On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:24:39AM -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 07:22:30AM -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: > >> While co-ops might help somewhat I don't think they are the solution. > >> What does it help when a bunch of poor guys form a co-op? They still > >> would not have funds to send their kids to a private school. Maybe > >> they could hire a teacher. What do you think where the quality of > >> that education goes? > > > > To the bottom. Exactly where education goes when it is funded by tiny > > municipalities. There will be a few rich communities that pay for rich > > education, and there will be impoverished ones that provide > > impoverished or no education. That said, even the rich may not have the > > insight to distinguish between good education and expensive education. > > Heaven help the education system when loudmouthed parents take over > > instead of the most competent. > > I agree with that. To put the burden of funding education on the > local community is maybe not the best thing to do. I think this > should be centralized and coordinated at least at state level.
But local funding *is* what you get if it is the rich that effectively control politics. Why should *their* taxes fund other communities? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]