> Exactly why using a free market system would work. Who knows what > metrics make a school "good" or "bad". We test the crap out of kids > and still people argue about what makes a school good or bad, why one > school is better than another. > > By allowing parents to choose the school their kids will go to, the > education market dictates what the definition of "good" is. "Good" > schools thrive, "bad" ones don't.
As of right now the only metrics being used by a vast majority of people are the test scores required by states... here in NY it's the "Regent's Exam"... a statewide exam given every year. Local schools are "graded" based on the percent of students that pass the exams. "Failing" schools (aka bad) have a pass rate below (I believe) 65%. Our local school system had a 96% percent pass rate even though we are rural (the closest "chain" is 30 miles away, there are corn fields next to the soccer fields and students who want a job can work on an apple orchard, a nusrsery or at a dairy barn). Personally vouchers are an interesting concept, especially the suggestions that parents be able to use vouchers to pay for private schools. I don't really know if I agree with them or not, I've had too many irons in too many other fires to worry about it yet. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176028 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
