Doug Henwood writes: >> > I want an educational system where schools compete for parents (and their >> > dollars). >> That will incentivize the school board / school organizers to hire good >> principals (and >> fire those not getting it done), who will be incentivized to hire good >> teachers (and fire >> those not getting it done). >> >> That sounds good to people like you, but actual studies have shown that >> parents have >> no idea what's going on in schools.
I suppose that is true, in the same sense I have no idea what is going on in my kid's room when the door is closed, but so what? Doesn't mean the parents aren't good judges of what schools to send their kids. We make all kinds of decisions with limited information. I just bought a new car. I am sure if you analyzed my decision-making, you would be astounded at the nonrationality of the process, including my lack of knowledge how the car works. Should we set up a system where the car manufacturers and car salesmen, who know much more than me about cars, get to tell me which car I get to drive? Besides, what is the policy implication? Socialist elitism instead of socialist democracy? Removal of children from their parents' households, so they can be raised by professionally trained governesses? BTW, who are "people like you?" David Shemano _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
