That's why we either need the government to get out of education altogether, or offer vouchers to those that wish to send their kids to private schools........Of course they know that offering vouchers would cause the hallways of public schools to empty ( not all, but a whole boatload of them anyway), and would FORCE the government out of education. They want to continue to force people to depend on them for education, so they probably won't offer vouchers. Read today's paper about how vouchers helped Florida's education system.
When we have competition, it forces everyone to get better. Government has a monopoly on schools, but any other type of monopoly would be criminal. Ok for Uncle Sam to do it, but if you or I had the only say, WIDGETS, they would force us to split up, like they did the Phone company. But, as another example, the post office continues to sludge along in red ink, yet they won't turn over control of it to the private sector. The government does NOTHING better than the private sector, other than possibly National Defense, and if the private sector did that, it would be even better.........
Last edited by doug747; 01/26/11 01:05 PM.