On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> This discussion seems to assume that the existence of charter shoals >> and voucher systems is up for debate. It's not. They're operating and, >> in many places, succeeding. We still have much to learn about how >> they should be regulated and on what basis they should be allowed to >> compete, but going back to a schools system that is operated only by >> the government isn't going to happen. That's history. > > Only if we want to continue with a failing school system. If we want a > school system that works, we need to switch to an all-public model (with, > of course, some caveats): > We've had universal public educate for more than 200 years. It didn't work.
> http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/ > > > You have valid points about the entrenched interests, but vouchers and > charter schools are not the answer, if only because they just won't take > the real problem children (behavior disorders and physical/mental > disabilities). Most charters that accept federal or state vouchers have to take all students, and they still succeed better than the public schools that are shackled by unions and mired in bureaucracy. > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > > -- > 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.
