On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Exactly. If government role was limited to defining requirements and > outcomes as well as auditing, that would free up parents to fulfill > accomplish those outcomes any way they saw fit. I disagree in so much that I want public funds available to ensure that every single child has the potential for a quality education throughout their development. It's one of the few things I'd happily be willing to pay for. I don't want private money or "the market" or even "competition" to dictate the quality of the education in this country. I see it as the single best investment for my tax dollars. I know that money isn't always the problem, but it's certainly part of it....public teachers and administrators are EMBARRASSINGLY underpaid. In many ways, it's exactly like health care: get the government out > and let the market define the best way to accomplish the outcomes. In one gigantic way, it's not like health care at all: Quality education has the potential to cure many of our social ills at it's roots....whereas the best health care in the world can only treat certain symptoms of that pathology. -- Never forget ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268805 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
