A voucher can't provide enough funding unless you eliminate public schools. School choice will benefit a few students. We had a good public education system until it got fixed.
On Feb 3, 2017 1:30 PM, "btdt100" <[email protected]> wrote: > No everyone would not run to the 1 or 2 best schools. I may have a son > who plays football. He might have to take a junior varsity position at one > school while the another offers him a positon on varsity. I might have a > son who has no interests in sports at all so that would not be not be a > factor for me in considering a school. In his case, I may feel he would do > best in a small school environment. The one size can fit all is not > reality. A factor I looked at when choosing a private school was > cirriculum - that is the biggest difference in private schools and public > and the main reason that private schools score higher on nationalized tests > than public schools. > > There are all kinds of ways that schools can limit enrollment to their > capacity - quotas, testing, lotteries, first come first served, etc. > > A number of things change. One is parental empowerment. No one knows > better what their child needs than a parent. Bureacrats know dog shit. > Another major change is competition is restored. If a school is failing, > rather than the government continuing to prop them up, they could simply be > closed. Private schools with better achievement and thus demand could > expand. > > On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 8:44:28 AM UTC-6, Pittalum wrote: >> >> I don't think you fellows have really thought this thing through - or if >> you have, you aren't telling us the whole story. >> >> Why wouldn't, for example, every parent in the city of Pittsburgh want >> their kids to go to Mt. Lebanon or Upper St. Clair High School - pretty >> much overwhelming those school districts' ability to accommodate them. Who >> will pick and choose what kids get in and which ones don't? And what do you >> do with those that don't? >> >> Right now, there are charter schools popping up all over the place - so >> that's already happening. >> >> Can someone give a little more detail on how you expect this thing to >> work - or what it is that you expect to change from current conditions? >> >> >> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 6:27:34 PM UTC-5, Kamakazee wrote: >>> >>> 95% would welcome them, as long as they are involved in the school and >>> its activities. And the voucher-parents would see stereotypical myths >>> dissolve in front of their eyes. >>> >>> PS. I went to a private school from 8th-12th. >>> >>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 4:06:30 PM UTC-6, Pittalum wrote: >>> >>>> How do you think the parents of kids currently in those private schools >>>> would feel about a bunch of voucher clutching underprivilegeds banging on >>>> the doors to get in... >>>> >>>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 2:40:21 PM UTC-5, btdt100 wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It would end real fast by empowering parents to put their kids in >>>>> private schools with a voucher system. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
