The article was focused on educational content not being outsourced to the state. This comment thread started with Raptor talking about who would go into bad neighborhoods, and my reply to him was about the logistics of helping kids get out from under the locked-in state prescription that gives them no options other than the closest public school. The unfortunate reality is that it's going to take politicians to change that. They created it, they legislated it, they are going to have to unwind what's in place before it can be replaced by something better. Or do you have some other solution?
Your last statement couldn't be more wrong, no matter how hard you try to twist what I've written. If I had my way, every school would be privately operated, for-profit; the only public involvement would be vouchers to parents without strings attached. But that's not gonna happen without legislatures undoing what's been done. As for "perceived inequity", this has nothing to do with that. It's about what's best for society as a whole, and what is best in my opinion is as many options as possible. A smart kid not getting educated because of where he lives is a loss for the nation.
The article was focused on educational content not being outsourced to the state. This comment thread started with Raptor talking about who would go into bad neighborhoods, and my reply to him was about the logistics of helping kids get out from under the locked-in state prescription that gives them no options other than the closest public school. The unfortunate reality is that it's going to take politicians to change that. They created it, they legislated it, they are going to have to unwind what's in place before it can be replaced by something better. Or do you have some other solution?
Your last statement couldn't be more wrong, no matter how hard you try to twist what I've written. If I had my way, every school would be privately operated, for-profit; the only public involvement would be vouchers to parents without strings attached. But that's not gonna happen without legislatures undoing what's been done. As for "perceived inequity", this has nothing to do with that. It's about what's best for society as a whole, and what is best in my opinion is as many options as possible. A smart kid not getting educated because of where he lives is a loss for the nation.
This is how I read your initial comment, fwiw.