Just like the "Current Thing," getting people to think outside the parameters they are given is an exercise in frustration. Getting a parent to realize that they could receive an exponentially better outcome for half the expenditure, and further, that they could pay for it themselves without government's help, is a daunting task. I believe there can be no incrementalism, mainly due to the fact that people's memories are too short. In 5 years, they will be back to building the system again. It is better to force everyone out of the system COLD TURKEY, demolish the machinery, then let the free market solutions rush to fill the vacuum.
Probably less than half. Some private schools' tuition is a small fraction of what the average cost per student of the local pubic system is. Of course I'm not talking about the boutique schools of the super-rich like DC's Sidwell Friends (~$50K/year), etc. But all else equal, any random student is likely to get a better education at Our Lady of Interminable Flatulence than Public School #99 in the big city, and at considerably lower cost.
Broadly agree. If the State is going to fund education, it should do so with as few strings as possible. A flat amount per year, per student. Realistically, that will never happen, simply because the teacher and government employee unions get a large slice of the education pie, and they're not about to relinquish that position without a fight.
There's also going to be the reaction of, "But what about the parents who take the money and spend it on drugs instead of education? Think of the children!!!".
But it's also not easy to regulate against things like that without adding more and more strings attached and red tape, which someone will inevitably take charge of and manipulate to their own benefit like teachers' unions.
Just cash payments to parents to spend as they will on their child's education. The great thing about this is that it is CASH to families with children. What that means is that many parents would actually vote for it because it would be CASH in their pockets. Those on the Left can buy in because it is a CASH payment from government to families that are poor or BIPOC. the Right can buy in because it would subsidize both home school and religious school. So no vouchers. Just CASH to parents with children, for "education".
that's one of the main problems. I love how they're tied to real estate property taxes. hidden as a line item that most people don't know how to calculate. biggest scam
Privatize it all and let schools compete for students and their tuition money, no matter the source...
agree.
i just suspect that "vouchers" are the only feasible next step.
i'd like to see the state out of this biz altogether, but i doubt there is any way we could sell that.
yet.
give this ecosystem 15 years to mature and quite possibly we could.
Just like the "Current Thing," getting people to think outside the parameters they are given is an exercise in frustration. Getting a parent to realize that they could receive an exponentially better outcome for half the expenditure, and further, that they could pay for it themselves without government's help, is a daunting task. I believe there can be no incrementalism, mainly due to the fact that people's memories are too short. In 5 years, they will be back to building the system again. It is better to force everyone out of the system COLD TURKEY, demolish the machinery, then let the free market solutions rush to fill the vacuum.
Probably less than half. Some private schools' tuition is a small fraction of what the average cost per student of the local pubic system is. Of course I'm not talking about the boutique schools of the super-rich like DC's Sidwell Friends (~$50K/year), etc. But all else equal, any random student is likely to get a better education at Our Lady of Interminable Flatulence than Public School #99 in the big city, and at considerably lower cost.
Broadly agree. If the State is going to fund education, it should do so with as few strings as possible. A flat amount per year, per student. Realistically, that will never happen, simply because the teacher and government employee unions get a large slice of the education pie, and they're not about to relinquish that position without a fight.
There's also going to be the reaction of, "But what about the parents who take the money and spend it on drugs instead of education? Think of the children!!!".
But it's also not easy to regulate against things like that without adding more and more strings attached and red tape, which someone will inevitably take charge of and manipulate to their own benefit like teachers' unions.
Just cash payments to parents to spend as they will on their child's education. The great thing about this is that it is CASH to families with children. What that means is that many parents would actually vote for it because it would be CASH in their pockets. Those on the Left can buy in because it is a CASH payment from government to families that are poor or BIPOC. the Right can buy in because it would subsidize both home school and religious school. So no vouchers. Just CASH to parents with children, for "education".
that's one of the main problems. I love how they're tied to real estate property taxes. hidden as a line item that most people don't know how to calculate. biggest scam