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Maybe public education is causing some of these issues, I don't know too many private school kids who get out of high school and can't read. Such things seem t

Maybe public education is causing some of these issues, I don't know too many private school kids who get out of high school and can't read. Such things seem to be readily accepted in public high schools. I remember in my first year of high school I ended up getting selected for a program where I was to read and write the answers for another kid's final exam since he apparently didn't have the skills and it's not a requirement to finish high school. I wasn't monitored, so in theory I could have just gave him the answers. Looking back on this now, I'm kind of horrified.

0xfeba 10y ago
Yes, it is possible. But unfettered voucher systems aren't much better in that regard. To me, she just doesn't have the experience to run the DOEd. And her Reformed Christian bent does not bode well.
ryandrake 10y ago
The voucher debate is 100% about using public money to send kids to religious schools. "Education quality" is a smokescreen and largely irrelevant. To test this, propose granting federal vouchers to anyone who asks, but with the limitation that they cannot be used at religious schools. I guarantee voucher supporters would oppose this.
- gowld 10y ago
  It's also about using public money to fund for-profit diploma mills.
- tropo 10y ago
  I really don't think so. In fact, if such a ban would mean that vouchers couldn't be used for Islamic and Jewish schools, I suspect the typical voucher supporter would be relieved. The normal expectation is traditional private schools. Directly cashing the vouchers for homeschooling (books, chemistry set, opportunity cost of lost wages, etc.) is another possibility.
st3v3r 10y ago
"I don't know too many private school kids who get out of high school and can't read." I don't know too many private schools who would admit the kind of kid that would finish high school and not be able to read. Public schools don't have that luxury.

0xfeba 10y ago

Yes, it is possible. But unfettered voucher systems aren't much better in that regard. To me, she just doesn't have the experience to run the DOEd. And her Reformed Christian bent does not bode well.

ryandrake 10y ago

The voucher debate is 100% about using public money to send kids to religious schools. "Education quality" is a smokescreen and largely irrelevant. To test this, propose granting federal vouchers to anyone who asks, but with the limitation that they cannot be used at religious schools. I guarantee voucher supporters would oppose this.

gowld 10y ago
It's also about using public money to fund for-profit diploma mills.
tropo 10y ago
I really don't think so. In fact, if such a ban would mean that vouchers couldn't be used for Islamic and Jewish schools, I suspect the typical voucher supporter would be relieved. The normal expectation is traditional private schools. Directly cashing the vouchers for homeschooling (books, chemistry set, opportunity cost of lost wages, etc.) is another possibility.

st3v3r 10y ago

"I don't know too many private school kids who get out of high school and can't read." I don't know too many private schools who would admit the kind of kid that would finish high school and not be able to read. Public schools don't have that luxury.