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Easy, school vouchers is a start... The purchasers of a product (school taxes/education) have a right to buy whatever product they think serves them the best. If it's homeschooling then they should get the per pupil payment that schools get to pay for whatever homeschool program they're using...
I as the taxpayer am the purchaser of the product--an educated populace. I don't consider the parents or students to be the primary purchasers, but rather the beneficiaries of the schooling. For people who opt out of public education, the cost should be entirely on them. That includes homeschooling and private school.
Easy, school vouchers is a start... The purchasers of a product (school taxes/education) have a right to buy whatever product they think serves them the best. If it's homeschooling then they should get the per pupil payment that schools get in an "ESA" (Education Savings Account) to pay for whatever homeschool program they're using. Time for the Public education monopoly to end...
Supporting student/family choice by supporting school vouchers. I'm pro-choice.
Still no answer to my questions. So your contribution to improving education is holding a political position? That is, no substantive contribution at all, just talk.
No, that might be your assertion, but you have completely invented that statement. I said that Head Start does not use certified, college-educated early childhood specialists. Have you any experience with Head Start? Have you seen the ads they run for director's positions? They do not hold teacher's licenses and while college is desirable for the teachers, it is not necessary. Head Start is also a half-day program, unlike most public school pre-school classes.
Fraud would exist if the government represented Head Start for something other than it is, which is a program to mitigate the conditions in which poor children live. No one in government has claimed anything more than that.
Do you have any experience with poor people? Surely you know that they are individuals like everyone else. They may be uneducated, but they are not generally stupid.
What schools do you advocate for the poorest of the poor? Some choose none. Do you?
I think you see corners where there are none.
Now, can you tell me where 75% of the children are above average? How did that happen and can it be replicated?
These are the questions to which I was referring. I can't recall you answering any of them. As far as vouchers for the poorest of the poor, there aren't enough schools around to take them. Additionally, considering that the private schools don't want the poorest students, all they have to do to exclude them is to raise the cost of attendance to above whatever the vouchers would cover.
Our state can't even fund our public schools as it is. The private schools cost well over the per-pupil amount provided for public school students. Explain how vouchers for school choice will work when there are no voucher schools from which to choose.
These are the questions to which I was referring. I can't recall you answering any of them. As far as vouchers for the poorest of the poor, there aren't enough schools around to take them. Additionally, considering that the private schools don't want the poorest students, all they have to do to exclude them is to raise the cost of attendance to above whatever the vouchers would cover.
Our state can't even fund our public schools as it is. The private schools cost well over the per-pupil amount provided for public school students. Explain how vouchers for school choice will work when there are no voucher schools from which to choose.
This seems to be this poster's MO, answer no actual question b/c all they have is political jargon with a knowledge base an inch deep.
These are the questions to which I was referring. I can't recall you answering any of them. As far as vouchers for the poorest of the poor, there aren't enough schools around to take them.
THAT'S the problem. Without flexible education funding that includes vouchers, the vast majority of students in public schools will be severely under-educated. We have both the NAEP and OECD testing results which prove exactly that.
Easy, school vouchers is a start... The purchasers of a product (school taxes/education) have a right to buy whatever product they think serves them the best. If it's homeschooling then they should get the per pupil payment that schools get in an "ESA" (Education Savings Account) to pay for whatever homeschool program they're using.
Time for the Public education monopoly to end...
so after all this time your best answer is a random sampling of non-sense. How do vouchers handle special ed students? As this is where bulk of public education spending and resources go. How do we ensure vouchers solve problems for parents if they don't cover full cost of education (again as most private schools lack resources to deal with special ed/needs students. How is home schooling valid more any family where both parents work? How do we ensure homeschooling meets any basic let alone rigorous standards? Unless you love freedom so much you're fine with home schools that teach XBOX and Jesus? You've literally got nothing, just buzzwords and overly simplistic fairy tails...
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The purchasers of a product (school taxes/education) have a right to buy whatever product they think serves them the best. If it's homeschooling then they should get the per pupil payment that schools get to pay for whatever homeschool program they're using...
