Christopher Nelson wrote: > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 07:09:01PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > >>Christopher Nelson wrote: >> >>>That's your right, but unless you can *gaurantee* that I can, for no >>>cost, send my children to a 100% secular school with decent teaching, >>>there is no way I can support abolishing public schools. And if you can >>>gaurantee that, where does the line between public and private come? >> >> Uh, why such a high bar? It's like you're getting public schooling for >>free. They cost in taxes. You, supposedly, pay taxes. Some of the worst >>public schools are also some of the most highly funded public schools. IE, >>the most costly. > > > Okay, a 100% secular school with decent teaching for the same amount I'm > putting into education taxes. > > Onto the subject of the worst public schools--that should be answered > by: > a) shopping around for your public school. The student base > disappears, the school disappears. _every_ surrounding school is > unlikely to be such poor quality. > b) a standards group that would ensure a school gets up to code, or > reassignment or dismissal of amdinistration or teachers > responsible occurs > b1) federalizing schools so such a group can operate effectively > c) proper education of teachers and administration >
Every single thing you describe would work *better* if education was completely private. Why dork around with having the government track where your child's assigned funds should end up if you change his/her school? If all schools were private, you could even decide to spend more or less. Don't like the school Johnny is in? Go to a different one and start paying tuition there instead of the old one. See, no government involvement necessary. Don't like the quality of the teachers? Go to a different school. Again, no government involvement necessary. If you think education is bad now, federalizing it would likely square or cube the problem. Don't believe me? Just look at the decline in the quality of education in this country since the formation of the Dept of Education. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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