of effort" when all else has failed.
Rice didn't start pitching seriously until his senior year of high school, but scouts drooled over his 6-foot-6 frame and the dramatic natural sink on his fastball.