A better solution is to make all public schools excellent, rather than just giving money to the private sector, which will, inevitably, result in multiple systems, multiple administrations, and even more waste than we have now, as well as an unwholesome entanglement between church and state.
I have no problems experimenting with the public schools. I would like to see them as laboratories, and I'd like to see the best teaching practices tried in them, and the results measured. I don't see how the public schools will ever improve, though, if we decide to bleed off money from the system to force them to "compete" when they will be left with antiquated equipment, old infrastructure, and the worst students. I understand that for some reason some people see this as a recipe for better schools, but I can't imagine how they logically can justify the position as being good for public schools. If you want to destroy public school education in America, at least be honest enough to admit that's what you want to do. |
