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Parents need to take the leadership role in educating their children. Here's a more radical idea. Get rid of the school system and the teacher's union. Give the

by haily 16y ago

Parents need to take the leadership role in educating their children. Here's a more radical idea. Get rid of the school system and the teacher's union. Give the $19,358 back to the student's family. These families can pool the money to hire their own education facilitator. You get a market driven education system. The best "teachers" will always be in demand and the families can have more choices in their children's learning.

electromagnetic 16y ago
I fail to see how this will work the way you are presuming. Considering the median family income in the US is ~$50,000, roughly 3/5 of which is attributed to the father, what will the point be in a mother working 9-5 to make $20,000 and ship their child to school for $20,000 the government gives them. Rather than simply stay at home and pocket that $20,000. Either way the family will be making $50,000, only one way their expenses are $20,000 more and the other involves the mother being at home 40 hours more a week, accomplishing more household tasks and essentially returning us to the 1940's. It wouldn't necessarily be the wife however, as in my household I'm the one earning the 2/5ths and would have little problem being a stay at home daddy/teacher. In fact, being an uber-nerd I have a strong feeling I'll be teaching more math and science skills to my offspring than any educational facility anyway, and having worked as a writer I know I'm going to be teaching far better English skills at an early age than any primary school education will give my kids at a 30:1 child:teacher ratio. So being paid $20,000 to stay at home and do what I'd be doing in my free time anyway, seems like a win-win.
- haily 16y ago
  I am assuming that it's the public school system we're talking about here. The $20,000 is from our taxes. You can very well choose to stay at home and educate your children yourself and pocket the $20k, if that works for you. In my opinion, we seldom learn everything from 1 or 2 sources. You can provide your offspring with math & science but what if your offspring is also interested in music, language, literature, drama etc.? Or any other subject that is not offered in the school system? I am just advocating for the child. As parents we're in the best position(mostly) to judge what our children's needs are.

by haily 16y ago

electromagnetic 16y ago

I fail to see how this will work the way you are presuming. Considering the median family income in the US is ~$50,000, roughly 3/5 of which is attributed to the father, what will the point be in a mother working 9-5 to make $20,000 and ship their child to school for $20,000 the government gives them. Rather than simply stay at home and pocket that $20,000. Either way the family will be making $50,000, only one way their expenses are $20,000 more and the other involves the mother being at home 40 hours more a week, accomplishing more household tasks and essentially returning us to the 1940's. It wouldn't necessarily be the wife however, as in my household I'm the one earning the 2/5ths and would have little problem being a stay at home daddy/teacher. In fact, being an uber-nerd I have a strong feeling I'll be teaching more math and science skills to my offspring than any educational facility anyway, and having worked as a writer I know I'm going to be teaching far better English skills at an early age than any primary school education will give my kids at a 30:1 child:teacher ratio. So being paid $20,000 to stay at home and do what I'd be doing in my free time anyway, seems like a win-win.

haily 16y ago
I am assuming that it's the public school system we're talking about here. The $20,000 is from our taxes. You can very well choose to stay at home and educate your children yourself and pocket the $20k, if that works for you. In my opinion, we seldom learn everything from 1 or 2 sources. You can provide your offspring with math & science but what if your offspring is also interested in music, language, literature, drama etc.? Or any other subject that is not offered in the school system? I am just advocating for the child. As parents we're in the best position(mostly) to judge what our children's needs are.