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Old 05-07-2007, 04:17 PM
 
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So your preferred outcome would be to remove all government subsidy of education, completely? You realize that would mean shifting our economic system even further from meritocracy than it already is, when children in poor families are subjected to substandard schools, or no education at all, don't you? Talk about stacking the deck...
Did you not read my complete post? I will rephrase it for you I suggest the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT not be involved in education! and the second part of my post puts every child on equal ground , no more crying about schools needing more money!
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Old 05-07-2007, 05:35 PM
 
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The feds should not be involved in education, period, at any level.
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:24 PM
 
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Did you not read my complete post? I will rephrase it for you I suggest the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT not be involved in education! and the second part of my post puts every child on equal ground , no more crying about schools needing more money!
But it seemed like you phrased it in a way that suggested your ideal outcome would be stopping all government school subsidies completely, although your "realism" would lead you to accept a compromise position with vouchers... I apologize if I misinterpreted what you meant.

I'm not going to get into the topic of Federal Government involvement... too murky of an issue, but the idea of turning K-12 education into a for-profit industry with vouchers creeps me out... there's a lot more that goes on in "free markets" besides individual businesses competing on equal terms to provide the best deal for students. Too much opportunity for opportunism, especially in the low-tuition schools that would be set up. My horror scenario involves the executives running the "affordable" schools (tuition covered entirely by vouchers) working together to "minimize expenses" and maximize profits. If oil companies can do it with gas prices then corporate schools'll be able to do the opposite with teacher salaries and per-student spending.

You could end up with a situation where the discrepancies in education quality between different social strata would be even worse than they currently are with the public education system.
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