This topic contains 4 replies, has 4 voices, and was last updated by Melanie Lindwall Schaab 10 years, 8 months ago.
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Julie Jumes, 11 years ago
The problem is greed. Once your taxes leave your pocket the money is not seen as yours for your child. It’s for the “experts”. If vouchers/other “choice” programs are offered and large numbers start using them for private education, taxes and regulation will increase.
Private school parents aren’t even given the “choice” to have their students enrolled in UIL (an unconstitutional educational expense in most districts). The UIL spends much of it’s budget and time regulating eligibility. This is so hypocritical given the UIL is owned by UT Austin providing clear advantages for NCAA recruiting.
If you think public education politics has anything to do with what is best for students attend a congressional hearing or two and/or read through a couple of the squirrely education bills. We don’t want “choice.” “We must create low cost private options and let people vote with her feet.” -Texas Billionaire Education Reformer
Julie Jumes, 11 years ago
“We must create low cost private options and people will vote with their feet.” Corrected Quote
Holly Hansen, 11 years ago
No single school, public or private, can meet the needs of every child. Please allow us to choose the education that’s right for our own families and children.
Melanie Lindwall Schaab, 11 years ago
I have to agree very, very strongly with this one. I nearly voted for an Independent for Lt. Governor this election cycle because of his support for school choice (I ended up not voting for Lt. Governor at all).
The only reason to force underprivileged kids to stay in a failing school, thereby securing their position on the lower rungs of society and preventing even the willing from climbing the ladder, is to benefit bad teachers and administrators.
I know it’s not PC to criticize teachers, but in any profession on the planet, you’ll have a few bad apples; that’s life. If several “bad apple” teachers gather at the same school, the effect is an overall bad school. Furthermore, there are many cases in which the teachers are great but the administrators are awful. If bad administrators lose all their students and therefore their school, other schools will need to hire those now unemployed teachers to help with the sudden influx of students.
In other words, school choice has the effect of cutting bad teachers and administrators whil preserving good teachers and saving kids from almost certain failure in school and post-graduation careers.
