On Apr 7, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 07/04/2013 5:40 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > > > But if we establish a charter school system to provide competition for our > > failing public schools, offering choices seems reasonable. I >have no > > problem with some of my tax dollars going to a Muslim school or a school > > that preaches the modern religion of secularism, as long >as those schools > > are succeeding and other options are available. Freedom is about options. > > As a society, you would do better to put a great deal of effort into fixing > your failing public schools rather than setting up a separate school system > by and for the financial elites. With vouchers private schools aren't just for the financial elite. And we've tried mightily to fix our public schools. I spent ten years working on it. But there are huge obstacles, including teacher unions that make it nearly impossible to get bad teachers out of the schools. Even with the performance standards recently enacted, less than 1 % of the current teaching staff has been judged ineffective. Yet their students are failing. Competition is the best answer. > If freedom is really about options, it would be nice if that freedom was > available to everyone. By kicking the public school system to the curd, you > are limiting the future freedom of anyone who cannot afford to pay their way > into a charter school. Again, a voucher system makes private schools accessible to all, while providing much needed competition for our public schools. Paul > > bill > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
