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.
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.
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.