Another topic that has caused much debate is the school voucher programs some members of Congress are touting around.
I personally like the idea of stripping away the public education system. Since I doubt that will truely happen, I almost always support getting government out of the helping business (mainly because they hardly help).
Public schools have no incentive to actually teach kids (esp. those in poorer communities). There needs to be sudden outside pressure from parents and other groups to make the school do well. I do not mean to form a commitee and get tangled in the web of the legal system with the dept. of education. I mean taking your child out and putting them into a better school.
Doing this is using force. When you are removing your child from a crappy school, you are saying "your school does a poor job of teaching my kid and since I have the option of switching, I am!". What recourse do poorer families have with public education? They can't move to a wealthier neighborhood or corrupt politicians to redistrict the lines. They are stuck with the school they are given from the government. They have no choice; which is by far the most unamerican thing. Choice is freedom and America is supposed to be all about freedom.
I personally like the idea of stripping away the public education system. Since I doubt that will truely happen, I almost always support getting government out of the helping business (mainly because they hardly help).
Public schools have no incentive to actually teach kids (esp. those in poorer communities). There needs to be sudden outside pressure from parents and other groups to make the school do well. I do not mean to form a commitee and get tangled in the web of the legal system with the dept. of education. I mean taking your child out and putting them into a better school.
Doing this is using force. When you are removing your child from a crappy school, you are saying "your school does a poor job of teaching my kid and since I have the option of switching, I am!". What recourse do poorer families have with public education? They can't move to a wealthier neighborhood or corrupt politicians to redistrict the lines. They are stuck with the school they are given from the government. They have no choice; which is by far the most unamerican thing. Choice is freedom and America is supposed to be all about freedom.